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May 2013

May 16, 2013
Sufisim is making a comeback in Somalia, according to this Huffington Post story. It was...
May 15, 2013
Here is Ken Robinson at his best, which I found on Open Culture. In this...
May 14, 2013
In our last Face to Faith video conference for the year, my religion students considered...
May 13, 2013
Catholics are making big gains in Asia and Africa, according to this Huffington Post story. In...
May 12, 2013
Here is a 2011 Pew research survey, which I saw on the On Being blog, that shows...
May 10, 2013
Librarians in Timbuktu duped Al Qaeda and saved thousands of ancient manuscripts from destruction. The...
May 08, 2013
My religions class just completed a seminar on human rights. The collapse of the garment...
May 07, 2013
More than half the world's population lives inside the circle, and yes, most of the...
May 06, 2013
A few boys posted this video of the song "Hello" from the Broadway hit, The...
May 05, 2013
Aren't Buddhist monks, indeed all Buddhists, supposed to be non-violent?  In Burma and Sri Lanka,...
May 01, 2013
Here are the top posts for April. This timeline got the most page views. Timeline...

April 2013

April 29, 2013
The Gulabi Gang are pink sari wearing women in India who brandish big sticks and...
April 29, 2013
Hind Makki tweeted this great infographic about the veil. It outlines the veil's history and...
April 28, 2013
I am covering the Sunni Shia split in my religion class and saw this nice...
April 28, 2013
Here are some very useful and cool tips from New York Times tech columnist, David...
April 26, 2013
As part of World Malaria Day, my religion students learned about the tragedy of malaria...
April 25, 2013
Tibetan Buddhists can spend 7 to 10 days making an intricate sand mandala like the...
April 24, 2013
In his blog, Informed Consent, historian Juan Cole, argues that Muslims are no more violent...
April 23, 2013
 Twenty years ago, in April, 1993,  Elie Wiesel dedicated the Holocaust Museum with this touching...
April 23, 2013
Here is the trailer for the Unity Productions Foundation documentary on Islamic art and architecture,...
April 21, 2013
Three well-known educators, Angela Maiers, Stephen Anderson, and Tom Whitby explain the importance of using...
April 19, 2013
Check out the Adventures of Hamza at the Freer Sackler Museum site. The Hamzanama is...
April 19, 2013
Michael Wolfe, an American writer and Muslim convert, took a camera crew on his Hajj...
April 17, 2013
Here's the Bruins-Sabres National Anthem, from tonight's game, with the Boston Fire Department Honor Guard....
April 14, 2013
American and Israeli Jewish women are challenging the law against their worship at the Western...
April 14, 2013
George Mason University's Center for History and News Media has some great resources on the...
April 13, 2013
Leslie Hazleton, author of the new book, First Muslim, finds much to like about the...
April 11, 2013
Great graphic of the world's religions. Some of the numbers are off because it was...
April 10, 2013
Writing for the Washington Post's "On Faith" section, Dr. Richard Land, president of The Ethics...
April 09, 2013
Saw this short video on "On Being's blog" featuring the Dalai Llama words about happiness...
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