World Religions

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'Worship'? Just say 'NO'

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I apologize, gentle readers, for having to go over this issue again so soon. Still, I have to admit that when a reader sent the following URL to your GetReligionistas, I thought for a second that it was a prank.


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'Sectarian' clash between Copts and mob?

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Journalists must keep the following fact in mind while covering the ongoing tensions and occasional violent clashes in Egypt — the Muslim community is not monolithic. As we keep saying here at GetReligion, there is no one Islam.


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A politically retired Dalai Lama

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Journalists often agonize over a lead/lede, looking for something snappy and attention-grabbing to get people into the story. Sometimes, though, bloggers/aggregators get a bit too cute trying to add a little quip to the intro of a story. Take this example from Slatest’s summary of the Dalai Lama’s recent announcement:


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WPost vents on Peter King, then does its job

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If you are a regular reader of the Washington Post, you have grown used to seeing carbon copies of the same column day after day on the op-ed page. This column starts like this, care of Eugene Robinson:


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John Paul II did WHAT?

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As the May 1 date for the beatification of Pope John Paul II draws closer and closer, readers can expect more and more stories about that this rite means and what it does not mean. A key part of making that distinction will be explaining the steps that remain ahead for those who are trying to make the case that the man they call John Paul the Great should, in fact, be declared as a Catholic saint.


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