A lengthy new report from the ACLU adds substance to President Obama's remark during his Cairo speech that some U.S. policies had negatively impacted Muslims' ability to fulfill zakat, the charitable giving obligation of Islam.The NYTimes reports: Advocates...
A school district in Washington State has taken steps to ensure that volunteers from a local church are no longer proselytizing in their mentoring of middle-school students. Best of all, instead of sparking a fight, the church's pastor agrees that the...
Sunday's Washington Post tells the story of Captain Kamaljit Singh Kalsi, a doctor preparing to enter active duty in the US Army. Like others of his Sikh faith, Kalsi's religious beliefs require him to leave his hair uncut and to wear a turban, in apparent...
The NYTimes profiles a classic religious liberty conflict unfolding in rural Pennsylvania: modern building codes vs. sects whose faith teaches against modernization. For the last two and a half years, Mr. [Jack] Crislip, a planning supervisor for the state’s...
Interfaith Alliance President Welton Gaddy has been a strong and reliable voice against the government funding of religious organizations. Now, the White House has asked him to join the Faith Advisory Council's task force looking into ways to reform the Office of...
