Religious Literacy
January 24, 2021
International Day of Education: From COVID to Religious Literacy
Truth be told, the intolerance and hate that come from otherness are as old as the human race, and without diminishing the...
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Religious Literacy
January 24, 2021
Remembering Religion’s Legacy of Preserving Knowledge on This International Day of Education
In addition to practical knowledge, the monasteries were also the last refuge for scholarly knowledge. One of the principal...
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Combating Bigotry & Hate
January 21, 2021
Tackling Online Hate Speech Against Religious Minorities—An Enlightening Hearing By USCIRF
No finite definitions for the terms “hate speech” and “disinformation” currently exist under international law. Social...
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Scientology Religion
January 19, 2021
Who Are Scientologists, Anyway?
First, the diversity—people from all countries, races, languages, ages and professions. It was fascinating. Individuals...
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Religious Freedom
January 16, 2021
On Religious Freedom Day, Let’s Honor Each Other’s Beliefs
This day reminds us that the right to believe in what we choose is an inherent human right. Whether you’re a Christian,...
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Religious Literacy
January 12, 2021
Surprise: Gen Z More likely to Believe in God than Millennials
Moving forward, we should do our best to eradicate bias or stigma towards any religion and let our communities, especially...
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Religious Freedom
January 9, 2021
Too Religious? Not Enough? Either Way, Governments Harass Women
Enforcing lack of religious dress is intolerant in its own right, and most often happens in democracies. “Europe had the...
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Religious Literacy
January 7, 2021
Teaching About Religion vs. Teaching Religion—What Is and Isn’t Constitutional
A federal judge dismissed a suit by Libby Hilsenrath, a New Jersey mother who claimed that a seventh-grade social studies...
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Scientology Religion
January 6, 2021
Is Scientology an Investment?
When it comes up in conversation with someone that I’m a Scientologist, I usually say to the person: “…and you’re...
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Combating Bigotry & Hate
January 3, 2021
More Than Scientologists Have Had Enough of Leah Remini’s Extremism & Hate
People are catching on to the fact that the real publicity stuntperson is that individual on the sidelines, complaining shrilly,...
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Media & Ethics
January 2, 2021
Vox’s “Cult-Obsessed” Aja Romano Spews Hate-by-Association Bigotry
Romano joins the unholy pantheon of scribes who could care less about the real people she’s hurting, as long as she’s...
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Combating Bigotry & Hate
December 27, 2020
Anti-Semitism and the Miss France Beauty Pageant
The “religion” of bigotry—for, make no mistake: it requires a hefty heap of faith to ignore logic and the evidence of...
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Combating Bigotry & Hate
December 23, 2020
While I Helped My Neighbors in a Pandemic, Leah Remini Raged Against That Help
As the proverb goes, when a pickpocket meets a saint, he sees only his pockets. Even as we help the millions in a pandemic,...
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Combating Bigotry & Hate
December 19, 2020
How Yashar Ali Hides Behind His Twitter Handle, Spreading Hate
It is the most plain, by-the-book exercise in bigotry you have ever seen. And it’s also the very definition of persecution,...
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Anti-Religious Propaganda
December 17, 2020
Want To Know How Scientologists Really Feel? Yahoo’s Taryn Ryder Says: Ask an Anti-Scientologist
If Yahoo’s Taryn Ryder wants to know where to get the best blueberry pie, she will consult someone with a violent berry...
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Combating Bigotry & Hate
December 16, 2020
Why They’re Still Trying to Stop Anne Frank
They know what she sees as she peers out that window. She sees into their hearts as only an innocent can see. “In spite...
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Combating Bigotry & Hate
December 15, 2020
Hatred Turns to Love in the Miracle of North Little Rock
But something different happened. Neighbors, hearing of the incident on social media, responded in solidarity. Seven-foot-tall...
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Religious Freedom
December 15, 2020
Nigeria: Even Democracies Violate Religious Freedom
The designation holds a special significance. According to Gayle Manchin, Chair of the U.S. Commission on International Religious...
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Anti-Religious Propaganda
December 9, 2020
Propaganda 101: Leah Remini’s Extremism & Hate
Attacks on religions are rarely based on facts. They are the most alarming lies that can be foisted off on those who react...
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Combating Bigotry & Hate
December 9, 2020
Justice: A Lesson I’ve Learned in Scientology
No one deserves that. Yet the world is full of such conflicts. What can we do about it? Personal justice starts with each...
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Scientology Religion
December 8, 2020
Scientology: The “Other” Philosophy
The philosophy of facing and handling life requires things like responsibility, courage, self-reliance, the ability to reason...
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Religious Freedom
December 7, 2020
Religious Freedom: Why Are We Still Talking About This?
We need to grow up. We need to stop acting like mean girls making fun of our classmates or children fighting over a basketball.
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Religious Literacy
December 3, 2020
Sikhism: A Phoenix Rises From the Ashes of Suppression
It was the late 1400s in India. Religious fanaticism combined with the caste system to create a culture where the ruling Mughals...
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