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Beyond the 10/40 Window 0
- November/December 2013
- November 1, 2013
Whenever religious freedom in the world is discussed today, it is hard to avoid the lack of freedom in the so-called 10/40 window world. Scarcely a day goes by without a headline story of a fresh religious atrocity in Pakistan, Syria, Egypt or any other country in the area. But something curious is going on
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Pakistan's Blasphemy Laws 0
- November/December 2013
- November 1, 2013
Religious blasphemy laws can be a touchy subject, especially in Pakistan, where just bringing up the subject of the blasphemy laws and whether they are right or wrong is considered, well …blasphemous. This wasn’t always the case. The sentiment behind most blasphemy laws is easy to understand. No person or group should insult another religion’s
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Killing Words 0
- November/December 2013
- November 1, 2013
Imagine being hung upside down by your feet. Electric wires are tied around your ankles and you are threatened repeatedly with electrocution. In addition, you are frequently pulled from your prison cell so that the police can beat you viciously. Why? Because someone accused you of making inflammatory statements about God. And even though your
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Courting Controversy 0
- November/December 2013
- November 1, 2013
In late June, at the end of its term, the Supreme Court decided two cases, each by a 5-4 vote, involving constitutional challenges to government refusals to recognize same-sex marriages. In United States v. Windsor, the Court struck down the provision of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which stated that for all federal law
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