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Speak Truth to Power: Pro-Refugee Protesting Experience

Posted on February 23, 2017February 23, 2017 by Eli Lieberman

Recently, my wife and I attended a protest to express our opposition to President Trump’s executive order to ban refugees from the seven Muslim-majority countries on the list it contained. The prote... Read More

On Protest and Politics and Pride

Posted on July 1, 2014June 30, 2014 by Mark Rupp

In honor of Pride Month, I thought I would use this post to talk about and engage the ideas of Bayard Rustin, someone I consider to be a national gay icon as well as a personal hero. It would be hard ... Read More

Husayn, and the Occupation of Hearts on ‘Ashura

Posted on December 5, 2011December 4, 2011 by Craig Phillips

Dec 3, 2011 / Muharram 8, 1432 According to the Islamic calendar, Muslims recently entered a new year, 1432 years from the Prophet Muhammad’s migration to the city of Medina. The month is named Muha... Read More

The Keystone XL Pipeline: A Moral and Religious Issue

Posted on September 20, 2011 by Yaira Robinson

I did not travel to Washington D.C. a few weeks ago to protest the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline in front of the White House—and get arrested—as some of my colleagues and so many other ... Read More

Afghans Attack U.N. Building, Murder Workers and Each Other After Qur’an Burning

Posted on April 4, 2011April 4, 2011 by Gretchen Koch

Remember Terry Jones? Not the guy from Monty Python, but the Florida pastor who threatened to burn copies of the Qur’an last August in response to the building of the Cordoba House Islamic cultu... Read More