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The president, the pastor and the plot at Ground Zero

Sheila Liaugminas | 10 September 2010

Sounds like the beginning of a joke. Or the working title for a mystery story. In reality, it’s the latest turn in a geopolitical drama based, loosely, on religion.

Praying over provocation

Sheila Liaugminas | 09 September 2010

Since September 11, 2001, most of the civilized world has understood that some people holding extreme views of their religion can commit violent acts believing they’re on a mission from God. We want to hold them accountable, but they don’t answer to the code of conduct universally known as the “Golden Rule.”