India's Prime Minister Plays the Fear Card After Botching Economic Reforms
He's promising voters protection from made-up threats instead of prosperity.
Islam
The Trial Court "Did Not Consider American Law and Fundamental Precepts of Due Process"
The Appellate Court of Illinois reverses a trial court decision that deferred to a Muslim divorce from India.
Veil-Wearing Witness's Religious Concerns Trump Public Trial Rights
A Pennsylvania court decision said they can (though relying on cases generally allowing restrictions on Public Trial Clause and First Amendment trial access rights in the interest of preventing embarrassment to witnesses).
Does Middle East Peace Require a Two-State Solution or a Palestinian Defeat? A Debate
Should Israel negotiate with Hamas and Fatah, or are they unwavering enemies in a protracted struggle?
Squawking NIMBYs Fail To Doom Halal Chicken Slaughterhouse
The Alexandria City Council voted to approve the butchery's special-use permit.
Parents, Not Government, Should Decide How To Teach Their Kids About LGBT Issues
A fight in England between educators and Muslims shows the need for more school choice, not control.
Left-Wing Activists Accuse Chelsea Clinton of Causing the New Zealand Shooting
"I want you to know that and I want you to feel that deep inside-49 people died because of the rhetoric that you put out there."
49 Dead in Alleged 'Eco-Fascist' Attack on 2 New Zealand Mosques
The suspected shooter is in custody.
Supreme Court Rejects Stay of Execution for Alabama Inmate After Imam Not Allowed in Chamber
The Alabama prison allows a Christian chaplain in the execution chamber to pray with death row inmates, but it refused to let an imam inside.
Council of Europe: "The Institution of Sharia Law and a Theocratic Regime [Are] Incompatible with … a Democratic Society"
The Council of Europe's new resolution about Sharia at home and abroad.
"Shariah Law Does Not Apply" -- But American Law Does
A Michigan appellate court correctly enforces a Muslim couple's "mahr" agreement, entered at the time of the couple's marriage and calling for the husband to pay certain funds to the wife -- it's a valid contract, enforceable under secular law, regardless of its religious motivation.
No Compulsory Sharia for Greek Muslims, European Court Rules
Greek law had provided (or some Greek courts had ruled) that Greek Muslims' will disputes would be resolved under Islamic law -- but that's forbidden religious discrimination, rules the European Court of Human Rights.
European Court: Woman's Criticism of Muhammad Doesn't Count as Free Expression
Her statements may have been offensive. But that doesn't mean she shouldn't have a right to make them.
Quebec High Court Upholds Litigants' Rights to Wear Religious Headgear in Court
Judges may not "rely on the neutrality of the courts alone as a justification for preventing litigants from accessing a courtroom simply because they are expressing sincerely held religious beliefs."
Far-Right German Party Tries to Recruit Jews by Attacking Muslims
But many of the Alternative for Deutschland's leaders have questionable track records when it comes to anti-Semitism.
Faisal Al Mutar Fights Radical Islam with Western Bestsellers
The head of Ideas Beyond Borders is translating books by Steven Pinker, Sam Harris, and others into Arabic and distributing them for free.
Saudi Arabia Wants To Execute a Female Activist for Protesting the Government
Israa al-Ghomgham would be the first female activist to be executed in Saudi Arabia.
Afghan Teen Wasn't Gay Enough to Get Asylum in Austria: Report
According to the official handling the teen's asylum application, his walk, dress, and actions proved he couldn't be gay.
V.S. Naipaul: 'Terrorists Can Fly a Plane, But What They Can't Do Is Build a Plane'
The Nobel laureate had a brilliant, sadly ignored insight that would have short-circuited the worst cultural and political reactions of the past 17 years.
Muslim Children Ejected From Public Pool for Flouting an Unwritten Swimwear Rule
The modestly dressed kids supposedly ran afoul of a previously unenforced cotton ban.
Judge Didn't Err by Refusing to Let Witness Testify With Her Face Covered
So holds the New South Wales (Australia) high court.
Would AG Sessions Have Sent Ayaan Hirsi Ali Back to Somalia to be Killed?
He is questioning the legitimacy of private violence against women as valid grounds for asylum
Southern Poverty Law Center Scraps Its Anti-Muslim Hate List
But its illiberal tactics against liberal Muslim reformers remain extremely troubling.
Child Custody, Religion, and Children's Reactions to a Parent's Religious Demands
"The change in the child's relationship with the father based on the child's fear of his displeasure if she were not a 'true Muslim,' and her belief that he threatened to abscond with her to Morocco, also contributed to the change in circumstances warranting modification" of the custody arrangement.
The Insane Hindu Protests Against a Bollywood Movie
India is becoming one, big offense industry
What Feminists—and Islamists—Don't Get About Burqas: Podcast
Rafia Zakaria talks about veils, Islamic politics, and feminism.
Trump and Associates Can't Stop Scapegoating Immigrants
The concern about radicalization by Muslims in the U.S. is a red herring intended to make Americans distrust foreigners and immigration in general.
Egyptian Dissident Cynthia Farahat: The Middle East Is Hungry for Free Markets and Free Speech
She started the first secular, pro-market party in Egypt. Then the government sent the secret police after her.
North America's First 'Burqa Ban' Passed by Quebec Liberals in Name of 'Religious Neutrality'
Echoing "burqa ban" policies passed across Europe, the ban would apply to anyone using public transportation or other public services.
Roy Moore Should Get a Female Muslim Uber to Drive Him to Saudi Arabia
His version of Christianity is the spiritual twin of Sharia
Trump's New Travel Ban Is More Incoherent and Just as Useless As the Old
Throwing North Korea and Venezuela on the list doesn't make it less discriminatory or America more safe
Young Louis Farrakhan Sings a Calypso Song About Transgender Surgery
Friday A/V Club: Before his transition into the Nation of Islam
God and Man at the FBI
Dissident and offbeat religious groups have faced more than a century of surveillance.
Michael Lewis: The Supreme Court Has Harmed the Culture of Free Speech by Deciding Too Much Stuff
Starting with Roe v. Wade, the bestselling author argues in Commentary, the high court has removed too many topics from legislative debate.
4th Circuit Exaggerates the Ambiguous Evidence Against Trump's Travel Ban
Which is more important to the president: hurting Muslims or looking tough on terrorism?
Will a Constitutionally Questionable Doctrine Save Trump's Travel Ban?
The justices could choose to look the other way because of the plenary power doctrine.
'I'm Not Willing to Sacrifice Freedom of Expression on the Altar of Cultural Diversity'
Muhammad cartoon publisher Flemming Rose talks about immigration, free speech, and toleration.
Eugene Volokh: Free Speech on Campus
A U.C.L.A. law professor has a few things to say about things that aren't supposed to be said.
How Trump Is Emboldening a Reign of Anti-Muslim Terror in India
America is losing its soft power to spread liberal values
