Public dollars don’t mix well with religious schools
Lesbian music teacher got short end of the stick when dismissed from Catholic school
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Debating the Office of Religious Freedom
Today we’re pleased to launch a new series debating the federal Conservatives’ plans for an Office of Religious Freedom at the Department of Foreign Affairs. Maclean’s is presenting this series in...
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Religious freedom does not mean freedom to practice illiberal religion
Indonesian Christians protest violence by Islamic hard-liners in Jakarta, Aug. 15, 2010. (Dita Alangkara/AP) The New Missionaries is a joint project between Maclean’s and OpenCanada.org, the Canadian...
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Promoting religious freedom is complicated: extreme caution advised
Protesters demonstrate in Los Angeles in 2008 against the Mormon Church's financial support of a bill banning gay marriage. (Damian Dovarganes/AP) The New Missionaries is a joint project between...
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Infographic: Religious persecution around the world
The New Missionaries is a joint project between Maclean’s and OpenCanada.org, the Canadian International Council’s (CIC) hub for international affairs. Click here to learn more about the CIC. Brian...
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Video: Thomas Farr on why faith has a place in foreign policy
Thomas Farr is the director of the Project on Religious Freedom at Georgetown’s Centre for Religion, Peace and World Affairs. He also contributes to the Washington Post‘s “On Faith” blog. The New...
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Video: Tony Burman on why faith should be kept out of foreign policy
Tony Burman is the former managing director of Al Jazeera English. The New Missionaries is a joint project between Maclean’s and OpenCanada.org, the Canadian International Council’s (CIC) hub for...
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Four questions: Allen Hertzke on why Canada is better positioned than the...
Allen Hertzke is an internationally recognized expert on religion and politics, and a Presidential Professor of Political Science at the University of Oklahoma. He is the author of several books,...
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Four questions: Daniel C. Dennett on the most pervasive and serious threat...
Daniel C. Dennett is the author of Breaking the Spell, Freedom Evolves, and Darwin’s Dangerous Idea, among other works. He is also the Austin B. Fletcher Professor of Philosophy and Co-Director of the...
View Article‘Basic rights for all’
Foreign Affairs has posted the text of John Baird’s speech in Washington yesterday on the topic of religious freedom. Canada has a tradition that some in our country seemed to forget during the latter...
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Constitutional lawyer: PQ Charter an empty fantasy
CP MONTREAL – A prominent constitutional lawyer says a plan by the Parti Quebecois to restrict certain religious symbols in public institutions would ultimately be shredded up in court. He used the...
View ArticleFederal government to announce Religious Freedom Office
MAPLE, Ont. – The federal government is planning to announce its long-awaited Office of Religious Freedom in an event today at a mosque north of Toronto. Prime Minister Stephen Harper, International...
View ArticleThe new office of religious freedom
The Prime Minister has named the government’s first ambassador for religious freedom. Here is the official biography for Andrew Bennett. And here is Mr. Harper’s response this afternoon when asked...
View ArticleQuebec Liberals would enshrine religious neutrality of the state in charter
QUEBEC – The Quebec Liberals say they would enshrine the principle of government neutrality in religious matters in the provincial charter of rights and allow authority figures such as judges and...
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Canadian anti-Muslim sentiment is rising, disturbing new poll reveals
David Cooper / Toronto Star / Getstock In the early evening of Sept. 17, before dark, a 17-year-old girl strolled from the Al-Noor Mosque in St. Catharines, Ont., to the plaza across the street. She...
View ArticleNo women in my group, please: #YorkU student
[View the story "No women in my group, please: #YorkU student" on Storify] The post No women in my group, please: #YorkU student appeared first on Macleans.ca.
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Indiana’s elephant in the room
Nathan Chute/Reuters Early last week, even before Indiana lawmakers amended their controversial religious liberties bill to address concerns it could be used to discriminate against gays and lesbians,...
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In defence of the defunct Office of Religious Freedom
Iraqi relatives and friends mourn on March 26, 2016 in Iskandariyah, a town about 40 kilometres south of the capital Baghdad, during the funeral of some of the victims of a suicide bomb attack in a...
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A Jehovah’s Witness and her deadly devotion
Eloise Dupuis. (Caroline Langlois) Éloïse Dupuis had a foot in two very different worlds. She liked makeup, smartphones and, as a teenager, had a crush on a boy. She went to the cinema—the Twilight...
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