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The Incredible Shrinking Free Exercise Clause

By Bruce Ledewitz

…h for violation of privacy based on a crudely anti-gay protest that church members held prior to the funeral. The family originally won a judgment of $7.9 million in compensatory and punitive damages, but that was reversed by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals on the ground of free speech. The Supreme Court is now reviewing that ruling, which will implicate the recent Arizona legislation as well. No one can say, of course, which side will win the…

Chatting with Myanmar’s Buddhist “Terrorist”

By Mark Juergensmeyer

…ing the government to a greater degree of democratic rule. Even though the military-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party swept the 2012 elections, its leaders were apprehensive about the 2015 elections and the likely candidacy of Nobel Prize-winning Burmese leader, Aung San Suu Kyi. Some thought that by creating an artificial threat the military’s party would be seen as strong defenders of the nation, and they would gain in the upcoming e…

Netanyahu’s (Republican) Esther Moment

By Sarah Posner

…hor of an incendiary new book purporting to show that the Bible predicts a military confrontation with Iran. By then, Hagee’s book, Jerusalem Countdown, had sold nearly 500,000 copies. It had occupied the No. 1 position on the Wal-Mart inspirational best-seller list, showed up on Wal-Mart’s list of top 10 best sellers for seven weeks, and made the USA Today top 50 best-seller list for six weeks. Hagee, who serves as head pastor of the 18,000-membe…

Dear Reader, I’m Assuming You Don’t Know Any Muslims

By Haroon Moghul

…igion, but rather as a dangerous, repressive, subversive, anti-humanistic, military, financial and commercial conspiracy designed and intended to dominate the entire world to the advantage of a few charismatic fast-talking snake-oil salesmen. It needs to be put down permanently by any and all measures necessary to do so. There are other “religions” of similar design and threat, but which have of yet not gained a significant foothold. My response:…

Competitive Religious Philanthropy in the Wake of the Nepali Earthquake

By Nalika Gajaweera

…to be one of the first three countries to send relief to Nepal, deploying military troops outside of its sovereign territory for the first time in Sri Lanka’s history. The gesture could easily be chalked up to a diplomatic gesture from one small South Asian nation to another, but the humanitarian gesture is rooted in the long-running transcultural exchange between Sri Lanka and Nepal as major historical sites of Buddhism. “It is indeed our duty t…

What Should Truly Disturb Us About Game of Thrones’ Child Sacrifice

By Jodi Eichler-Levine

…the Light” so that her “king’s blood” will work its magic and grant him a military victory. In a brutal scene, tiny Shireen, unsuspecting of her fate until the final moments, is tied to a pyre and set aflame. She dies screaming for her mother and father to save her. The denizens of the Internet are now united in their hatred for Stannis. Slate has declared him this week’s Worst Person in Westeros. It was arguably the darkest moment of the series,…

Not All Christians are Terrorists

By Reuven Firestone

…Kurzman’s recent article in the New York Times, a study produced by the US Military Academy’s “Combating Terrorism Center” at West Point counted an average of 6 terrorism-related plots per year carried out by Muslims since 9/11. These resulted in a total of 50 fatalities. The same study found that right-wing extremists averaged 337 attacks per year, causing a total of 254 fatalities. If you were to try to remember all the terrorist attacks in Amer…

Update: Mubarak Steps Down; The Crash After Mubarak’s Speech

By H.A. Hellyer

…resident Hosni Mubarak has stepped down and the vice president has named a military council to run the country’s affairs…” Egypt is a focal point for the history and development of all three Abrahamic faiths, and all three of those faiths reject the use of drugs. But last night, Egypt was high. And then, it crashed. Egyptians weren’t high on drugs yesterday, of course. But as the rumor mill kicked into high gear, fueled by leading statements from…

State of the Union Stuck in that Olde-Time Semi-Niebuhrianism

By Ira Chernus

…er nation with its domestic “civility,” while at the same time sending its military forces to fend off a shadowy and (let’s be honest now) apparently rather ineffectual foreign threat. Whether the president truly believes his Niebuhrian rhetoric no one will ever know. But if he is deploying words merely to win political victories, he is proving himself just as much a disciple of Niebuhr, who assumed that every political leader would do the same. …

What Does Anti-Christian Even Mean?

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…r their education, seek gainful employment or become productive, taxpaying members of society.” Not only that, it has violated Holy Scripture. Exodus 22:21 instructs: “Do not mistreat or oppress a foreigner, for you were foreigners in Egypt.” Leviticus 19:34 is even more direct: “The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. I am the LORD your God.” 4. Ongoing wars in…