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08.13.2008 3:39 pm

Son of Hamas leader embraces Christianity

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Mosab Hassan YousefThat is not a headline you see every day, and this interview is nothing short of amazing, regardless of how you feel about Yousef’s views. Video is here.

Mosab Hassan Yousef — son of popular Hamas leader Sheikh Hassan Yousef (who is currently…

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08.04.2008 3:08 pm

“Defaming Islam” could soon be violation of international law

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

UN Human Rights CouncilCanada’s Maclean’s magazine (involved in another controversial human rights case that I wrote about here and here) has published an extensive article detailing the “remarkably successful” campaign to make “defamation of religions” a violation of international law. (H/t: Volokh Conspiracy)

Led by the…

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07.28.2008 12:18 pm

Murder is murder, no matter what the motive

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Alleged murderer Jim D. AdkissonMost of you have probably heard about the shooting at Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church in Knoxville, Tennessee, over the weekend, which left two dead and seven wounded.

The shooter, Jim D. Adkisson, entered the church during a children’s play and opened…

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07.22.2008 3:53 pm

Multiple choice exams, the Saudi way

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Students at the Islamic Saudi Academy in Fairfax, VAAt the Washington Post, Anne Applebaum discusses last week’s Hudson Institute’s Center for Religious Freedom report on Saudi textbooks. The report also provides a glimpse into the multiple choice tests given to Saudi school children based on those textbooks.

A fourth-grade Saudi textbook titled…

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07.18.2008 11:03 am

Christians and politics: The must-read book this year

“jesus for president”Christian writers Shane Claiborne and Chris Haw are touring the country in support of their book, “Jesus for President.” CNN calls them “spiritual rabble-rousers.” Publisher’s Weekly, in a starred review, calls the book a “must-read election-year book for Christian Americans.”

The…

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06.06.2008 5:25 pm

Whither freedom of speech

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

It is our attitude toward free thought and free expression that will determine our fate. There must be no limit on the range of temperate discussion, no limits on thought. No subject must be taboo. No censor must preside at…

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