{"id":383,"date":"2011-03-14T17:20:40","date_gmt":"2011-03-14T17:20:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beliefbeat\/2011\/03\/prayers-japan-tsunami-earthquake-nuclear-recovery-muslim-hearings.html"},"modified":"2011-03-14T17:20:40","modified_gmt":"2011-03-14T17:20:40","slug":"prayers-japan-tsunami-earthquake-nuclear-recovery-muslim-hearings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/2011\/03\/prayers-japan-tsunami-earthquake-nuclear-recovery-muslim-hearings.html","title":{"rendered":"Week in Review: Prayers for Japan, Fears of U.S. Muslims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Guess I wasn&#8217;t kidding about <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beliefbeat\/2011\/03\/coming-up-ash-wednesday-muslim-hearings.html\">having that &#8220;Jon Stewart curse&#8221;<\/a> &#8212;&nbsp;a <em>lot <\/em>of faith-related news broke while I was on vacation, including the <a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/ap\/20110313\/ap_on_re_eu\/pope_japan_earthquake\">prayers <\/a>and <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/news\/2011\/03\/religious-groups-mobilize-to-a.php\">faith-based aid <\/a>directed to Japan&#8217;s disaster recovery efforts, and the American Muslim community&#8217;s reaction to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/episodes\/march-11-2011\/congressional-hearings-on-muslim-radicalization\/8348\/\">congressional hearings on homegrown Islamic terrorism<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>(Incidentally, there were no signs of the tsunami on Mexico&#8217;s Pacific coast, though hotels refrained from putting out their beach chairs on Friday, just in case.)<\/p>\n<p>While I catch up&nbsp;on hundreds of headlines of professional and personal interest&nbsp;&#8212; including whether <a href=\"http:\/\/www.requiredelements.com\/\">the now-postponed World Figure Skating Championships, scheduled for this month in Japan (a major skating country),&nbsp;will be relocated or canceled <\/a>&#8212; here are some interesting links on those two major topics:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/onfaith.washingtonpost.com\/onfaith\/guestvoices\/2011\/03\/in_defense_of_peter_kings_muslim_hearings.html\">In defense of Peter King&#8217;s Muslim hearings <\/a>(Asra Nomani for <em>The Washington Post <\/em>On Faith blog)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.getreligion.org\/2011\/03\/wpost-vents-on-peter-king-then-does-its-job\/\">WPost vents on Peter King, then does its job <\/a>(GetReligion)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalcafe.com\/lead\/anglican_communion\/archbishop_of_japan_writes_of.html\">Archbishop of Japan writes of earthquake, tsunami and nuclear peril<\/a> (Episcopal Cafe)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/religion.blogs.cnn.com\/2011\/03\/14\/how-japans-religions-confront-tragedy\/\">How Japan&#8217;s religions confront tragedy <\/a>(CNN Belief Blog)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/content.usatoday.com\/communities\/Religion\/post\/2011\/03\/japan-earthquake-tsunami-prophecy-bible-\/1?csp=34&amp;utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed:+Religion-TopStories+(News+-+Religion+-+Top+Stories)\">Prophecy site blames Japan disasters on all our sins <\/a>(<em>USA Today <\/em>Faith &amp; Reason blog)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Share your thoughts in the Comments section below.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\">*<a href=\"http:\/\/feedburner.google.com\/fb\/a\/mailverify?uri=beliefnet\/beliefbeat\">Click here to<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong>subscribe to Belief Beat<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><\/a>and<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/beliefbeat\">click here to<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong>follow Belief Beat on Twitter<\/strong><\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guess I wasn&#8217;t kidding about having that &#8220;Jon Stewart curse&#8221; &#8212;&nbsp;a lot of faith-related news broke while I was on vacation, including the prayers and faith-based aid directed to Japan&#8217;s disaster recovery efforts, and the American Muslim community&#8217;s reaction to the congressional hearings on homegrown Islamic terrorism. 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