Today's quick reads
Three articles selected for you today from New Internationalist magazine.
Should religion play a role in politics?
From religious leaders who take on political roles to the daily influence of faith on political values, Dawn Foster and Yasmin Alibhai-Brown – two practising believers – find themselves on opposite sides of the debate.
Good reasons to run
488 - December, 2015
Shared 7 times.
Felicity Thompson reports on Gambia's state of fear.
Where are they now? Noushin Ahmadi Khorasani
460 - March, 2013
Shared 12 times.
The Iranian women's rights activist on what she has been doing since she was featured in our March 2007 issue.
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