Advocacy/Government

Abdulnasser Gharem has taken artistic aim at what he sees as the kingdom’s byzantine bureaucracy, religious dogmatism and dependence on oil. Source: Artist Nurtures a Creative Oasis in Conservative Saudi Arabia - The New York Times

Source: Thou shalt not: Tennessee governor vetoes bill to make Bible state book | Religion News Service

Tennessee’s legislature voted to honor the Bible — like the smallmouth bass and the tomato before it — as a state symbol. Source: Bible Could Soon Be Tennessee’s Official Book - The New York Times

In The Relevance of Religion: How Faithful People Can Change Politics, former Missouri senator John Danforth, an Episcopal priest, explores how an over-emphasis on religion has changed the tone of American politics and whether religious values can help to...

Mr. Charney helped bring about the Camp David peace accords in 1978 by arranging secret talks between the Egyptian president, Anwar el-Sadat, and the Israeli prime minister, Menachem Begin. Source: Leon H. Charney, Investor, Cable TV Host and Peace Broker...

"Muslim Americans keep us safe," President Obama said on Wednesday as he visited a mosque in the U.S. for the first time as president. His speech was designed to draw contrasts with rhetoric from some Republicans running to succeed him. Source: Obama...

Once staunchly Polish Catholic, this community outside Detroit is now the only US city with a Muslim-majority city council. Source: Muslims of Hamtramck, Michigan | Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly | PBS

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She also expressed empathy with the Sikh community over the recent incidents of violence against Sikhs and the reported case of vandalism at Los Angeles Gurdwara. Source: Obama's Representative Reassures Sikhs in America | SikhNet

(RNS) In his last State of the Union address, President Obama made an impassioned case against religious bigotry and cast other key issues in moral terms.They voiced support and criticism on issues ranging from religious inclusion to same-sex marriage to...