Ask the Expert: Sally Steenland Answers Questions from Facebook Fans About Religion and Politics

Sally Steenland answers questions submitted by CAP Facebook fans about recent anti-Muslim rhetoric and why religious debates get so much media attention.

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How does anti-Muslim rhetoric put U.S. national security at risk? Why do religious debates get so much airtime when there are issues like poverty, lack of education, and inhuman living conditions spread wide across the world? Where’s the line between separation of church and state and politics?

(transcript, mp4, YouTube)

For more information, see:

Eleven Things You Need to Know About Islam in America Today by Rev. Dr. Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite and Eleni Towns
The Distorted Lens of Islamophobia by Sally Steenland

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Sally Steenland

Former Director, Faith and Progressive Policy Initiative

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Ask the Expert: Sally Steenland Answers Questions from Facebook Fans About Religion and Politics