Muslim Americans and Violence
Over at my blog I have a video regarding Muslim American views on violence against their neighbors. I did not want to embed it here because I was not sure of the etiquette around Flash movies on the front page. a

My thoughts on Ft. Hood
My thoughts on Ft. Hood over at Religion Dispatches. It’s quite possible that Hasan is mentally ill and chose to use Islam to express that illness the way a Christian may believe he’s hearing the voice of Jesus. In both cases they are turning to comfortable cultural idioms to express the confusion in their heads. The following paragraph was cut from the final version, a decision I do agree with. However, I am thinking of picking up the thread and am curious to hear your thoughts. One concrete action we can take is to reach ou