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  • The Emergence of Toleration0

    Editors' note: This is the fourth in a series of five articles on the history of Christian persecution up to the end of the seventeenth century. The first, second, and third articles can be found here and here and here. The millennium-old Christian consensus that religious diversity was an evil that ought to be crushed

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  • Facing Up to the Burqa0

    There is a new law in France forbidding women wearing full-face veils in public. The media has largely focused on the voices of protest from religious leaders and human rights advocates. Yet it's important to realize that this law enjoys widespread popular support—not just in France, but across Europe. Polls show that in many European

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  • Peace At Any Price0

    If you drive directly east from the crowded northern suburbs of Sydney, Australia, you will quickly end up on one of many world-class surf beaches. As an Australian, I can assure you they are as idyllic as any travel poster advertisement for paradise. You know the routine: surf, sand, dining on the strand where all

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  • An Olive Branch Doctrine0

    In the midst of an astonishing Twitter and Facebook revolution1 that has unleashed a frantic generational demand for democracy and regime change in many countries of the Middle East, and North Africa, the Arab-Muslim world has become a strategic chess match between the United States and the mullah-ruled country of Iran. At stake is President

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  • The Ninth Annual Religious Liberty Dinner0

    President Obama's then-nominated and now-confirmed pick for the top religious freedom post, Suzan Johnson Cook, emphasized the continued urgency of the protection of freedom of conscience during her keynote address at the April 5, 2011, Religious Liberty Dinner in Washington, D.C. She noted that in the past two centuries more people have died for their

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  • Remembering Shabaz Bhatti0

    Shahbaz was my friend. He was a brave advocate for religious freedom. He stood up in the face of danger. He was killed. For those of you who aren't familiar with Shahbaz Bhatti, he was a prominent Pakistani Christian who courageously advocated for the rights of members of Pakistan's religious minorities. I had the honor

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