In August 2011, a Marietta, Ga. 7th grade teacher gave a three-page homework lesson from InspirEd Educators Inc. of Roswell, Ga. to students to help them discuss pros and cons of school uniforms. “Women in the West do not have
by Alyssa A. Lappen21 Jan 2012, 12:27 PM PST0
A continuation of the review of: Silenced: How Apostasy and Blasphemy Laws are Choking Freedom Worldwide Read Part I and Part II here. Victims in the West In addition to additional Muslim reformers, the book covers several other cases of
by Alyssa A. Lappen9 Nov 2011, 8:35 AM PST0
A continuation of the review of: Silenced: How Apostasy and Blasphemy Laws are Choking Freedom Worldwide Read Part I here. Harsh Reality The hopes of Muslim reformers put them sharply at odds both with present-day reality and age-old Islamic conventions.
by Alyssa A. Lappen8 Nov 2011, 8:32 AM PST0
Review of: Silenced: How Apostasy and Blasphemy Laws are Choking Freedom Worldwide “Apostasy is, in principle, subject to sharia hudud rules, which means that the punishment–death–is believed to be fixed by divine order and not subject to judicial discretion…,” write
by Alyssa A. Lappen7 Nov 2011, 8:32 AM PST0
Slow down, moving too fast, got to make the U.S. last… Sharia advocates desperately want to convince legislators and the public that Islamic law is plain vanilla — and totally nonthreatening to existing U.S. legal codes. Notwithstanding a nationwide Muslim
by Alyssa A. Lappen9 Sep 2011, 9:21 AM PST0