Park 51 and RLUIPA, Or, Conservatives Hoisted On Their Petard
Republican-passed legislation monkey wrenches conservative opposition to Islamic community center in lower Manhattan.
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It’s Not Just About Ground Zero
The consequences of fusing the sacred and the secular.
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Is Religious Freedom a Casualty at Ground Zero?
New York City’s Landmark Preservation Commission’s unanimous decision on August 3, 2010, to allow plans for the construction of a mosque and community center near Ground Zero to move forward has been hailed by some as a victory for religious freedom, but it has also provided more fodder for latent anti-Muslim sentiments that have surfaced nationally.
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Dangerous Religion
Throughout US history the perpetrators of religiously-inspired violence have usually been white Protestant men fearful of non-Protestant communities.
Read MoreHarry Reid vs. Islamic Cultural Center
Shouldn’t Mormons know better?
Read MoreNo More Mosques
Fear is back, and bigger than ever.
Read MoreRamadan: Third Day is the Charm
Or, when the rubber meets the road…
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Women’s Double Duty
On sighting of the moon, cycles, and the purity (or not) of blood.
Read MoreAbe Foxman’s “Irrational Or Bigoted” Positions
Park51 and testing the “limits of religious freedom” or the limits of civil discourse?
Read MoreFree Yiddish Lessons, Vacation Liberty School, and Brangelina’s Universalism: The Week in Religion, Poetically
The week’s religion news.
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