discrimination/religious freedom

New York City’s Landmark Preservation Commission’s unanimous decision on August 3, 2010, to allow plans for the construction of a mosque and community center near Ground Zero to move forward has been hailed by some as a victory for religious freedom, but it has also provided more fodder for latent anti-Muslim sentiments that have surfaced nationally.

Park51 and testing the “limits of religious freedom” or the limits of civil discourse?

Constance McMillen wins $35,000 in damages, and changes discrimination policy at high school…

Protecting a kindergartner’s braids, creating a sacred feather repository.

Why is the religious right so unhappy?

A Muslim scholar attempts to challenge the media narrative on Islam.

Hiring “according to our faith,” funded by taxpayers.

The secular world, in confronting evil, has long relied on one solution: the use of coercive power to violently incapacitate those who do evil—often with “collateral damage.” Maybe it’s time to explore other options?

That doesn’t stop rumor, innuendo, and profiling.

Claim that alleged shooter took orders from the Muslim Brotherhood straight out of the Islamophobia playbook.