Rich Johnson at Bleeding Cool noted a particularly disturbing trait to one of the ISIS terrorists: He’s apparently a superhero fan. The Guardian newspaper profiled Reyaad Khan, a Welsh jihadist and, based on his Twitter feed, a Batman and Justice League enthusiast. Shouldn’t there be something inherently contradictory between the superhero credo and ISIS’s principles? Read more here.
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Deseret News Covers Comics and Faith
In November of 2013, Deseret News spoke with ComicBookReligion.com‘s Preston Hunter and S&S’s own A. David Lewis about the role of religion in comics, from Ms. Marvel to Kingstone Comics. Read here.
Qahera Is Not Ms. Marvel
She’s feisty, she’s formidable, she’s Muslim, and she’s not Ms. Marvel. Meet Qahera, the creation of art student Deena Mohamed, ready to take out the “misogynistic trash.” Read here.
Predictions for Ms. Marvel on CNN
In November of 2013, S&S’s own Hussein Rashid wrote for CNN’s Belief Blog about the coming of a new Ms. Marvel: teenage, Muslim, and from Jersey. He predicted she’d have a “level of complexity [that] bodes well for the […] character.” Read here.
ISIS Death Fatwa for The 99 Creator
Comic Book Resources‘ Robot 6 is among several sites reporting that ISIS (working under the name of “The Islamic Caliphate”) has called for the death of comic book creator of The 99, Dr. Naïf Al-Mutawa. Read more here.
