Comments on: Why Religion May Not Matter Much in 2008, Part 2

By: Dawud Israel

Dawud Israel — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:57:04 +0000

Hi,

I wanted to ask you for some advice on writing about religion in the West. I wanted to try and find a career in this area so as to give it my full attention but not sure how to. Its especially harder with Islam because all the publications I find talk about Islam through the lens of the West but never quite Islam for Islam (a whole, not recycled fragments). This is very frustrating since I can’t fit in or really get anywhere!

Do you have any advice? My blog is muslimology.wordpress.com.
Thank you.

By: Nasamat

Nasamat — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:40:04 +0000

” the entire landscape of our nation was shifting.”

All nations go through ups and downs.

“and us non-Wall-Street-employed people start to feel the direct pinch,”

That’s why I wrote ‘Patience’. See blog above.

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[...] the spirit of this week’s question of how different religious groups relate to the massive financial troubles on Wall Street, I spent [...]

By: DH

DH — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 15:41:37 +0000

Great question…how do religious perspectives impact voting based upon economic indicators – as always, you raise thought-provoking issues of the day! Religion certainly seems to be playing a visible role in today’s election…to the chagrin of most Americans, I think.

Nicholas Kristof’s 9/21/08 Sunday Opinion piece about “The Push To ‘Otherize’ Obama” was a chilling assertion that religious prejudice could be an excuse for racial prejudice – so perhaps the gut prejudice card is being played while ignoring the economic mess that this country is in – only the results of Nov. 4 will reveal which topic was of more importance to the average voter. V. sad state of affairs to admit that anti-Muslim sentiments/rumours may rule the day!