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Creationism And Intelligent Design Gain Foothold In Turkey

Washington Post | Marc Kaufman | Posted 11.08.2009 | World

Read More: Harun Yahya, Islam, Noah's Ark, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, Atheism, Turkey, School Boards, Secularism, Science, Anti-Evolution, Institute for Creation Research, Discovery Institute, Charles Darwin, Religion, Intelligent Design, Creationism, Darwin, God, Humanism, Egypt, Saudi Arabie, Evolution, Colleges, Muslim, Ankara, Universities, Christianity, World News

With direct and indirect help from American foes of evolution, similarly-minded Turks have aggressively made the case that Charles Darwin's theory is ...

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Sit on My Lapse

Kate Clinton | Posted 10.28.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Religion, Roman Catholic Church, Satire, Secularism, Religion in America, Mass, Pope Benedict XVI, Religious Satire, Comedy News
Kate Clinton

Like a sandcastle basilica facing an incoming tide, the Catholic Church is facing a sea of secularism, and the Pope is using his mitered shovel to dig a futile moat.

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Turkey: Rising Islamist Movements Challenge Secularism (VIDEO)

World Focus | Posted 10.23.2009 | World

Read More: Gizem Yarbil, Turkey Islamist, Turkey Religion, Religion, Islam, Turkey, Muslim, Muslims, Bryan Myers, Secularism, Gulen Movement, World News

Almost all of 77 million people in Turkey are Muslim, but signs of Islamic faith are noticeably divorced from everyday life. But a growing number of...

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Egyptian Police Arresting Those Who Publicly Breakfast During Ramadan: Frown or Jail?

Wael Nawara | Posted 11.11.2009 | World

Read More: Egypt, Religion, Secularism, Hosni Mubarak, Police, Separation of Church and State, Ramadan, World News
Wael Nawara

Living in a conservative society, I can understand that there would be quite a few people who would be offended by those publicly breakfasting during the days of Ramadan.

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Netroots Nation Confronts Church and State

Bruce Ledewitz | Posted 09.19.2009 | Books

Read More: Hallowed Secularism, Wall of Separation, Establishment Clause, Secularism, Religion, Video, Books News
Bruce Ledewitz

Fighting against religious imagery has only helped the religious right. It is time to give up on the principle of the purely secular state and try to find common ground between secularists and religious believers.

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What if the Right was Right? A Reflection on the "Christian States of America."

Cynthia Boaz | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Citizenship, Fundamentalism, Social Justice, President Obama, Teabaggers, Islamists, Secularism, Violence, Globalization, Gun Control, International Law, Obama, Christian Nation, Religious Right, Guns, Nation-State, Politics, Gandhi, Us Constitution, Moral Majority, Christ, Taxation, Health Care, Spirituality, Taxes, Christian Right, Jesus, Terrorism, War, Democracy, Barack Obama, Foreign Policy, Iraq War, Terroists, Nonviolence, Jesus Christ, Far Right, Progressive Christianity, Health Care Reform, Town Halls, Christianity, Socialism, World, Gospels, Politics News
Cynthia Boaz

I am not saying that Jesus was a Stalinist or even a communist, just that it's very clear from his teachings that he believed that people were happier and healthier when they shared with each other.

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"God Talk" -- Enough Already?

Eberhard Kronhausen and Phyllis Kronhausen | Posted 06.08.2009 | Living

Read More: Religion, The Dalai Lama, Dalai Lama, Atheism, Erica Jong, Secularism, Buddhism, New Atheism Movement, Living News
Eberhard Kronhausen and Phyllis Kronhausen

Let us not wait for "God" or anybody or anything else to act, while the ball is so obviously in our own court!

