What is the the Qur’an? An Agnostic Jew Speaks. Lesley Hazelton at TEDx

SLC Presbyterians provide free copies of Islam’s holy book – Salt Lake City Political Buzz | Examiner.com. The Wasatch Presbyterian Church is buying dozens of copies of the Quran and giving them away in the hope of bridging the gap created by extremists last March.

Nice take down of Newsweek’s piece on how Jews deserted Lieberman. Not all people in a religious community think and act the same way. Quelle surprise! Technorati Tags: Judaism

Omid Safi: What Would Martin Say Now?. Prophets don’t come to us to make us feel better about ourselves, to tell us to affirm our inner goodness, or to grant us wishes like a Santa-Clause.  No, prophets come to hold up a mirror to our society and our hearts, and let us see how we have fallen away from God, how we are living unjustly. They tell us that unless we repent now, the judgment of the Lord is upon us.