As I see it, the issue with “religious freedom” is not whether it should be upheld everywhere, but how and…
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“Religious freedom” and its critics
During his landmark address to the world, delivered in Cairo last June, President Obama proposed to open a new era…
The impossibility of religious freedom?
Michelle Boorstein of the Washington Post reports that the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, "the federal agency charged…
Does faith trump equality?
This week at The Guardian's Belief page, the editors ask whether faith trumps equality: "When religions believe they must discriminate…
The state of Shari’a in the UK
In The Times, Douglas Murray opines on the foothold Islamic law has gained in British public life and explores how…
Religious restrictions by the numbers
The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life recently released a new study of "Global Restrictions on Religion." Pew casts…
Chinese Christians
At the Guardian, Mervyn Thomas contextualizes the recent Chinese government crackdowns on Christian worship.
Religious and sexual freedoms are not opposed
On June 1st, President Barack Obama proclaimed June 2009 Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month and called "upon the…
Arguing with An-Na`im
What is interesting about An-Na`im's arguments is that they ground the case for the secular state not in the Quran,…
An Islamic case for a secular state
If the state is going to enforce any principle from Islamic sources, according to Abdullahi An-Na‘im, then it should implement…