2009-11-07T06:56:55Z Views on religion and politics from On Faith's panel of experts. tag:newsweek.washingtonpost.com,2009:/onfaith/panelists//618 Copyright (c) 2009, WashingtonPost.Newsweek Interactive 2009-11-07T06:56:55Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2009-11-06:/onfaith/panelists/2009/11/time_to_act.html

People are dead in Texas because common sense has vanished from our discussion about terrorism. I am a Christian and believe abortion is a wicked act, but if my neighbor began to spout extremist rhetoric and talk about killing abortion doctors, I would have to do something. Though uncommon, extremists have murdered physicians in the name of perverted Christianity and so it would be reasonable to worry about my neighbor....Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

John Mark Reynolds 2009-11-06T22:02:20Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2009-11-06:/onfaith/panelists/2009/11/act_of_one_man_not_an_act_of_faith.html

On behalf of SSGWI , my wife Samina and I condemn the senseless act of violence allegedly perpetrated by Maj. Nadal Hasan yesterday at Fort Hood. We send condolences to the bereaved families who have lost their loved ones and prayers for those young men and women who were injured. As the horrific details of this terrible tragedy come to light, we are reminded sadly, that it only takes one man's twisted actions to shake...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

Salman Ahmad 2009-11-06T20:44:13Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2009-11-06:/onfaith/panelists/2009/11/rush_to_judgment_media_reporting_or_making_the_news.html

In the immediate aftermath of the breaking-news of the massacre at Fort Hood, a shocked nation and media scurried to find out who did it, how many were killed and injured and why? As is true in all such tragedies, in the initial chaos surrounding such events, facts are hard to corroborate and reports are often incomplete and contradictory. While many in the major media were careful and tentative, focused on whatever information they could...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

John Esposito 2009-11-06T20:26:58Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2009-11-06:/onfaith/panelists/2009/11/senseless_shootings_violate_islamic_faith.html

I was so deeply saddened by the events at Fort Hood, Texas, yesterday. My prayers and sympathy are with the families of those brave American soldiers who were killed and wounded in this senseless act. What this unfortunate Army major did was against the laws of Islam, even though news accounts said he was an observant Muslim. It is too early to understand his motivations and mental stability. He obviously was violating his faith when...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

Feisal Abdul Rauf 2009-11-06T22:04:57Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2009-11-06:/onfaith/panelists/2009/11/palin_care.html

Giving the wrong people seemingly harmless power can result in unintended consequences. Even granting control of the office coffee pot can determine a man's corporate fate. This possibility isn't listed in the job description for "snack and beverage provider," but I have seen an aggressive and clever employee use their role near the java to make the contacts and dish the dirt that got them their next promotion....Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

John Mark Reynolds 2009-11-06T20:35:13Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2009-11-06:/onfaith/panelists/2009/11/ft_hood_shooting_offers_americans_two_choices.html

The Fort Hood shootings present Americans with two choices about how they think about American Muslims. One choice is reactive and negative, taking a horrible act of one American Muslim, Major Nidal Hasan, and saying that he represents all American Muslims. Another choice is reflective and constructive, refusing to universalize harmful actions of one person to an entire faith group....Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

Robert Parham 2009-11-06T20:48:52Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2009-11-06:/onfaith/panelists/2009/11/muslims_condemn_violent_acts_at_fort_hood_and_offer_their_condolences.html

The greatest tragedy in yesterday's shooting at the Fort Hood military base was the death of 13 American soldiers, not to mention the life-changing impact on the 30 injured. This is the human tragedy. And there is Major Nidal M. Hassan's violent breach of the sanctity of the American military and its commitment to respect and trust between its personnel. When one considers the roughly 20,000 Muslims serving in the American military, this is particularly...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

Daisy Khan 2009-11-06T22:08:51Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2009-11-06:/onfaith/panelists/2009/11/weekly_jewish_wisdom_jewish_anger_management.html

Long ago I conquered my anger and placed it in my pocket. When I have need of it, I take it out." --The Koretzer Rebbe Ever feel angry, so deeply angry that you had to restrain unrecognizable forces of violence? Ever analyze that anger, try really hard to understand where it came from? Judaism recognizes that anger is passionate and that passion is not always a bad emotion when properly harnessed....Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

Erica Brown 2009-11-06T21:05:29Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2009-11-06:/onfaith/panelists/2009/11/shootings_will_promote_more_bigotry.html

I was saddened by news that some Muslim mosques have been threatened in the aftermath of yesterday's shooting at Fort Hood, allegedly by a U.S. Army psychiatrist named Nidal Malik Hasan, but I was not surprised, and that is sad as well....Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

Susan K. Smith 2009-11-06T17:06:05Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2009-11-06:/onfaith/panelists/2009/11/were_all_stereotypes.html

A lawyer friend once told me the following lawyer joke: "It's just those 98% of lawyers that give the rest of us a bad name." On the other hand, well over 95% of the lawyers I know are among those remaining 2%. Of course, my experience may be statistically skewed because most of them generously donate their time and energy to non-profit organizations I support....Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

Herb Silverman 2009-11-06T15:01:05Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2009-11-06:/onfaith/panelists/2009/11/fort_hood_trauma_is_contagious.html

The stress of war damages beyond belief--years and years after serving in the military, troops can still be suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. But one thing we may not have sufficiently appreciated is that the trauma of war is contagious. Witnesses to violence, those who work with people who have experienced war directly, also can become severely traumatized....Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite 2009-11-06T15:17:07Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2009-11-06:/onfaith/panelists/2009/11/government_should_keep_out_of_end-of-life_questions.html

End-of-life care should be managed and decided between the patient, the patient's family, and medical professionals. Government should be kept out of the consultation....Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

Charles "Chuck" Colson 2009-11-06T15:22:10Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2009-11-06:/onfaith/panelists/2009/11/as_we_all_struggle_to.html

As we all struggle to make sense of the terrible events at Fort Hood, it is all too easy to blame a particular religion or a particular ethnic background. No doubt, certain pundits will have a field day, using this tragedy to proclaim yet again that Islam is a terrorist religion and Muslims or Arabs are violent and not to be trusted. Those who have more a favorable view of Islam and Muslims will realize...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

Pamela K. Taylor 2009-11-06T13:56:14Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2009-11-06:/onfaith/panelists/2009/11/health_care_and_counseling_for_all_in_the_valley_of_the_shadow_of_death.html

We as Americans have a hard time with death. We can become obsessed with the tantalizing possibility of long life, while giving little thought to what a good death means. As a clergyperson and a teacher of religious leaders, I have had the privilege and the pain of providing my share of end-of-life counseling - but nothing prepares you for the times when the ones you love most stand on the threshold of death. When...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

Katharine Henderson 2009-11-06T15:52:41Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2009-11-06:/onfaith/panelists/2009/11/ft_hood_shooting_a_flashback_to_fragging.html

Asking " "What effect will the Fort Hood shootings have on the American public's perception of Islam?" asks us to be foretellers, fortune tellers, to predict. But The Shalom Center has had the holy chutzpah to call ourselves a "prophetic voice," and that voice is about "forth-telling," not foretelling. The Prophets spoke always with an "If" -- "IF the community chooses to oppress its workers into slaves, then the owners will themselves become slaves to...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

Arthur Waskow