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Blurring the boundaries
Four guided missiles packed with explosive material hurtled into the morning sky. Though the day was brilliant blue and cloudless,…
Multiculturalism in Europe
After the rise of multicultural policies in the 1980s and 1990s, the winds have shifted in Europe. Terrorist attacks in…
Intolerance in Indonesia
Last week at The New York Times, human rights advocate Benedict Rogers wrote an op-ed piece on the state of religious relations in…
Religious conflict in Nigeria?
At GlobalPost, Heather Murdock explains that, for locals, conflict between Muslims and Christians in Nigeria's "Middle Belt" is not entirely about religion.
Sunni-Shia discord on the rise?
The Economist reported recently on the state of Sunni-Shia relations only a few years after a seemingly pivotal moment.
Reading religious freedom in Sri Lanka
As several contributors to this forum have pointed out, legal provisions regarding religious freedom do not emerge from history fully…
United Methodist Church, Israel, and divestment
Today at The New York Times, Laurie Goodstein reports on the United Methodist Church's decision not to divest from companies that supply Israel…
Misogyny and the Muslim woman
At The Atlantic, Max Fisher considers the sources of misogyny in the Middle East in light of recent conversations surrounding…
Secularism and the freedom to transform lives
In this post I explore the case of Bangladesh: the state of secularism there and the tensions and polemics that…