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  • In God’s Name0

    Three decades ago, a BBC journalist reporting from Pakistan was appalled by the violence she saw directed against religious minorities—violence fueled by laws against blasphemy. Today, as cofounder of an international organization that tracks religious persecution, she explains how these laws continue to exact their brutal toll. You haven’t seen your children for eight years.

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  • Righting a Wrong0

    Teresa Brown, raised by hardworking Seventh-day Adventist parents in California, was used to jumping through hoops to avoid working on Saturdays, her day of worship. At one of her first jobs, scooping ice cream at a Baskin-Robbins store, the manager kept scheduling her to work on Saturdays, and she repeatedly had to ask the owner

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  • Salvaging a Culture War Casualty0

    Why should social justice be cast as incompatible with Christianity?  Even a cursory reading of the Bible leads to the conclusion that justice for the poor and oppressed is of vital importance to God. Speaking through the prophet Isaiah, the Lord rebuked the religionists who enthusiastically engaged in worship rituals while neglecting the injustice all

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  • A Costly Quest for Freedom0

    Photo caption: As Russian missiles fell, leaders of different faith communities gathered on March 2, 2022, at Kyiv’s St. Sophia Cathedral to pray for peace. In the sweep of history, Russia’s aggressions in Ukraine form the latest chapter in a tale marked by blood and turmoil. In the weeks leading up to February’s invasion, a

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  • Still Standing? The Wall of Separation0

    Every issue of Liberty magazine includes a declaration of principles, which begins with this statement: “The God-given right of religious liberty is best exercised when church and state are separate.” A recent survey by the Pew Research Center provides an intriguing snapshot of current beliefs about what role Christianity—and religion in general—should play in civic

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  • Free Speech for Me, But Not for Thee0

    In July 1798 President John Adams was making his way with great pomp and ceremony from the then capital, Philadelphia, to his summer retreat in Massachusetts. As his carriage passed through the town of Newark, New Jersey, the president was welcomed with speeches, a parade, and a ceremonial 16-cannon salute.  Luther Baldwin, a skipper of

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