Op-Ed in the NYT: "Catholics Then, Muslims Now"

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/18/opinion/catholics-then-muslims-now.html?src=recg

Doug Saunders, the European bureau chief for The Globe and Mail, is the author of “The Myth of the Muslim Tide: Do Immigrants Threaten the West?”

A Philosopher Defends Religion by Thomas Nagel | The New York Review of Books

http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2012/sep/27/philosopher-defends-religion/?pagination=false

Via Rashid

The Homeland Is the Arena: Religion, Transnationalism, and the Integration of Senegalese Immigrants in America by Ousmane Kane

Just found out about this book:

As Senegal prepares to celebrate fifty years of independence from French colonial rule, academic and policy circles are engaged in a vigorous debate about its experience in nation building. An important aspect of this debate is the impact of globalization on Senegal, particularly the massive labor migration that began directly after independence. From Tokyo to Melbourne, from Turin to Buenos Aires, from to Paris to New York, 300,000 Senegalese immigrants are simultaneously negotiating their integration into their host society and seriously impacting the development of their homeland. 

 This book addresses the modes of organization of transnational societies in the globalized context, and specifically the role of religion in the experience of migrant communities in Western societies. Abundant literature is available on immigrants from Latin America and Asia, but very little on Africans, especially those from French speaking countries in the United States. Ousmane Kane offers a case study of the growing Senegalese community in New York City. By pulling together numerous aspects (religious, ethnic, occupational, gender, generational, socio-economic, and political) of the experience of the Senegalese migrant community into an integrated analysis, linking discussion of both the homeland and host community, this book breaks new ground in the debate about postcolonial Senegal, Muslim globalization and diaspora studies in the United States. A leading scholar of African Islam, Ousmane Kane has also conducted extensive research in North America, Europe and Africa, which allows him to provide an insightful historical ethnography of the Senegalese transnational experience.

http://www.amazon.com/The-Homeland-Arena-Transnationalism-Integration/dp/0199732310/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1347938996&sr=8-1&keywords=Homeland+Is+the+Arena

Professor Sherman Jackson on Egypt on MSNBC

Prof. Sherman Jackson talks about the anti-American protests in Egypt and whether they signify big troubles ahead for the country.

http://video.msnbc.msn.com/the-cycle/49064617/#49064617