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US judge Zahid Quraishi was asked what he knew about Sharia law

This line of inquiry is problematic for many reasons. For one, it is the modern equivalent of the popular, last-century version of asking a Catholic politician, on the verge of taking public office, whether he or she will pledge "loyalty to the pope or the constitution". When Mr Biden announced he would nominate Mr Quraishi, it was presented as an effort to ensure that the federal judiciary reflected the “full diversity of the American people”. Mr Quraishis career shows him to be a deeply e...

NPRs badly named evening newscast All Things Considered recently devoted two eight-minute segments to anchor Audie Cornish soliciting the radical thoughts of Muslim activists in Dearborn, Michigan. In the first, on January 31, a man named Iltefat Hamzavi fried up this hate nugget: " Ive been at many dinner tables where somebody voted for Trump. And youre like, thats like chickens voting for Chick-fil-A." Our taxpayer-funded national radio network just airs that without any objections or correc...

Survey sets benchmarks to measure US commitment to First Amendment rights. Jayson Casper| Image: Mark Wilson / Staff / Getty Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo address the State Departments second religious freedom ministerial. Last year, American support for religious freedom survived COVID-19. The right to free speech held firm amid racial tensions. And vigorous backing of the First Amendment endured a contentious presidential campaign. So concludes the 2020 ...

What to expect on the religious scene in 2021: Experts cast their sights on the year ahead We asked scholars, faith leaders, activists and other experts to reflect on some of the issues they’ve seen on the religious landscape and what they anticipate for 2021. Photo by Drew Beamer/Unsplash/Creative Commons December 31, 2020 (RNS) — This past year upended U.S. religious life in ways no one could have predicted and in some ways many have. A devastating coronavirus pandemic led t...