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- February 6, 2015
Hundreds Dead After Street Clashes in Cairo.” Headlines such as that are attention-grabbers. Not only is it shocking to hear of so many lives lost amid a maelstrom of violence, but this, after all, was supposed to be the Arab Spring! Rewind a moment and think about what has happened in Egypt in just one
READ MOREIt is not uncommon for those of a particular faith majority to fall short in their duty to others. No one doubts that this applies in parts of the world and at different times to both Christians and Muslims. Perhaps because of the horrors of the Holocaust, there has been a reluctance to speak of
READ MOREThe Chiapas region of south Mexico has been in turmoil for decades. It would not be outrageous to describe the situation there as civil war. The resulting human tragedy has gained the attention of all defenders of civil rights; even though the world media have not dwelled much on the area. In the eyes of
READ MOREThe American tradition of separation of church and state was established, in part, on a pillar of “no aid” to churches, fueled by Jefferson’s rhetoric in his Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, which said: “to compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors, is sinful
READ MOREWhen Hurricane Sandy struck the East Coast last October, it did some damage to the Reverend Mark Lukens’ Bethany Congregational Church in East Rockaway, New York. Many property owners in the area need some assistance to rebuild. That doesn’t mean, however, that Lukens is expecting a government handout for his church. “It is bad for
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