Religion

Yemen: Another Dictator Flees

Has the revolution finally arrived in the Arab world's poorest country?

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| Mon Mar. 21, 2011 9:15 AM PDT

The Week in Sharia: And They Will Call it "Al-Aska"

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| Sun Mar. 20, 2011 10:35 AM PDT

GOP Bill Would Force IRS to Conduct Abortion Audits

Were you raped? Was it incest? And other questions the government's tax cops would have to ask women who've terminated pregnancies.

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| Fri Mar. 18, 2011 12:01 AM PDT

Missouri Legislator: Sharia is Like Polio

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| Thu Mar. 17, 2011 1:28 PM PDT

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Top Florida Lawmaker Resurrects Creationism Bill

Meet the man who could take Florida schools back to the Paleocene.

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| Thu Mar. 17, 2011 11:58 AM PDT

Texas Bill Would Outlaw Discrimination Against Creationists

The Lone Star State pushes the envelope on civil liberties.

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| Wed Mar. 16, 2011 4:00 AM PDT

Gingrich Courts Incendiary Pastor Renounced by McCain in '08

Why's Newt holding a tête-à-tête with a controversial evangelical leader who's bashed Catholicism?

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| Tue Mar. 15, 2011 12:01 AM PDT

WATCH: The Irvine 11: Free Speech on Trial (Video)

Eleven Muslim students face criminal charges after heckling a campus speaker.

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| Wed Mar. 9, 2011 2:20 PM PST

Peter King's Radicalization Hearings, Explained

Everything you need to know about the New York congressman's controversial hearings.

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| Wed Mar. 9, 2011 1:01 AM PST

Where Did All the Fatwas Go?

How a revolution of hope is changing the way Americans look at Islam.

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| Tue Mar. 8, 2011 1:36 PM PST

The New Old GOP

The first forum of the 2012 presidential contest was less about the candidates than the man they were there to see: Ralph Reed.

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| Tue Mar. 8, 2011 7:31 AM PST

The Week in Sharia: America Dodges a Bullet

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| Sat Mar. 5, 2011 12:08 PM PST

Whoops! Alabama Anti-Sharia Bill Lifted From Wikipedia

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| Fri Mar. 4, 2011 11:21 AM PST

Missouri Jumps on the Anti-Sharia Bandwagon

Yet another state legislature considers a quixotic ban on Islamic law.

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| Wed Mar. 2, 2011 11:28 AM PST

Meet the White Supremacist Leading the GOP's Anti-Sharia Crusade

States across the country are considering far-right bills to ban Islamic law. For that, we have hate-group leader David Yerushalmi to thank.

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| Tue Mar. 1, 2011 4:00 AM PST

Revealed: The Group Behind the Bills that Could Legalize Killing Abortion Providers

It's no coincidence that bills to expand justifiable homicide laws have popped up in South Dakota, Nebraska, and Iowa. Meet the group that launched the effort.

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| Mon Feb. 28, 2011 1:01 AM PST

The Week in Sharia: Obama's Extremely Covert Plan

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| Fri Feb. 25, 2011 1:26 PM PST

Venn Diagram: Taliban v. Christians v. Lolcats

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| Thu Feb. 24, 2011 3:00 PM PST

Nebraska Resurrects "Justifiable Homicide" Abortion Bill

A state legislator pushes a bill that's even more sweeping than the South Dakota proposal that sparked a national controversy.

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| Thu Feb. 24, 2011 1:01 AM PST

TN Legislature May Force Schools to Teach Science "Controversies"

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| Wed Feb. 23, 2011 1:18 PM PST