International Political Will

Going by FOX News and their cadre of extremist Judeo-Christian ideologues that pose as “journalists” (Bill Kristol, Sarah Palin, Karl Rove, et. al.), one might believe certain myths are true:

Islam is a violent religion.
Muslims are terrorists (but not Joe Stack).

Isolated in the U.S., where contact with Muslims is rare (or non-existent), it’s difficult to find [...]

Once again, Mumbai proved that letting a few voices in the media frame our values and fears is not the way to live peaceably with 20 million neighbors. It’s a lesson that, in a globalized world, the rest of us would do well to learn.
Shahrukh Khan, or SRK as he is often referred to for [...]

In light of Senator Harry Reid’s racist remarks about Obama (get it – in “light” of!), and Rush Limbaugh’s overt racist comments about Haiti, I bring you: “Racism: Bollywood Edition.”
When President Obama was elected, it was hailed in India as a sign of racial equality - as if it were some kind of achievement on [...]

When a country allows religious extremists to export their dangerous ideology of hate and intolerance – Nigerian airline bombers coming from Yemen, CIA-assassinating Jordanian double-agents in Afghanistan, or anti-American clerics in Pakistan – it’s a problem.
But the origin and strain of religion sometimes affects the response.

At a press conference last October in Kampala, President Museveni [...]

Part of the reason I like political comedians, like Jon Stewart or Bill Maher, is because they often use humor to expose truths.
Bill Maher’s documentary Religulous looks at extremism and its literal interpretations of scripture. He clearly is attempting to get viewers to reevaluate their beliefs and abandon religious extremism. Maher bemoans religion as unfounded [...]