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An excerpt from Asma Afsaruddin’s new book, “Contemporary Issues in Islam.”

After Barack Obama pointed out in a televised address on the San Bernardino shootings that Muslim Americans occupy many familiar social roles including “sports heroes,” Donald Trump offered an…

A well-known national figure tries to rally Americans to the danger posed by a poorly understood minority religious group that’s increasingly making its presence felt in the country. He charges that…

Dear Director Comey & Secretary Johnson: Director Comey, I sympathize with the frustration you expressed in your testimony before the Senate. I recognize that your agency is understaffed in the face…

When the archdiocese of New York announced in 2014 that it would begin closing parishes and merging them with neighboring churches, much of the media coverage was focused on the emotional impact…

Last night was a full on hope session, with good wine, at the American Cathedral in Paris. About 300 relatively humble big wigs— those of us with the travel budget sufficient to make it to Paris…

Thank God I got to hear Naomi Klein speak before floating home. I am officially religious; she is not. She helps me. Klein’s links between the “zone of sacrifice” and the way the rich use that zone…

On the eve of Pope Francis’ opening the Holy Doors of St. Peter’s for the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy, Donald Trump announced that if elected president, he would close the borders to Muslims…

On Wednesday, December 2, 2015, Syed Rizwan Farook, 28, and Tashfeen Malik, 29, murdered 14 people and injured 21 during a targeted attack at Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, CA. In the…

This past Sunday—day four of COP21—was a day off for the summit although no one believed that any of the principals were really resting. What we hoped is that they were conferring, negotiating…