RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCE

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salmanin meets with a member of the delegation of American Evangelical Christian Leaders in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia November 1, 2018. Bandar Algaloud/Courtesy of Saudi Royal Court/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.
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POLITICS
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Hosts Rare Meeting With American Evangelical Christians
Prince Mohammed bin Salman, whose country doesn't recognize the right to religious freedom, had a two hour meeting with prominent evangelical leaders.
RELIGION
Lying for Jesus: Is It Ever Acceptable?
By Michael Zimmerman, Contributor
Founder and Executive Director, The Clergy Letter Project
Years ago, I was ambushed by Ken Ham, the head of Answers in Genesis, the organization in charge of the two Kentucky creationist
COLLEGE
The Anthropology Of Us: A Second Open Letter To Our Students
By Paul Stoller, Contributor
Professor of Anthropology at West Chester University
The police eventually arrived, took statements and inspected IDs. No one was arrested. As Ms. Mao left, a Latino man asked
WORLDPOST
Protection Of Myanmar's Muslims A Litmus Test For Reforms
By Shaivalini Parmar, Contributor
Human Rights Advocate
To prevent further escalations of violence, authorities should unequivocally condemn this violence and hold perpetrators to account. It's crucial that the government take concrete measures to remove longstanding restrictions on the Rohingya and the Muslim minority.
QUEER VOICES
It's Time To Get Loud About Hate
By Gretchen Kelly, Contributor
Writer, blogger, over-thinker. driftingthrough.com
I believe that love always wins, that love will always defeat hate. This week that belief has been shaken.
POLITICS
The Moment We Have Waited for
By Marian Wright Edelman, Contributor
President, Children's Defense Fund
Rev. Vivian, a Presidential Medal of Freedom winner, a confidant of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and a role model for so many of us in the 1960s era of civil rights activism and still, believes young people today are inheriting the world at a unique crossroads in history.
RELIGION
Mere Belief
By J. H. McKenna, Ph.D., Contributor
Senior Lecture, History of Religious Ideas, U of CA Irvine
Religious intolerance arose with presumptions of certainty: the sureness that my sect possesses certified knowledge means that I cannot endure your sect's evident error. If it had always been accepted that belief does not rise to the level of knowledge, religious intolerance might not have marred our histories.
RELIGION
A Pharaoh Kept a Diary?
By J. H. McKenna, Ph.D., Contributor
Senior Lecture, History of Religious Ideas, U of CA Irvine
'My passion might be crimson. My blood has leaked onto our cut stones and sarcophagi, I hope indelibly, like the sticky pimples of gum this gnawing populace drop from their mouths onto my city streets.'
Wheaton College associate professor Larycia Hawkins responds to a question during a news conference Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2015, in Chicago. Hawkins, a Christian teaching political science at the private evangelical school west of Chicago who is wearing a headscarf to demonstrate solidarity with Muslims, was put on leave Tuesday after making statements about the faiths' similarities that the college said conflicted with its "distinctively evangelical" identity. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
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COLLEGE
Wheaton College Moves To Fire Professor For Saying Muslims And Christians 'Worship The Same God'
The school claims Dr. Larycia Hawkins' "theological statements seem inconsistent with Wheaton College’s doctrinal convictions."
RELIGION
Of Christmas Lights and Hapless Cries
By Talal Almas, Contributor
Talal holds the world-record for scoring the most number of A*...
During the winter break, I got the opportunity to visit my hometown of Pakistan. Having lived in a tolerant community for most of my life, I had never been exposed to the notion of religious intolerance, so it was vastly befuddling for me to see the rage with which religious minorities are denied their religious rights here.
RELIGION
The Way In Which Religion Has Failed Us
By Susan K Smith, Contributor
Rev. Dr.
The blindness of American Christians, as they hurl insults at Islam, is evidence that religion as a source of right relationship with God and therefore with others, is fueling further religious intolerance, even as it ignores its own terroristic tendencies done in the name of its God.
GPS FOR THE SOUL
God Weeps
By Bill Halamandaris, Contributor
Chairman and co-founder, The Heart of America Foundation
My heart is troubled by the atrocities in Paris and the storm of darkness that is brewing around the world, pitting man against man in the name of God. Sometimes it is hard to remember that the things that unite us are much stronger than the things that divide us.
