When was the last time that you heard someone on TV describe Christianity as a “peaceful” religion?
5. … It follows the same well-worn path always traveled by this warrior religion; Radical Muslims view Ground Zero as a battle-field upon…
Half of all Americans yet retain confidence in organized religion, an institution not wildly popular with our cultural and media elites … unions and Congress, not one enjoys the high confidence of even half of those Americans who have confidence in the church and religion…
The framers knew religion could be dangerous, and they protected it anyway. … It says, "Congress shall make no law ... prohibiting the free exercise" of religion. … As James Madison wrote, "Whilst we assert for ourselves a freedom to embrace, to profess and to observe the religion which we believe…
But opposing the ideology of religious institutions -- any religion -- does not constitute bigotry.Furthermore, Daisy Khan, a partner … Yet even Khan states that the religion has been "hijacked."…
"All religion is an essential part of the human story," he tells me, explaining why he became a religion professor in the first place … "The humanities are about humanity, and so everyone should study religion to understand humanity. … To be ignorant of religion is to be ignorant of humanity."
This, of course, is what university life should be about.…
Islamic center near ground zero, I subscribe to President Barack Obama's position: "Muslims have the same right to practice their religion … opposition to the ground zero mosque, this viewpoint would mean that 70 percent of Americans are impulsively hostile to freedom of religion … Most Muslims are peaceful -- free to practice their religion unencumbered. All of this is indisputable.…
More than they have been at any other time in U.S. history, our First Amendment freedoms of speech and religion are in jeopardy. … (Notice the partnership is between our country and a religion, not other countries or Arab states. That's key!) … Or any other religion?)…
The president said, "...as a citizen, and as president, I believe that Muslims have the same right to practice their religion as anyone … Yes, America was founded on the principles of religious freedom, but practicing religion isn't the issue. … the sake of Allah, and the desire to shed blood, to smash skulls, and to sever limbs for the sake of Allah and in defense of His religion…