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Well, I really think I have to agree with veteran columnist and media critic John Leo. The following sentences are some of the strangest I have read in a major newspaper in a long time.
Buried at 19 paragraphs into an A1 Wall Street Journal story on the religious tensions in the Gulf is a reference that appears to imply that religious issues are not part of the “real world.” Accessing the article requires an expensive log-in (which I don’t have — I am relying on a dead-pulp version), but props to Rod Dreher of Beliefnet’s Crunchy Con and the The Dallas Morning News for catching it Monday and calling us out for missing it.
What if you picked up your morning newspaper and discovered that one of the nation’s veteran religion-beat specialists was beginning a massive four-part series on sexism and women’s rights in India. Would this surprise you?
The answer can be found here at ABC News’ Brian Ross and & the Investigative Team site, along with seven other questions that will test your knowledge of Islam.
National Public Radio’s Morning Edition is in the midst of a five-part series on Shiism this week. It’s called “The Partisans of Ali: A History of Shia Faith and Politics” and is well worth listening to or reading online.
The British continue to be haunted by reports of terrorist plots. However, there was an important twist in one of the recent stories and, ever since, I have been watching to see if journalists will dig into a crucial detail.
I tried to find a religious news angle for the Super Bowl halftime show so I could discuss how awesome Prince is, but I had to give up.
Congratulations once again to The New York Times for its excellent coverage of American Islamic issues. If only it would devote like coverage to other religions, like maybe Christianity.