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Post Turkey: Obama's Challenges and Opportunities in the Muslim World

John L. Esposito | Posted 05.16.2009 | World

Read More: Obama and the Muslim World, Obama Middle East Policy, Social Justice, Al Arabiya, Kurds, Blue Mosque, Secularism, Secularizaion, Guantanamo, Obama Muslim, War-on-Terror, Modernization, G-20, g20, Lieberman, Muslim Heritage, Al-Arabiya, Headscarves, Shariah, Turkish Armenian Conflict, Palestinian-Israeli Conflict, Haglia Sophia, Turkey, Palestinian-Israeli-Negotiations, Mustafa- Kemal- Attaturk, Barack Obama, War on Terror, Mustafa Kemal, Jewish Settlements, Turkey-Armenia-Conflict, Turkish-Armenian Relations, Attaturk, Ntanyahu, World News
John L. Esposito

Obama's performance in Turkey was flawless; he met the expectations of his admirers and won approval from many skeptics.

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Secular Life in Post-Christian America

Bruce Ledewitz | Posted 05.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Secular, Religion, Secular Identity, Atheism, Judeo-Christian, Secularism, Politics News
Bruce Ledewitz

Today, we are still a Judeo-Christian culture with a sizeable secular representation. Tomorrow, we will be a secular culture with a sizeable Judeo-Christian representation. What will replace religion's insight?

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President Obama Straddles the Wall of Separation

Bruce Ledewitz | Posted 04.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Church and State, Obama Church, Judge Hamilton, Separation of Church and State, Barack Obama, Secularism, David F. Hamilton, Politics News
Bruce Ledewitz

The nomination of Judge David F. Hamilton would be important if it tells us something about President Obama's preferred position on the separation of church and state.

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Too Expensive and Lonely to be Jewish

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach | Posted 04.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Synogogue, Jews, Jewish-Day-Schools, Rich Jews, Secularism, Jewish Day Schools, Jews With Money, Cost of Kosher, Keeping Kosher, Kosher, Religion, The Bachelor, Jewish Dating, Shul, Jewish School, Yeshiva University, J-Date, Living News
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

The two most urgent priorities of the American Jewish community are making Jewish life more affordable and fixing the broken Jewish dating scene.

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The Fight for the Soul of Secularism

Bruce Ledewitz | Posted 04.03.2009 | Living

Read More: Secular, Religion, Atheism, Christopher Hitchens, Secularism, Living News
Bruce Ledewitz

Why is opposition to religion no longer enough for secularists? For one thing, secularism is now too big for any one, simple message.

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Despite the Riots and Threats, I Stand By What I Wrote

Johann Hari | Posted 03.15.2009 | World

Read More: Freedom of Speech, Fundamentalism, India, Human Rights, Freedom of Expression, Secularism, Riots Johann Hari Statesman, Johann Hari Riot, Johann Hari Riots India, Johan Hari India, World News
Johann Hari

Last week, I wrote an article defending free speech for everyone -- and in response there have been riots, death threats, and the arrest of an editor who published the article.

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The Middle East Conflict is Still a Religion-Fueled One

Ali A. Rizvi | Posted 02.09.2009 | World

Read More: Christians, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Jews, Bible, Gaza, Middle East, Torah, Secularism, Quran, Muslims, Religion and Politics, Hamas, Separation of Church and State, Israel Hamas, World News
Ali A. Rizvi

Despite the current contention that the Arab-Israeli conflict is rooted in politics and economics -- it is naive and dangerous to overlook its religious roots.

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The Future of Secularism in American Politics

Bruce Ledewitz | Posted 01.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Religion, Atheism, Christopher Hitchens, Secularism, Religion and Politics, Science, Obama Christian, Richard Dawkins, New Atheism Movement, Politics News
Bruce Ledewitz

The political implications of any movement away from the us-them divide between religion and secularism would be profound.

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Saving Indian Secularism from Divide and Rule Politics

Meenakshi Ravi | Posted 12.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hindu, India, Muslim, India Attacks, Secularism, Mumbai Attacks, World, Mumbai, Mumbai Terrorism, Politics News
Meenakshi Ravi

India may be at the beginning of a dangerous path towards the de-secularization of a country whose stance on religious tolerance has been one of its most praiseworthy and noble traits.

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