RELIGIOUS EXTREMISM - article collection
compiled by Sheila Musaji
updated 8/8/2007 (we are working to reorder this section to make it easier to research by religious faith)
APOCALYPSE/ ARMAGEDDON (see also Red Heifer, Rapture, and Temple Mount) - CHRISTIAN & JEWISH
- Apocalyptic Radicalism and Religion http://www.beliefnet.com/frameset_offsite.asp?pageLoc=http%3A%2F%2Fandromeda%2Erutgers%2Eedu%2F%7Ezahavy%2Fapocalyptic%2Ehtml&query=&script=/index/index_20395.html
- Apocalypticism Explained http://www.beliefnet.com/frameset_offsite.asp?pageLoc=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Epbs%2Eorg%2Fwgbh%2Fpages%2Ffrontline%2Fshows%2Fapocalypse%2Fexplanation%2F&query=&script=/index/index_20395.htm
- Armageddon: The Rapture Index http://www.raptureready.com/rap2.html
- Armageddon Lobby http://www.againstbombing.com/ArmageddonUpdates.htm
- The Brutal Christ of the Armageddonites John Basil Utley http://www.antiwar.com/utley/?articleid=8588
- Bush’s Armageddon Obsession, Michael O Hill http://www.counterpunch.org/hill01042003.html
- Christian Evangelicals and U.S. Foreign Policyhttp://www.cfr.org/publication/11341/
- Christian Zionists and the Second Coming, Donald Wagner, http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article4930.htm
- Christian and Jewish Beliefs Regarding the Return of the Messiah and Plots Against Masjid al-Aqsa, Alia Amer, http://www.islaam.com/Article.aspx?id=504
- DeLay Says Judea and Samaria (West Bank) Belong to Israel http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2002/04/24/aipac.htm
- Direst of Predictions for War in Iraq http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A58894-2003Mar7̬Found=true
- Evangelicals Financing Immigrant Settlements in Israel http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2002/07/10/MN17001.DTL
- Evangelicals and Jews Together, Rod Dreher http://www.nationalreview.com/dreher/dreher040502.asp
- Extremism in Israel Is Fueled By Growing Ultra-Orthodox Movement in the U.S. , Allan C. Brownfield http://www.wrmea.com/backissues/010201/0101071.html
- Falwell’s Folly http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig4/vance6.html
- How religious movements prolong the Israel-Palestine controversy http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/karen_armstrong_how_religious_movements_prolong_the_arab_israeli_conflict/
- Inhofe’s Pro Apocolypse Foreign Policy http://www.tompaine.com/feature.cfm/ID/5489
- Keep Cal Thomas Away From Your Kids, Ahmed Amr http://www.mediamonitors.net/amr41.html
- Last Days http://www.floodlight.org/theory/sub1.html
- Hal Lindsey: Father of Apocalyptic Christian Zionism http://www.virginiawater.co.uk/christchurch/articles/hallindsey.HTM
- Lobbying For Armageddon http://www.alternet.org/module/printversion/39748
- Messianic Jews & the Red Heifer, http://middleeastinfo.org/article475.html
- Politics of Apocalypse http://www.beliefnet.com/frameset_offsite.asp?pageLoc=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eatheists%2Eorg%2Fflash%2Eline%2Fmideast1%2Ehtm&query=&script=/index/index_20395.html
- Pat Robertson in the Temple http://www.counterpunch.org/grebe04242003.html
- Ariel Sharon: Messenger of Messianic Apocalypse http://www.beliefnet.com/story/56/story_5673_1.html
- Some Christians See A “Road Map” to End Times, http://iviews.com/articles/Articles.asp?ref=LT0306-2007
- Unannounced Reasons for Christian Fundamentalist Support for Israel, Gary North http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig/north7.html
- Will Fundamentalist Christians and Jews Ignite Apocalypse? http://natcath.org/NCR_Online/archives2/2002d/101102/101102a.htm
BUDDHIST see claim that all terrorists are Muslim ignores history - article collection
CHRISTIAN see Christian extremism and terrorism article collection
HINDU
- Anti-Christian violence in India see Claim that all Terrorists are Muslims Ignores History for a long list of Hindu terrorism
HONOR KILLINGS - CHRISTIAN, HINDU, SIKH, MUSLIM, JEWISH etc. (cultural, not religious phenomenon)
- Hindu and Sikh Honor Killings http://www.lehigh.edu/~amsp/2004/10/githa-hariharan-honor-killings-still.html
- Hindu Honor Killings http://dcubed.blogspot.com/2005/10/question-of-dishonour.html
- In June of 2005 a Christian Palestinian girl was killed by her family for wanting to marry a Muslim boy
- In October of 2003, a Sikh girl from Vancouver, B.C. was killed on the orders of her mother and uncle because she had run away to marry a man of her own choice. In August of 2006 a young Sikh couple were both killed for eloping.
