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India’s Muslims
At altmuslim, Parvez Ahmed examines the distressingly low socio-economic status of India's minority Muslim community and addresses what must be…
Malaysia’s increasing Islamicization
The Guardian's Maznah Mohamad reflects on the increasing Islamization of the Malaysian government, in spite of Malaysia's significant non-Muslim population…
An atheist schism?
NPR's Morning Edition explores the difference of opinion among atheists concerning how to speak about religion and engage with believers.
A Pagan in local politics?
At Religion Dispatches, Sarah M. Pike explores the significance of New York City Council candidate Dan Halloran's Neopagan faith.
Geert Wilders in the UK
In the Guardian, Inayat Bunglawala addresses the recent decision by a British asylum and immigration tribunal to allow Geert Wilders, an…
Bani-Sadr on religion and the road to peace in Afghanistan
In the New York Times, Abolhassan Bani-Sadr, the first elected president of the post-revolutionary Islamic Republic of Iran, expounds on the…
Burka ban in Canada?
At Holy Post, Charles Lewis looks into the the Muslim Canadian Congress's call for the Canadian government to ban the…
Jewish values and the Gaza War
Rabbi Michael Lerner, of Tikkun Magazine, sat down last week with Judge Richard Goldstone, chair of the UN commission investigating…
Religious “nones” and the future of American religion
A number of recent studies have attempted to analyze the emergent and fast-growing segment of American society that declines any…