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The Anti-Islam Summit: Shame On CNN, Shame On Beck
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April

As a Muslim fighting for reform within our Muslim world, I watched the Secular Islam Summit, aired earlier this week on CNN Headline News’ Glenn Beck show, with great anticipation. I believe in religious pluralism and the separation of mosque and state. I know Muslims need to speak up against extremism.

But that’s not what we got with the “Secular Islam Summit,” held at the Hilton Hotel in St. Petersburg, Fl. The summit was supposed to be about Islam, yet there was hardly a Muslim at the podium.

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Muslims, Christians & The Lost Tomb
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March

Every one is eagerly waiting for this Sunday, March 4th to witness or not to witness the documentary Lost Tomb.  

There have been severe criticisms of James Cameron the producer and questions abound about the faith itself. Mark Davis writes in Dallas Morning News “This proud director has now joined the ranks of bottom-feeding junk pushers” and adds “Too tempting to make the logical leaps.” 

One question that concerns me is the depth of the faith, rather paucity of the faith of the believers. One’s faith must be really weak to be frightened by a movie, and I often wonder, how will it offend the faith of millions?