The new Supreme Court doctrine against religious discrimination Andrew Lewis - July 6, 2022 Conservative justices favor religious liberty over the separation of church and state.
The Supreme Court handed conservatives a narrow religious freedom victory in Fulton v. City of Philadelphia Andrew Lewis - June 17, 2021 New research explains a surprising channel of support for religious freedom claims
Biden ended the Muslim travel ban. A much tougher problem persists. Brian Calfano, Nazita Lajevardi, and Melissa R. Michelson - January 26, 2021 American Muslims continue to face bias, even when they uphold democratic ideals
Netflix has India’s ruling party outraged about a ‘love jihad’ plot. What is love jihad? Laura Dudley Jenkins - December 30, 2020 This conspiracy theory functions much as did the ‘anti-Sharia’ laws passed in U.S. states, demonizing and legitimizing antagonism toward Muslims
Why did the polls undercount Trump voters? Ryan L. Claassen and Barry Ryan - November 13, 2020 It’s not because of ‘shy’ Trump voters, our research suggests
New survey: Yes, Americans will give up liberties to fight the coronavirus Rebecca Sanders and Jack Mewhirter - September 28, 2020 The pandemic raises trade-offs between individual freedom and public safety
Here are the three new books you need to understand Nigeria Alexander Thurston - August 24, 2019 It’s the 11th installment of this year’s African Politics Summer Reading Spectacular! One’s an introduction, one explores Boko Haram and the third looks at the future of Nigeria’s democracy.
Most U.S. Muslims are patriots. Asking them to choose between faith and nation has a pernicious consequence. Nazita Lajevardi and Brian Calfano - August 21, 2019 New research shows that simply asking about their national identity can lower Muslims’ political engagement.
Trump doesn’t like the Iran deal’s sunset provisions. Here’s how to fix that. Dinshaw Mistry - April 25, 2018 [caption id="attachment_72643" align="alignnone" width="960"] French President Emmanuel Macron, left, with
Abortion taught conservative Christians to argue for minority rights — as they’re doing today in Masterpiece Cakeshop. Andrew Lewis - December 5, 2017 When is a wedding cake not just a cake, but