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Security And Religious Freedom 0
- January/February 2003
- January 1, 2003
The linkage of security and religious freedom is really not that new. In the United States the connection was first made in the 1663 Rhode Island Colonial Charter from England. "They have ffreely declared, that it is much on their hearts . . . to hold forth a livlie experiment, that a most flourishing civill
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Security and Liberty 0
- March/April 2015
- March 9, 2015
Why should American Muslims be the subject of secretive investigations and surveillance if their religious values and practices do not threaten American democratic values? Islamic Compatibility Bernard Lewis identifies classical Islam as a theocracy on a par with that of ancient Israel: “Among the Jews, for whose beliefs Josephus coined the term ‘theocracy,’ God was
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Section 295-C 0
- May/June 2011
- May 1, 2011
On one level it sounds so modern, so Western, so civilized: "Section 295-C" of the "Pakistani Criminal Code." On the other hand, as interpreted in the courts, it sounds like something from the Middle Ages, because, if violated, "Section 295-C" can lead to a death sentence. Death sentence? That's not Middle Ages. Even in America,
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Science or Religion?0
- May/June 2006
- May 1, 2006
In the often cited—but rarely understood—historical case of Galileo, a court was called on to address scientific questions about the nature of the universe. Unsurprisingly, the outcome of that proceeding was a disastrous affirmation of the orthodoxy current at the time. Courtrooms have never been a good forum for addressing questions of science or religion,
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Schools Are Special 0
- November/December 2003
- November 1, 2003
In the case of Newdow v. U.S. Congress the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Congress violated the First Amendment to the Constitution when it added "under God" to the Pledge of Allegiance in 1954. The Newdow ruling was as controversial as the Supreme Court's ruling in Roe v. Wade in 1973, when the
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School Vouchers and School Equity 0
- July/August 2002
- July 1, 2002
By Paul E. Peterson Illustration by Chris Gall Economist Milton Friedman claims school vouchers, by stirring market competition, will create more efficient schools. Whether or not he's right, there's every reason to think vouchers will produce more equity in public education. This is not the conventional wisdom, of course. Mainly the issue is debated as
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