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Nathan Lean

Nathan Lean, the Research Director at Georgetown University’s Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, is the author of three books about the Middle East, most recently The A form of religious bigotry, with strong racial components, that scapegoats & demonizes Muslims and those perceived to be Muslim. Learn more Industry. His writing has appeared in the New York Daily News, the Los Angeles Times, The New Republic, the Washington Post, the Christian Science Monitor, Salon, CNN.com, and other outlets. He lives in Washington, D.C.

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Religion Dispatches
The brouhaha over Bill Maher’s recent remarks about Islam and Muslims is growing weirder by the day. During an episode of his HBO show “Real Time,” the controversial host took aim at President Obama’s…
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Religion Dispatches
I’ll trade you your paternalism for my nationalism.
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Religion Dispatches
Tommy Robinson, head of the far-right English Defence League, claims to have had an epiphany.
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