By Dan Gilgoff, CNN.com Religion Editor
(CNN) – In case you were wondering about all the balloons and cake: CNN’s Belief Blog has just marked its first birthday.
After publishing 1,840 posts and sifting through 452,603 comments (OK, we may have missed one or two) the Belief Blog feels older than its 12 months would suggest. But it also feels wiser, having followed the faith angles of big news stories, commissioned lots of commentary and, yes, paid attention to all those reader comments for a solid year.
10 things we’ve learned:
1. Every big news story has a faith angle. Even the ordeal of 33 Chilean miners trapped underground for more than two months. Even the attempted assassination of Arizona congresswoman Gabby Giffords. Even March Madness. Even – well, you get the point.
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7. Americans still have an uneasy relationship with Islam. Nearly 10 years after the September 11 attacks provoked many Americans to pay attention to Islam for the first time, much of the country is still somewhat uncomfortable about the religion, which counts 1.5 billion followers worldwide.
The way to fix the problem as outlined above, in my opinion, is to cover moderate Islam as Ahmadiyya Muslim Community understands and presents it and therein is the role of the Muslim Times. The Western media is urged to present Islam not as the enemy but as a clear choice along with Christianity and atheism. The Holy Quran as a scripture that has far more to offer than the Bible could be a frequent discussion.
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