March 10, 2011
- The San Francisco Chronicle
SF Chronicle: Critics fear hearing will fuel anti-Muslim bias
Alauddin El-Bakri worries about a new round of backlash and mistrust toward members of his Saratoga mosque because of a congressional hearing being held today on what a Republican congressman is calling the radicalization of Islam in the United States.
March 10, 2011
- The Huffington Post
Huff. Post: Jury out on religion and the death penalty
On Ash Wednesday, Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn signed a law abolishing the death penalty in his state, adding the Land of Lincoln to the growing list of 16 states where capital punishment is no longer an option.
March 10, 2011
- The Christian Century
Christian Century: A win for death penalty opponents
On Ash Wednesday, Illinois Governor Pat Quinn signed a law abolishing
the death penalty in his state, making the Land of Lincoln the 16th
state where capital punishment is no longer an option.
March 04, 2011
- The Wall Street Journal
WSJ: Opinion: Americans don't want a truce on social issues
Indiana governor and likely Republican presidential candidate Mitch Daniels has suggested that Americans call a "truce" on divisive social issues until our precarious financial house is back in order.
February 23, 2011
- CNN
CNN: Tea Party support correlates to religious affiliation, survey finds
The Tea Party hardly claims to be a religious movement - it mostly advocates for smaller government and lower taxes - but feelings about the movement correlate to affiliation with certain religious groups, according to new survey data from the Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life.
February 08, 2011
- CNN
CNN: Churches destroyed after blasphemy sentence handed down
Three Christian churches in Indonesia were destroyed by an angry mob during clashes with police Tuesday that erupted after a local court handed down a verdict against a Christian man accused of blasphemy against Islam, authorities said.
February 03, 2011
- CNN
CNN: Obama delivers major speech on personal faith
President Barack Obama gave an unusually personal speech about his religious faith on Thursday, saying that "it is the biblical injunction to serve the least of these that keeps me going and keeps me from being overwhelmed," in address to a prayer breakfast in Washington.