https://politicalresearch.org/ The latest research related to muslim ban en https://religiondispatches.org/2018/06/05/will-scotuss-new-zeal-neutrality-affect-its-decision-muslim-ban The Town of Greece v. Galloway decision­­­ in 2014—also written by Justice Kennedy—upheld a town’s practice of holding legislative prayer during public meetings, even though these prayers were uniformly Christian. Where was neutrality on religion then? Tue, 05 Jun 2018 02:35:47 EDT Elizabeth Platt daa7cc74-005a-4f56-8e16-8ee702f50fd8 https://religiondispatches.org/2017/05/10/trumps-fear-and-loathing-wont-silence-nations-sole-lgbt-muslim-organization In the days of the Trumpian order, American LGBT Muslims, a minority within minorities, find themselves especially vulnerable to the forces of racism, homophobia, and Islamophobia. As a member of this minority community myself, I can say that the burgeoning… Wed, 10 May 2017 03:57:43 EDT Omar Sarwar 4b7ca110-80f7-4cdb-9915-ebc1e07493b6 https://religiondispatches.org/2017/05/02/video-first-generation-indian-american-muslim-kid-makes-fun-president-onstage In hosting the annual White House Correspondents’ Dinner for the first time Saturday, The Daily Show’s “first-generation, Indian-American Muslim kid,” Hasan Minhaj, was in rare form, subjecting the D.C. press corps and the absent Trump administration to the biting, funny-because-its-true… Tue, 02 May 2017 12:30:30 EDT Sunnivie Brydum 223099c5-0000-454e-8d3b-7d43a86098bc https://religiondispatches.org/2017/03/23/trumps-muslim-ban-and-history-stolen-citizenship-america Donald Trump’s executive order on immigration, now in its second iteration, deserves its shorthand designation: the Muslim Ban. And this new administration’s slapdash effort to ban travel from Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen—currently blocked by federal judges in… Thu, 23 Mar 2017 05:56:53 EDT Hussein Rashid, Murali Balaji b01a650d-fc7e-42f6-8de4-183656a37bd3 https://religiondispatches.org/2017/03/14/because-youre-not-fooling-anyone-why-trump-travel-ban-20-still-unconstitutional Trump’s second attempt at banning travel from certain Muslim-majority countries is clearly written to avoid being struck down under the Establishment Clause. Most notably, it no longer contains provisions that preference entry for religious minorities—language the President himself admitted was… Tue, 14 Mar 2017 12:20:03 EDT Elizabeth Platt 5f8409f7-9a37-4840-a308-ed5a7c84e029 https://religiondispatches.org/2017/02/26/atheisms-dark-side-aiding-trump-agenda Sam Harris recently appeared in a one-on-one segment on Real Time With Bill Maher to discuss Donald Trump’s immigration ban, which he criticized for being poorly executed and too sweeping, though he approves of the goal of keeping radicals out… Sun, 26 Feb 2017 08:44:51 EST Stephen LeDrew c602093b-3db0-4622-842e-f2a27c7fe71c https://religiondispatches.org/2017/02/26/open-letter-pastor-judah-smith-inclusion-just-immigrants-or-lgbtq-too From one evangelical pastor to another. Sun, 26 Feb 2017 11:24:36 EST George Mekhail a4830359-a3d5-4078-971a-391ff2f271b2 https://religiondispatches.org/2017/02/13/aclus-religious-freedom-suit-against-trump-order-gerrymandered-target-muslims President Trump’s controversial travel ban is “religiously gerrymandered to target Muslims,” says ACLU senior staff attorney Heather Weaver. Mon, 13 Feb 2017 02:53:00 EST Sunnivie Brydum 0c30bd4f-f541-4112-916c-11775bb4e81d https://religiondispatches.org/2017/02/09/irony-watch-trumps-travel-ban-violates-religious-freedom-act-according-aclu-lawsuit Tearing a page from the “religious liberty” playbook, the ACLU contends that Trump’s travel ban violates core constitutional principles—and, crucially, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. Thu, 09 Feb 2017 05:54:44 EST Sunnivie Brydum d0d6e4bf-7e62-4e23-aa08-6ca7d25baf3b https://religiondispatches.org/2017/02/06/white-christian-moderate-our-great-stumbling-block He said you would be safe and all you had to do was look the other way when he advocated racist platforms. You took that bribe. Mon, 06 Feb 2017 02:30:51 EST Thomas Greene 1e2354ee-8b56-4d69-b0d4-0fd41d5ffaa3 https://religiondispatches.org/2017/02/01/unified-catholic-opposition-trumps-muslim-ban-wishful-thinking It’s understandable that with people grasping for a light in the darkness in the wake of Trump’s Muslim travel ban, they would look to the leadership of the Catholic Church. After all, the institutional Catholic Church has consistently been a… Wed, 01 Feb 2017 04:33:02 EST Patricia Miller 9f19c1b7-f3aa-4f02-a290-22d9f494ac02 https://religiondispatches.org/2015/12/16/party-religious-liberty-botches-debate-religion-and-constitution Remember when the presidential election, or the Republican primary, at least, was going to be about religious liberty? About how Obergefell v. Hodges eviscerated the religious freedom of “Bible-believing Christians,” who would need the big, bad overreaching government’s protection from… Wed, 16 Dec 2015 09:50:04 EST Sarah Posner 92c5004d-85c3-4b4a-b968-c718c0e1f71e