- Jewish Honor Killing of Rabbi’s Daughter http://209.157.64.200/focus/f-news/1399287/posts
- One out of 10 British Asians interviewed in a poll of 500 Hindus, Sikhs, Christians and Muslims surveyed by the BBC’s Asian Network radio said they would condone the murder of someone who disrespected their family’s honour.
- Palestinian Christian Honor Killing http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/4522465.stm
- Sikh Honor Killing http://cities.expressindia.com/archivefullstory.php?newsid=152067&creation_date=2005-10-08
JEWISH see Jewish Extremism and Terrorism article collection
MUSLIM see our collections of Resources - Muslim Voices Against Extremism and Terrorism
MUSLIM & JEWISH
- Muslim and Jewish Religious Extremists Threaten Peace http://www.wrmea.com/backissues/0199/9901078.html
MUSLIM & CHRISTIAN
- Nigeria’s Latest Flashpoint: Religion http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/652118.stm
- The War of Jesus and Allah http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/the_war_of_jesus_and_allah/
MUSLIM/CHRISTIAN/JEWISH
Abraham’s Children Fight in the City of His Tomb http://www.metimes.com/2K/issue2000-4/reg/abrahams_children_fight.htm -
RELIGION AND EXTREMISM - GENERAL
- Karen Armstrong: How Religious Movements Prolong the Arab-Israeli Conflict, Carlton Cobb, CNI Staff Member, http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/karen_armstrong_how_religious_movements_prolong_the_arab_israeli_conflict/
- Faith Based Violence and Religious Zealotry, Salim Muwwakil, http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/2002sept_comments.php?id=101_0_14_0_C
- Has Anybody Seen My Old Friend God?, Sheila Samples http://www.smirkingchimp.com/article.php?sid=16582
- Hating in the Name of God, Benjamin Radford http://www.secularhumanism.org/library/aah/radford_10_3.htm
- Holocaust Deniers and the Iraq Study Group http://www.palestinechronicle.com/story-122006122942.htm
- Religion and the War Against Evil, Harvey Cox http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20011224&s=cox&c=1
- Inexcusable Tolerance for Religious Extremism in America, Fedwa Wazwaz, http://www.counterpunch.org/wazwaz1010.html
- Intra and Inter-Religious Hate and Violence, Linda Woolf & Michael Heilsizer, http://guweb2.gonzaga.edu/againsthate/Journal2/GHS106.PDF
- Is the Solution the Problem, Neale Walsch, http://www.tikkun.org/magazine/index.cfm/action/tikkun/issue/tik0307/article/030712d.html
- Religion and Logic Often Go Their Separate Ways, Raff Ellis http://yellowtimes.org/article.php?sid=1796&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0
- Religious Bigotry Then and Now, Gary Leupp http://www.counterpunch.org/leupp1209.html
- Religious Extremism http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/week506/perspectives.html
- Religious Insanity Runs Rampant, Wayne Madsen http://www.counterpunch.org/madsen10222003.html
- Religious Persecution in Europe: Focus on Muslims, Muslim Women’s League, http://www.mwlusa.org/presentations/speech_persec.html
- Religious Terrorism - http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/claim_that_all_terrorists_are_muslims_ignores_history/0012587
- Todays Special on the Menu of Hate, John Liechty, http://www.commondreams.org/views02/0711-07.htm
- VIDEO: How Religious are Religious Extremists - part 1 http://youtube.com/watch?v=R0dM5_fsHmQ
Which is the extremist threat in America: Muslims or Islamophobes, Shahed Amanullah, http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/which_is_the_extremist_threat_in_america_muslims_or_islamophobes/
- Violence in the name of God
SANTERIA
- Exorcism kills teenage girl http://www.meta-religion.com/New_religious_groups/crime_religion/VoodooSan/vivian_miranda.htm
SIKH
- India Babar Khalsa - Sikh
- India Dal Khalsa - Sikh
- India Khalistan Zindabad Force - Sikh
- Terrorists bring down Air India flight 182 - Sikh
RESOURCES (collections of articles and references)
Muslim Voices Against Extremism and Terrorism
- Part I Fatwas
- Part II Statements by Organizations
- Part III Statements and Articles by Individuals
- Part IV A Few Quotes
- Part V The Muslim Majority Who Don’t Get Publicity
- Selective Hearing of Muslim Voices Against Extremism
- Sunni Shia Resource - collection of articles
ISLAMOPHOBIA
- Polls, statistics, and surveys relating to Islam and Muslims
- Resources for Responses to Islamophobia and Allegations Against Islam and Muslims
- Claim That All Terrorists are Muslims Ignores History
- Alarming Statements 1 - 2000 and before
- Alarming Statements 2 - 2001-2005
- Alarming Statements 3 - 2006-2007
- Prejudice, Racist, or Violent Incidents at MOSQUES
- Incidents, hate crimes
- MEDIA, Propoganda & Perception
- Cleared, falsely accused, not guilty, innocent