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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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 Peek at the Pope’s Planner
Pope Benedict has a routine that other world leaders might covet.
Read MoreMormon Milk Author to Gay and Lesbian Kids: “God Does Love You”
After winning an Oscar for Milk Sean Penn called shame on Prop. 8 supporters and Dustin Lance Black spoke candidly of his Mormon upbringing.
Read MoreHang a Crucifix and Call it Catholic
Catholic educators in Boston put a cross in every classroom, just in case anyone’s wondering who’s running the show.
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RD10Q: Believing in the Bible, Not God
In an interview with Bruce Ledewitz on his forthcoming Hallowed Secularism, the law professor tells RD that the so-called New Atheists want to lead secularists, many of whom know very little about religion, into opposition to religion. But for secularism to be healthy, he says, it must learn from the wisdom of the religious traditions.
Read MoreNot An Honor Killing
Many are quick to blame Islam or Pakistani culture for the brutal murder of the wife of a TV executive but there is no evidence at all of a connection.
Read MoreVatican Defines Men’s Sins, Women’s Sins
Men sin with sex, food, and laziness; women are vain, jealous, and filled with rage. But this has nothing to do with culture, of course.
Read MoreBenedict is on a Roll!
Father Gerhard Maria Wagner called Hurricane Katrina divine retribution, and thinks the Harry Potter series is satanic. His reward? The Pope has just made him bishop.
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