Sunni, Wahhabi, Shia, Sufi, Ismaili, Ahmadiyya, Twelvers. Will the true Muslim please stand up? What makes a Muslim? What are the implications of non-Muslims declaring what is "true" Islam? Also, a review of President Trump's religious freedom declaration at the United Nations.

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• UN: Trump, Pence seek to elevate religious freedom as global priority
• Trump Stands Up for Religious Freedom - WSJ

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• Photos of the Week - Religion News Service — Afghan Shiites flagellate themselves with chains and blades to mark Ashura, outside the Abul Fazel Shrine in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sept. 10, 2019. Ashura falls on the 10th day of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar, when Shiites mark the death of Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, at the Battle of Karbala, in present-day Iraq, in the 7th century. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
• Stations of the Cross
• A school where Muslims and Hindus pray together stirs strife in divided India - Religion News Service
• Rubio, Menendez Applaud Senate Passage of the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act - Press Releases - U.S. Senator for Florida, Marco Rubio
• Blackwater Mercenary Prince Has New $1 Trillion Chinese Boss - Bloomberg
• The Tibetan Muslims of Kashmir | The Diplomat
• Text: Woman healed by touching Jesus' garment — Matthew 9:20-22, Mark 5:25-34, Luke 8:43-48

John Pinna shares post-9/11 experiences from his family and career.

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• The Montgomery Story - MLKJ (PDF)
• Media coverage of AIC's Arabic Translation of MLK Comic Book "The Montgomery Story"
• What is Ashura? How this Shiite Muslim holiday inspires millions - Religion News Service

Matt and John review the Netflix series "The Family:"

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• The Family - A Netflix Series
• The Real Con in Netflix’s ‘The Family’ - The Atlantic
• God, Netflix and the Family: A conversation with Jeff Sharlet and Jesse Moss - RNS
• ‘The Family’ director defends portrayal of Christian group: ‘Good faith’ project, ‘diverse’ views - The Christian Post
• The Baptist Faith and Message
• What is Ashura? How this Shiite Muslim holiday inspires millions - Religion News Service

Following a quote tweet from the president, Matt and John talk messianic impulses and the American presidency.

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• Trump and the politics of the Messiah - Religion News Service
• Trump and the politics of the Messiah | National Catholic Reporter
• 2007: Messianic rhetoric infuses Obama rallies - POLITICO
• 2008: An Antichrist Obama in McCain Ad? - TIME
• Letter from George Washington to the Hebrew Congregation in Rhode Island
• Onward Christian Soldiers?: The Religious Right in American Politics (Dilemmas in American Politics): Clyde Wilcox, Carin Robinson: 9780813344539: Amazon.com: Books
• Book: GOD and George W. Bush: A Spiritual Life: by Paul Kengor — Pages 182-183, subsection, The "J-word" - Bush and Clinton."
• Film: True Believer (1989) - IMDb
• Felix's Restaurant & Oyster Bar - French Quarter, Lakefront, Gulfport

Matt and John talk military parades, BBQ, jihadis (is it a word?), some theology, and ask if there is such a thing as "halal pork."

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Matt and John wonder about supposed "Jesus' nails" found in Caiaphas' ossuary in Israel. John is fascinated by Moses' staff, currently in Turkey.

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• Archaeologist thinks he might have found nails from Jesus’s cross - The Washington Post
• ‘Nails of the Cross,’ reopens centuries-old debate - Video Articles - Jerusalem Post
• This Turkish Museum Allegedly Has the Staff of Moses — and You Can Go See It
• In Turkey’s Museums, Sacred and Secular Interweave - The New York Times
• Hagia Sophia
• Elder John Leland Historical Marker

Matt confesses an awkward moment walking into a wudu space. John gets nervous in an evangelical prayer circle.

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