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Can Pakistan's Nonviolent Past Save Its Future?

In the aftermath of the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, an episode of Pakistani history may provide hope for the future

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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.

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Islam: Why Muslims Are Fighting Muslims in Iraq

The complete story of the Shi'a-Sunni split, the mosque bombings, and what's behind Muslim-on-Muslim violence.

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Loose Canon Archive: May 2005

Charlotte Hays's daily weblog on religion, spirituality, and politics.

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Idol Chatter: Religion and Pop Culture Blog

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In Defense of the Crusades

There was much of the good and much of the bad in the Crusades.

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Loose Canon Archive: June 2005

Charlotte Hays's daily weblog on religion, spirituality, and politics.

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How the Iraq War United Radical Islam

Islam expert Michael Sells analyzes global Islam in light of the Madrid bombings.

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Excommunication From the Mosque?

They want to ban my daughter from the Islamic center I helped found 23 years ago.

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Swami Uptown Archive: September 2004

Jesse Kornbluth's daily weblog on religion, spirituality, and politics.

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