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Archives: Fundamentalists
Newt Should Check out Mike Pence’s Christian Sharia
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Newt Gingrich suggested late last week on cable tv that Muslim Americans should be asked if they believe in "sharia" and if they…
Not just Trump: Anti-Muslim Hatred becomes GOP Orthodoxy
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Trump’s SC Victory and anti-Muslim Hatred
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Billionaire bigot Donald Trump won the South Carolina primary Saturday with about 32.5 percent of the vote. He was about ten points ahead…
Evangelical Militarism & Islamophobia? Does the Wheaton College Hawkins case signal a Problem?
By Damon F. Lynch | (Informed Comment) | - - Evangelical university Wheaton College has generated global attention by suspending and initiating the firing of Professor Larycia Hawkins. She had asserted that…
Top 6 Times US government Excluded Millions based on Race or Religion
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Donald Trump, Ted Cruz and other bigots on the far right are nothing new in American history. Rather, they remind us of the…
Roof, Dear and Tashfeen Malik: ‘Self-Radicalized,’ ‘Terrorism,’ ‘Lone Wolf’ and Double Standards
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Federal officials are now investigating the San Bernardino massacre as an "act of terrorism" rather than just workplace violence. But when Dylann Roof…
What if Kim Davis Refused to License Marriages of Inter-Racial Couples?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Kentucky court clerk Kim Davis was released from prison on Tuesday after having been jailed for 5 days for contempt of court because…
Huckabee’s virtual Genocide: erases Palestinians from West Bank, declares it “Israel”
IMEMC | - - US presidential contender Mike Huckabee said during a visit to Jerusalem, on Wednesday, that he did not consider the West Bank occupied by Israel. The Republican and Baptist…
No, GOP, biblical Marriage was not between one man and one woman
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The freak-out by the Republican presidential candidates over the Supreme Court decision on same-sex marriage provokes me to revise and reprise the points…
Iran Deal: Michele Bachmann Psyched For Judgment Day
Mark Sovel and Elliot Hill | (TheLipTV) | - "Michele Bachmann spoke about the coming End of Times and the return of Jesus Christ to Earth in an interview with Understanding the…
Indiana: Church of Marijuana founded to Exploit Religious Freedom Act
Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian | (The Young Turks) - "“In a classic case of “unintended consequences,” the recently signed Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) in Indiana may have opened the door…
Boycotting Indiana over anti-Gay Religious Discrimination
Cenk Uygur | (The Young Turks) - "Cenk Uygur (http://www.twitter.com/cenkuygur) and John Iadaola (https://twitter.com/jiadarola) host of The Young Turks discusses the backlash and boycotts from other states against Indiana over its Religious…
Will Indiana ‘Religious Freedom’ Law permit anti-Gay Discrimination?
Jackie Koppell and Jo Ankier | (TheLipTV) "Indiana Governor Mike Pence signed a religious freedom bill into law amid pressure from opponents who argue that the measure is a secret way for…
Ted Cruz Thinks Non-Christians Have Too Much Power
Cenk Uygur, John Iadaola and Jimmy Dore | (The Young Turks) - "Cenk Uygur, John Iadaola and Jimmy Dore host of The Young Turks discusses Sen. Ted Cruz and his message for…
The “Christian State” of Idaho?
KXLY ABC | -- "Do you think Idaho should be classified as a Christian state? That's the question the Kootenai County Republican Central Committee will answer Tuesday night. KXLY4's Aaron Luna reports."…
Oklahoma: AP History Abandoned For Christian Agenda
TheLipTV | - "An Oklahoma legislative committee just approved an “emergency” bill introduced by Representative Dan Fisher that would cut state funding for Advanced Placement (AP) US History. Fisher’s agenda seems to…
Tony Blair obsessed with Religious “Crusade” against Iraq, like Bush: Former British Dep’ty PM
Channel 4 News: "Former deputy prime minister John Prescott calls his ex boss Tony Blair a 'crusader' because of Blair's recent calls to send troops back into the Iraq." 'Tony Blair is…
Michele Bachmann (R-MN) declares Christian Jihad on all Muslims
The Young Turks: "Michele Bachmann took the stage at the Values Voters Summit today, and fired up the crowd with shots at President Obama and Hillary Clinton, as well as a firm…