WORLDPOST
How Denial Is Compounding Intolerance in India
By Raza Habib Raja, Contributor
Freelance writer, PhD Student
Today India is making the headlines due to wrong reasons. While India may compare favorably to Pakistan, nevertheless since last year it has witnessed deterioration when compared to its own past.
RELIGION
Preserving American Democracy: Religious Freedom and Freedom from Religion
By Frank Islam and Ed Crego, Contributors
In the 21st century, we need to add a new precept to the list. That precept is the guarantee of freedom from religious interference in the core processes of our democracy.
POLITICS
Open Letter to Dr. Ben Carson on His Disregard for the U.S. Constitution
By Warren J. Blumenfeld, Contributor
Social Justice writer, educator, and speaker
As a highly educated person, as a candidate for the presidency, and as someone who has co-authored, along with your wife Candy, a book titled A More Perfect Union: What We the People Can Do to Reclaim Our Constitutional Liberties, you should have a more enlightened understanding of our nation's foundational document.
POLITICS
Robert Doggart, Man Who Allegedly Plotted To Kill Muslims, Indicted On Federal Charges
By Dayana Morales Gomez
Robert Rankin Doggart, 63, had already been jailed on a separate set of charges related to the alleged plot. He made national
QUEER VOICES
Gay 'Agenda' Not Even Close When It Comes to Religious Persecution
By James Peron, Contributor
President Moorfield Storey Institute
It might be useful to remember what other threats to religious liberty have actually existed in the "history of our existence as a nation."
RELIGION
From Funeral Procession to Desecrating the Dead
By Neda Najibi, Contributor
Poet, journalist, author, and human rights activist
What if that cemetery was the one place on earth where you could visit the final resting place of your loved ones?  What if it was your family?  What if those were your tears?  No one should have to tolerate such abuse. It violates that sense of humanity we all share.
RELIGION
The New 9/11 Museum and The Nature of Evil: Needs for Larger Contexts and Questions
By Robert Klitzman, MD, Contributor
Professor, Columbia University
I stood transfixed, watching this film over and over. What were these two innocent-appearing men thinking, and why? "America
RELIGION
Julie Phillips And Gemma Parkin Found Guilty Of Ripping Up Quran At Football Game
By Yasmine Hafiz
Though they avoided a football ban, Phillips was ordered to pay £730, and Parkin £620 in fines surcharges, and legal costs
WORLDPOST
"How Prabowo and Gerindra Will Get Indonesia Back on Track"
By Hashim Djojohadikusumo, Contributor
Founding Member, Indonesia's Gerindra Party
Continual injustice, inequality and corruption is resulting in a loss of confidence and trust in Indonesia's leaders, institutions, and the government as a whole. This breach of trust and confidence is opening the door for extremists.
RELIGION
A Jewish Voice on Arabic Radio
By Joseph Braude, Contributor
Middle East specialist
More than three years after the broadcast debuted, my Muslim audience now finds it ordinary, rather than aberrant, to hear a Jewish voice opine on Arab affairs in their mother tongue. In numerous Arab countries, such a situation would be revolutionary--but in Morocco, it's merely one step forward among many.
POST 50
Doomed to Hell Fire and Damn-the-Nation
By Joanna Perry-Folino, Contributor
Writer, professor, student and screenwriter
Four days before Christmas my neighbor invited me to a "Christmas concert" at her church. I like music and the inspiring classical sound of carols and church songs can be quite lovely. So I accepted her generous invitation and was whisked away a few days later in the early afternoon to imbibe the musicality of the season.
RELIGION
Good News for Duck Dynasty Nation, A&E, You and Me
By J. Randall O'Brien, Contributor
Contributor
Although millions were jolted by Robertson's words and A&E's response, each position represented a major segment of American society. Each party was intolerant, but for different reasons due to competing worldviews.
WORLDPOST
Lebanon Ready to Collapse
By Allan Topol, Contributor
Author, 'The Italian Divide'
Two weeks ago, a double suicide bombing outside the Iranian Embassy in Beirut killed 23 people and injured 147. This recent development shows the misery of Lebanon, which has continued for more than 50 years, enters a new and dangerous phase.
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