An interesting case is developing out of Minnesota: Six Muslim factory workers have filed a religious discrimination complaint after their employer, a tortilla factory, allegedly forced them to wear pants and shirts -- clothing that's outside traditional Islamic dress code.

To what extent does an employer have the right to make employees conform to a dress code?

Senator Obama is not a Muslim, but a recent and disturbing survey found that 10% of Americans beleive he is.

The facts first: Senator Obama's father was a Muslim from Kenya, his stepfather was a Muslim as well. Senator Obama middle name is Hussein. Senator Obama is a Christian and has being going to the same church for the last 20 years.

In today's podcast, Joel and I discuss how Muslims now outnumber Catholics and what that might portend for any dialogue between the faiths.

There's a striking scene early in "Persepolis," one of three nominees tonight for Best Animated Film. An adolescent girl, Marjane, straps on her Walkman's headphones and begins bobbing her head furiously to one of her favorite rock bands -- Iron Maiden, one of the angriest, heaviest, scariest bands of the early 1980s metal movement.