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Witness to History in Burma

Monks in Burma are being silenced, beaten, and murdered for their peaceful protests. Here's what happened and how we can help.

Related Topics: Faiths, Buddhism, mdash, Buddhist, Government, Human Rights, military junta, Burmas, Military, rubber bands, monastic meditation retreats, American military presence

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Paving the Path to Dialogue

Dr. Judea Pearl responds to the first open letter from Muslims to Jews.

Related Topics: Faiths, Judaism

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Should Preachers Like Mike Huckabee Run for Public Office?

A Unitarian minister says Americans have always been wary of electing 'reverend politicians,' and for good reason.

Related Topics: News, Politics, Government, Politician, reverend politicians, democratic principles, President, church state separation, public office, reverend politicians stems, Office, modern reverend politicians

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Middle East Democracies Must Protect Religious Freedom

We have sacrificed money and lives to bring democracy to Afghanistan. Why is a Christian under threat for converting from Islam?

Related Topics: Faiths, Democracy, Freedom, Foreign Policy, democratic government, Islam, fundamental religious freedoms, rahman, democracy worth, Christian Abdul Rahman, execution

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The Sheikh’s Message of Love

As an American-born Jew living in Israel, I pictured Muslim clerics as violently anti-Israel. But Sheikh Samir changed my mind.

Related Topics: Faiths, Judaism

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Extremism in Our Own Communities?

With the terrorist plot playing on U.S. soil, what does that reveal of American-Muslims' susceptibility to radical Islam?

Related Topics: Faiths, Islam, jebril, Mosque, mosque officials, American policies, Muslims, homegrown terrorists, extremist rhetoric, Muslim, Dual Consciousness, Canadian government

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A Young American in the Muslim World

In traveling through the Muslim world, I learned that compassion and dialogue is the only way to build a lasting relationship.

Related Topics: Faiths, Peace, young American, World, Salaam alaykum, un Islamic fighting tactics, young American girl, Research, Islamic religious school, Student, computer science department

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The Legal Tradition of Islamic Apostasy

You have to consider the legal tradition of apostasy--and its historical basis in treason--before condemning Islam.

Related Topics: Faiths, Islam, Muslim, apostasy rulings, Apostasy, legal tradition, apostasy laws, academic treatises, Law, wonders wheres, devil wonders

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Is Religion 'Built Upon Lies'?

Best-selling atheist Sam Harris and pro-religion blogger Andrew Sullivan debate God, faith, and fundamentalism.

Related Topics: Faiths, Secular Philosophies, Faith, Religious, human, Religion, God, Truth, Science, Reason, Mind, religious moderates

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Can a Smart Person Believe in God?

Contrary to the slanders voiced by arrogant atheists, we who believe in God are in very distinguished company indeed.

Related Topics: Faiths, Secular Philosophies, Atheist, God, Atheism, Religious, religious man, stereoscopic faith, science fiction writer, Science, person, out and out religious

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