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Inspired
Inspired is the nation's leading public radio show about faith, ethics and spirituality. Each week we offer you analyses of the big headlines alongside lesser-told stories – those of Orthodox Jewish artists and African-American atheists, Muslim feminists and spiritual seekers. Through these stories, a rough sketch of our country’s religious landscape begins to emerge. It’s a marketplace of beliefs and ideas too complex for sound bites, and too important to ignore.
Five Years Later: Reassessing the Arab Spring
Iraqis stormed parliament last weekend to protest government inaction. And the bloody civil war in Syria marches on. Five years after the Arab Spring sparked hopes for democratic reforms, we take stock of Islamist and secular forces reshaping the region. What does the future hold for Iraq? What made Tunisia a success and why did Syria and Egypt descend into “Arab Winters”? And what do Islamist parties bring to the table?
The panel of speakers this week includes: Shadi Hamid, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and author of Islamic Exceptionalism: How the Struggle Over Islam is Reshaping the World and Hassan Mneimneh, expert at the Middle East Institute.
This panel is part of our God and Government series, supported by the Henry R. Luce Initiative on Religion in International Affairs.
When Reporting Rape Gets you Suspended
Brigham Young University’s honor code reflects its Mormon values: Drinking and drug use are prohibited. Men can’t grow beards and women must wear skirts to the knee. Pre-marital sex is forbidden. But in the latest outcry over sexual assault on college campuses, rape accusers at BYU say the school’s honor code office has been reacting to assault reports by investigating– and even punishing– victims. With Erin Alberty, public safety reporter at The Salt Lake Tribune and Kelsey Bourgeois, former BYU student and campaign writer at the online advocacy group CARE2
Read a statement from BYU and watch a video with its president here.
Burning Paper, Not Children: Remembering Father Daniel Berrigan
Maureen Fiedler, host of Interfaith Voices remembers Daniel Berrigan, a priest, a poet and a draft-card burner, who died on April 30, just short of his 95th birthday. Father Berrigan is remembered as a champion for social justice and a promoter of peace. Read Maureen’s commentary here.
