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Canada: Religious freedom ambassador refuses to wade into

Religious freedom ambassador refuses to wade into niqab debate Religious minority rights ambassador says he won’t accept interviews during campaign where Conservatives’ niqab ban figures prominently.  opposing religious hatred and intolerance, and promoting pluralism abroad???? not in Canada  opposing religious hatred and intolerance, and promoting pluralism abroadhare on Facebook JASON […]

The ugly American?

Oct 08,2015 – JORDAN TIMES – JONATHAN POWER American foreign policy makers often wonder aloud why it is that much of the world has such an anti-American reflex. Why the “Ugly American”? Graham Greene would never have written a novel titled the “Ugly Russian” or even the “Ugly German”. It is […]

Anti Muslim rallies in the US perfect storm of Islamophobia

Anti-Muslim rallies and US presidential race create ‘perfect storm of Islamophobia’ By Lydia Smith October 8, 2015 11:48 BST, ibtimes.co.uk 9 7   A protester holds an American flag outside the Islamic Community Centre in Phoenix, ArizonaChristian Petersen/Getty A series of anti-Muslim rallies have been planned at mosques and other Islamic sites across […]

King Stephen has changed Canada for the worse

King Stephen has changed Canada for the worse: Haroon Siddiqui Stephen Harper’s biggest problem is not that he is a right-wing ideologue. It is how he has governed. are on Facebook http://www.thestar.com/opinion/commentary/2015/10/08/king-stephen-has-changed-canada-for-the-worse-siddiqui.html   NATHAN DENETTE / THE CANADIAN PRESS Of the nearly one-third among Canadians Stephen Harper has courted assiduously, […]

Religion in the Public Schools

Patch.com: Some parents in Walton County are up in a furor because their children are allegedly being forced to learn about Islam which goes against their principles. According to themedia reports, Walton county schools are teaching the middle school students the tenets of Islam and “Talk of Allah”. Parents think […]

America’s Crisis of Interfaith

Huff Post: by Paul Brandeis Raushenbush — “We know that no religion is immune from forms of individual delusion or ideological extremism. This means that we must be especially attentive to every type of fundamentalism, whether religious or of any other kind.” Two weeks ago I was privileged to report […]