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A Times reporter’s funny, perceptive take on the Middle East and why reform there is so difficult.
Today marks the 233 rd anniversary celebrating the signing of America’s Declaration of Independence. America’s Founding Fathers knew that achieving independence would require winning a difficult war that risked bringing ruin on their fortunes, friends, and families if they did not succeed.
Sooner rather than later, all politicians who claim to be representative – rather than authoritarian – will have to accept the fact that not all communities live and believe as their own, and that dealing with difference is part and parcel of modern constitutional politics today, observes Farish Noor .
When it comes to democratic development in the Arab world, the ball is now squarely in the court of Islamist opposition movements. Obama has spoken.
Christians have debated the proper relation of Church and State for more than a millennium. From an early period, all denominations recognised that Church and State have different spheres of authority and that each should respect this division.
I was raised Orthodox, I’m a member of several Orthodox communities and I’ve hung out with Orthodox and ultra-Orthodox Jews most of my adult life. Still, I’ve always had this love affair the Conservative movement.
Geography Area: 801,590 sq. km.; slightly less than twice the size of California. Major cities: Capital --Maputo (pop. 1.2 million--2005 est.); Beira, Matola, Nampula, Quelimane, Tete, Nacala.
Below is an excerpt from On Faith, an Internet feature sponsored by The Washington Post and Newsweek. Each week, more than 50 figures from the world of faith engage in a conversation about an aspect of religion.
Judy Goldberg is the executive director of the Youth Media Project , a program in Santa Fe high schools that teaches students about radio production. It airs at 7 pm every other Wednesday on KSFR 101.1 FM. Goldberg’s own radio show, Back Roads Radio , airs on KSFR at 1 pm every Sunday.
Hindus and Jews have urged for separation of church and state in Denmark, where currently The Danish National Church is a state church. Rajan Zed, acclaimed Hindu statesman; and Rabbi Jonathan B. Freirich, prominent Jewish leader in Nevada and California ...
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