When I get sensational headlines like this coming across social media, I always like to check the source and, unfortunately, it looks like it wasn't an exaggeration.

According to Wikipedia, Watkins College of Art is a private Nashville art school has been around since 1885. According to ArtNet article I linked to above, it has been struggling ( Read more... )

I first ran into Bushra Amiwala… well, actually, looking through the Niles Bugle archives, it turned out that I actually first ran into her when she was a still a senior at Niles North High School. But she really got my attention when I was covering a May 30 interfaith dinner at Morton Grove’s Muslim Education Center. She talked about her political ( Read more... )

Stephen Colbert is a Catholic. Even if he doesn't follow every single tenant of the faith, it's clear that his faith is important to him. Ricky Gervais is, as he put it, an "atheist agnostic."

Over at ohnotheydidnt, reasontowander posted a video of Ricky Gervais And Stephen Colbert debating about religion on the recent episode of the later's show. I wasn't sure what to ( Read more... )

"Untitled" #MuslimBan #chicago pic.twitter.com/Vvm4zo9Icp
- Nuccio DiNuzzo (@ChiTribNuccio) January 31, 2017

Edited to Add (31.01.2017): Additional context

Meryem Yildirim, 7, left, sits on her father, Fatim, of Schaumburg, and Adin Bendat-Appell, 9, right, sits on his father, Rabbi Jordan Bendat-Appell, of Deerfield, during a protest at O'Hare ( Read more... )

Two years ago, I mentioned post in egl community where a Muslim girl asked for some advice on how she could get into the style while still following her faith's modesty rules. And, last week, I came across a 2015 Geek & Sundry article that showed that she was far from unique, nor was she the first Muslim girl to ask these kinds of questions. And it ( Read more... )

To be honest, I wasn't sure whether to write anything. I didn't think I really have that much to say that other people haven't said better. But I kept having a nagging feeling that I should write something... So here we are.

At this point, everybody at least knows the basics. If you don't, BBC has a decent summary for the English-speakers, and ( Read more... )

I've been fascinated with American Evangelical subculture since I was in high school. Especially the media it produced. There is something... Soviet about it. Not necessarily in terms of ideology, but in the way it tries to spread The Message. The whole idea that Evangelicals alone know the truth, that they know the best, and that only they can ( Read more... )

Last night, I dreamed that I was God. In retrospect, maybe not the God with the capital 'G' - I wasn't omnipintent - but in my dream, I sure felt like I was Him. In my dream, I could do whatever I wanted ( Read more... )

Several years ago, I wrote about Left Behind: Eternal Forces, the then-new video game based on the Left Behind franchise. For those who don't know, the game involves the Evangelical Tribulation Force fighting against the Peacekeeper forces of the Antichrist. At the time, I downloaded a demo of the game with an intention to play it to see if the ( Read more... )

Edit Notes: After posting the original version of the story, I felt unhappy with the ending, so I decided to rewrite it. I even fixed a few typos along the way. I might tweak a few things later, but, for now, I am happy with what I have.

Edit Notes 2: Fixed spelling and grammar issues, made a few minor tweaks.

The following story was something I ( Read more... )