What Not to Wear: Uzbek Muslim Leaders Don’t Want Women to Wear Arab-Imported Hijab
Muslim leaders in Uzbekistan want women to wear traditional dress, not the Arab-imported hijab, and they’ve enlisted fashion experts to make the case.
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The Mouths of Babes
“They don’t sound much like experts,” the child said. And, as we watch the latest news about the banks and the government, we must sadly agree.
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RD10Q: Spiritual Survival for LGBT Christians
It was never about “gays vs. God” for lesbian and gay Christians. In Bulletproof Faith, a lesbian minister urges us all to become fundamentalists—but not the kind you think.
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Text of Terror: A Bill Granting LGBT Citizens Equal Rights Evokes Biblical Citation
Those who cling to a harrowing scrap of an otherwise marginal biblical text want the rest of us to believe that it amounts to persecution to ask them to unclench their fists so that all of us can live together in peace.
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America’s Fat Tues Turns to Ash Wed: Imagine a Humility-Driven Recovery
The president boasted that America will be “back” economically, but can we can afford to go back to the kind of economy we had during the house of cards period?
Read MoreA Tragic Leap of Faith
As the economy tanks, suicide rises…
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Guess Who’s More Popular Than Jesus?
A new Harris poll reveals America’s heroes…and those who are heroes no more.
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RDBook: Darwin and Slavery
Darwin’s abhorrence for slavery, and his determination to counter the wrongs being done in the name of science, was a spur to his research on evolution. He was committed to proving that humanity had a common ancestor.
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Pope Benedict has a routine that other world leaders might covet.
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Is religious extremism on its way out?
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