French students protest burka ban by hiding face, showing legs.
“Niqabitches” take on Paris
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Skyping secularism: Religion and democracy
At the end of our last post (an extension of our discussions at the IWM Summer School in Cortona), we…
Fuel on the fire
As Dina Temple-Rastin of NPR reports, controversy over Park51 has reached a new zenith in way of irony. Far from helping…
Religious freedom, wisdom, and Park51
As the mid-term electoral season enters its final months, the growing controversy over the construction of Park51, the now well-known…
Scientology given full free-exercise exemptions
A federal court threw out two court cases brought forward by an ex-Scientologist couple, the Headleys, against the Church of…
Snake handling, Islam, and the First Ammendment
Following Tennessee Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey's recent comments suggesting that Islam may not be a religion, but rather "a nationality,…
Islam: not a religion?
Tennessee Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey, a Republican gubernatorial candidate, is drawing criticism for remarks made earlier this month in which…
Separating public space
Concluding a class trip to the Supreme Court, Maureen Rigo and her class from Wickenburg Christian Academy, Wickenburg, AZ, stopped…
Choosing a religious leader
If there is one fixed star in American understandings of religion it is that government should not be in charge…
Spain moves to ban burqa
In the most recent European attempt to prevent radical Islam's spread, Spain's Senate voted this past Wednesday in favor of…