After presidential candidates, elected officials and influential pundits spent the past several weeks questioning the motives and threatening the free worship of Muslims in Manhattan and across the country, I have been asking myself: how far is too far for those...
Fifty years ago, almost to the day, then-presidential candidate John F. Kennedy gave a stirring speech in response to concerns that his Catholic faith might keep him from executing the job of leader of the country. He emphasized his belief in the separation of church...
Baptist Joint Committee Director Brent Walker was one of the religious liberty advocates to meet yesterday with Attorney General Eric Holder on the issue of anti-Islamic rhetoric and the role the administration can play in addressing it. To media gathered outside the...
In a NYTimes op-ed, Feisal Abdul Rauf – also known as the Imam of the proposed Cordoba House Islamic Community Center in Manhattan – explains his feelings regarding the last few weeks of heated debate, and shares his intentions to continue with the...
Hey, it's the middle of the week, so why not stir things up a little bit? Several years ago, author and law professor Stanley Fish wrote an interesting book, provocatively titled "There's No Such Thing as Free Speech (And It's a Good Thing,...
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spoke earlier this evening at the State Department's annual Iftar, a dinner breaking the fast for Muslims during the holy month of Ramadan. She took the opportunity to uplift the universal values of Islam, and to speak out on the...
