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Will accommodation of Muslim family law unleash “brutal violence” and “polygamy” in England, as critics suggest?

“The only crime against humanity that the media takes seriously (and politicians fear is being exposed for) is personal sexual immorality…”

A recent poll showed that white evangelicals are the religious group most likely to support torture. How can that be?

Was Obama’s speech just an exercise in kumbaya idealism?

This tempest in a teacup reminds me of some Shari’a controversies in contemporary Islamic societies…

In hard economic times choices must be made and Jewish philanthropies are letting go of cherished educational organizations. Reminds us of a classical ethical question about survival in the desert…

A traffic court in Dubai declares a woman guilty of manslaughter after a traffic accident in which she loses her child. Why not go ahead and ban pregnancy?

The Vatican’s latest edit engages the contemporary world in a collective reconsideration of systemic and personal sin, including the environment and genetic engineering.

Agonized analyses about the proper relation between church and state too often miss the point.