"Can you do counterterrorism without theology?" Increasingly, critics are calling into question the Western strategy of supporting moderate and more…
“Can you do counterterrorism without theology?”
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“Who is a Jew?”
A controversial bill passed the Israeli Knesset's (Parliament) law committee this week. The Rotem Bill, as it is known (named…
Comparative Studies in Society and History takes on the secular
The most recent edition of Comparative Studies in Society and History (CSSH) focuses on questions of secularity and secularism in…
The Son of Sam’s evangelical following
The 'Son of Sam' serial killer, David Berkowitz, has developed a large following after becoming a born-again Christian 23 years…
The battle over Islamic Azad University
A university campus has become the ground for a political battle between conservatives and moderates in Iran. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad…
Teaneck, NJ, selects Muslim mayor
Teaneck, NJ, "the first community in the nation with a white majority to voluntarily desegregate its public schools" in the…
Iran’s clerical mobilization
The Iranian regime has decided to further curtail dissident opinion among its youth. A few days after cultural authorities "issued guidelines…
Presbyterians split on gay-friendly measure
A vote before the Presbyterian Church's (U.S.A.) General Assembly in Minneapolis this past Thursday allows gays in a committed relationship…
Sikhism in Afghanistan
In The Guardian, Nushin Arbabzadah highlights Talibani intolerance of an often forgotten Afghan religious minority, the Sikhs.
Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah dies at age 75
Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah, the influential and controversial Lebanese Shi‘i spiritual leader, died Sunday morning in Beirut at age…