Religious Freedom
June 3, 2021
Why Our Houses of Worship Matter
Like many Americans, I tend to take for granted that we have religious freedom in this country.
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Religious Literacy
May 24, 2021
Religions Fight for Freedom
Today we think of apartheid’s end in 1994 as inevitable. But it took the concerted efforts and sacrifice of many for 50...
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Anti-Religious Propaganda
March 29, 2021
Is Diversity Finally Coming to the TV Academy?
In early March, the TV Academy hired a consulting firm, ostensibly to address issues of equality head-on. Under the banner...
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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 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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Religious Freedom
November 18, 2020
Could We Wake Up One Day Without Religious Freedom?
The Pew Research Center just updated its 10-point scale Government Restrictions Index. And it’s depressing: the score has...
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Combating Bigotry & Hate
November 9, 2020
Do You Have an Obligation To Protect All Our Freedoms?
Don’t be an accomplice. At the very least, step away. Even better, write a letter. Tell the editor what the freedoms above...
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Religious Freedom
October 28, 2020
It’s Religious Freedom Day. Should We Celebrate?
It means something that freedom of religion is grouped with the freedoms of thought and conscience because, over the ages,...
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Religious Freedom
September 6, 2020
What Does a Cathedral on Fire Have To Do With You?
It was April 2019, the beginning of Easter celebrations in France. That’s when, to the world’s horror, the 850-year-old...
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Combating Bigotry & Hate
September 1, 2019
You Can Only Kick the Church Up—An Interview With LDS Member Steve Russell
There is nothing more personal—and, for many of us, there is nothing more precious—than the right to live as we believe...
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Religious Freedom
August 23, 2019
UN Devotes New Day to Combatting Anti-Religious Violence
There’s a day that now comes right after the International Day of Remembrance and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism. Because...
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Religious Freedom
August 3, 2019
Interfaith Courage Awarded at Second Ministerial for Religious Freedom
More than 30 years ago, Ivanir dos Santos began combating racial discrimination and promoting rights of members of minority...
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Religious Freedom
July 24, 2019
Second Ministerial for Religious Freedom Shines a Light on Intolerance and Genocide
It was a big event: on its final day, a participant reported, “Close to 900 members of civil society and religious groups...
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Media & Ethics
March 5, 2019
How Billionaires Are Helping Us Fight Defamation
Yes, something is changing: the rest of us, who have had to live with invasions of privacy and out-of-control attacks, are...
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Combating Bigotry & Hate
February 9, 2019
Tolerance for Intolerance: Burning Down Your Own House
Like setting your neighbor’s apartment on fire, it worked; but as historian Dan Carlin points out in his Blueprint for Armageddon...
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Combating Bigotry & Hate
January 17, 2019
Defamation Kills:
The True Authors of Religious Violence
Can it be that governments and commercial interests have knowingly used the lunatics who reside at the fringe of our society...
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Religious Freedom
December 19, 2018
Religious Freedom Roars Back to Life
On September 11, 2001, all that changed. As the nation focused on the War on Terrorism, religious freedom was no longer a...
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Religious Literacy
October 6, 2018
Learning About the Religions of the World
On the first day of a four-part Open House on Religions of the World, I fulfilled my duty as a Jew. Are you surprised? Well,...
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Combating Bigotry & Hate
April 18, 2018
Is religion being hacked? Ask the Muslims
A religion is bad because of the horrible things done in its name. Right? That’s like saying that the institution of marriage...
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Scientology Religion
April 13, 2018
The Self-Evident Truth of Scientology
“All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as...
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Combating Bigotry & Hate
February 3, 2018
How Fake News Got Its Start: The Circulation War of 1898
The demise of the newspaper is forcing many to have to figure out how to set up shop themselves; whether through online outlets,...
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Combating Bigotry & Hate
December 18, 2017
Was Jewish “Blood Libel” the First Fake News?
Libel means false accusation. For centuries, a particularly vicious libel has been leveled at Jews: that they sacrificed Christian...
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Religious Literacy
December 12, 2017
Religion: What’s the Point?
Religion is like marriage: there’s so much to criticize about it, yet people still want to tie the knot. Marriage is designed...
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