Nickolaus Hammack stood among almost 50 students and community members last week as he spread a message he said was more radical than abhorring terrorism. That message was “We are not afraid.”A vigil was held on Thursday in the Martin Luther King...
"Islam has a very strong strand of peace," said Amitabh Pal, managing editor of Progressive magazine. Pal spoke about his first book titled "Islam Means Peace," and also touched on some misinterpretations of Islam Wednesday evening. DeKalb Interfaith...
Terrorism as a force, is an idea has existed in many forms for decades--or centuries--depending on how one looks at it. It has no nationality, ethnicity or race. There has existed church-sanctioned terrorism throughout the Middle Ages, Buddhist car bombers...
The old adage suggests that people "put themselves in another person's shoes."This saying is taken to heart by the members of Northern Illinois University's Muslim Students Association (MSA) who will host a fast-a-thon event this Thursday."The fast-a-thon...
By Aaron Brooks, Phil Case, Matt Liparota, Logan Short, Taurean Small, and David Thomas
| August 26, 2010
For the past couple of months, politicians, pundits, and ordinary citizens have weighed in on the Cordoba House, an Islamic community center (with a mosque) that would be built within two blocks of Ground Zero. As part of our new "In Focus" series, various...
