Dr Zogby
Using or Abusing Religion
In a week filled with bad news for religious understanding, there was some good news as well.
I don’t know why Pope Benedict XVI sought to quote what could only be described as an anti-Muslim diatribe to open his speech on the unacceptability of using religion to justify violence.It would have been more appropriate for him to choose a quote closer to home. After all the 14th Century source he cited was no angel, and the period in which he ruled, sandwiched, as it was, between the bloody Crusades and the equally bloody Inquisition could have provided Benedict with enough material to make his point–without resorting to a sweeping mischaracterization of Islam.
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From the desk of Dr. Zogby
I Understand Shirley Sherrod
As an Arab American, I can empathize with Shirley Sherrod, the Georgia Department of Agriculture official who, last week, after being falsely accused of making anti-white racist comments, was forced to resign from her post. Read More »
Viewpoint with James Zogby: Robert Malley, Ken Menkhaus
Air Date: July 22, 2010
On Thursday's edition of Viewpoint with James Zogby: Robert Malley, Middle East and North Africa Program Director at the International Crisis Group, Washington, DC.; Ken Mekhaus, Somalia expert and Professor of Political Science at Davidson College, NC Read More »
Dr. Zogby Speaks at Conference Commemorating 45th Anniversary of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act
The story of Arab Americans coming of age, as an organized community, is a classic American tale—a story of immigrants seeking opportunity, benefiting from America’s freedoms, but also experiencing, at times, the dark side of exclusion and discrimination that has, for so many, haunted our nation’s history. Read More »
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