Author: Asma T. Uddin

When the First Amendment Is Not Weaponized, but Sharpened

That there are more challenges by the right does not necessarily mean free speech is being weaponized.
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The Latest Attack on Islam: It’s Not a Religion

Too many Americans would deny Muslims the religious liberty they insist upon for Christians.
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Sessions’s (and my) remarks at the DOJ Religious Liberty Summit

The Department of Justice held a Religious Liberty Summit where Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the creation of the Religious Liberty Task Force.
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On national security and religious liberty

On June 25, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld President Donald Trump’s travel ban by a vote of 5-4. In so ruling, the Court placed the U.S. among the many other nations worldwide where “national security” is used to quash human rights.
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On Masterpiece and Secular Blasphemy Laws

While the Court’s opinion sidestepped the thornier issues at the intersection of religious liberty and gay rights, the opinion did underscore the need for unity in diversity.
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