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  • Enforcing the “Law of God”0

    How Afghanistan became the world’s largest prison for women and girls. In the summer of 2021, U.S. and NATO troops scrambled to exit Afghanistan, leaving behind a fragile democratically elected government and a country in turmoil. Sima Samar, Afghanistan’s former minister of women’s affairs, along with women’s rights scholar Dyan Mazurana, describe what happened next.

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  • Baptism as Revolution0

    This year marks 500 years since a largely forgotten act of defiance helped birth modern religious freedom. Baptism as an act of political revolution? It certainly was viewed as such 500 years ago in the city of Zurich, Switzerland, where Anabaptist leader Conrad Grebel and his companions debated with Swiss reformer Ulrich Zwingli the question

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  • Adam and Eve Go to School0

    An enduring dispute in American public education concerns teaching about human origins and whether students must receive instruction solely on evolution or can learn about the Genesis account of creation in science classes. A recent Indiana case, Reinoehl v. Penn-Harris-Madison School Corporation, demonstrates how this dispute lingers on, almost a century after the first case

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  • A Tale of Two Countries0

    It seems odd that Canada and America should head in different directions when it comes to protecting religious free exercise. After all, our countries share more than just a border—we also share a commitment to democratic government, the rule of law, and individual liberties. South of the border, the U.S. Supreme Court has been busy

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  • Will the Safety Valve Hold?0

    As a nation we’re on the cusp of a dark new era of religious persecution—or at least that’s the impression I get when I read fundraising emails sent from various religious liberty advocacy groups. “Our freedoms are on the line!” warns one message. “Are you concerned about the erosion of religious liberty?” asks another. “Your

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  • Tithe-payers Sue Church for Alleged Fraud0

    A group of former members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is suing the church for alleged misrepresentation about the way their tithe money was used. In Gaddy v. Corporation of the President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints the former members are asking for the return of their

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