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In blunt, provocative, and deeply personal terms, Irshad Manji unearths the troubling cornerstones of mainstream Islam today: tribal insularity, deep-seated anti-Semitism, and an uncritical acceptance of the Koran as the final, and therefore superior, manifesto of God. In this open letter to Muslims and non-Muslims alike, Manji asks such questions as: "Who is the real colonizer of Muslims--America or Arabia? Why are we all being held hostage by what's...
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"The Encyclopedia of Religious Freedom contains over 140 entries contributed by scholars from international universities and institutes, with expertise in the fields of religious studies, law, history, ethics, philosophy, anthropology, political science, and humanities. This new encyclopedia offers an unprecedented look at freedom of religion, providing essential information for study of historical and present issues that still affect people, legislation,...
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Cox reviews the Burger Court's decisions on freedom of expression--the balances struck by the Court between freedom of expression and opposing human values such as personal privacy, fair trials and national security. He judges the Court's performance in defining basic freedoms; what has changed, how these rights are being expanded or circumscribed and where the Court is tending.
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"Haig Bosmajian traces the history of the freedom not to speak from the Middle Ages and Inquisition to the Salem witchcraft trials and on to the twentieth century and the House Committee on Un-American Activities. His history addresses the eighteenth-century Revolutionary War and demands for expressions of loyalty, the Civil War and Reconstruction loyalty oaths, and the expulsion of Jehovah's Witnesses from schools for refusing to salute the flag."--Jacket...
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In the first balanced, authoritative account of the siege, James Tabor and Eugene Gallagher explore the powerful drama in Waco and the motivations of all the players, including the government, the media, the cultbusters, the Branch Davidians, and David Koresh himself. Tabor and Gallagher unflinchingly confront the most controversial accusations concerning the group's possession of illegal firearms, unconventional sexual practices, and child abuse....
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