Religion

Crisis Averted; Challenges Remain

Huff Post: by James Zogby. The crisis created by the film The Innocence of Muslims that many feared might spin out of control seems to be subsiding across the Arab World. The appeal by extremists to escalate the situation appears to have given way to more stable and thoughtful leadership. Washington acted […]

‘Religion Is No Longer Adequate’:Dalai Lama

Huff Post:By Dominique Mosbergen. On Monday, His Holiness the Dalai Lama took to Facebook to tell his four million friends that “religion is no longer adequate.” The Tibetan religious leader was quoting from a book he published last year, entitled “Beyond Religion: Ethics for a Whole World,” in which he argues that […]

Hidden Causes of the Muslim Protests

Source: The Atlantic By ROBERT WRIGHT As the Muslim protests subside, more and more people have come to realize that what seems to have sparked them–one of the worst YouTube videos ever, which is saying something–isn’t what they were mainly about. But what were they about? Here theories differ, and some of the […]