When I read this from Tom Barnett, I thought of a neighbor of ours. I’ve heard the mom consistently remind her daughter to “be careful” when she’s tempted to tell friends that her (Algerian) father is Muslim. Like the Economist article says – being Muslim in America is a challenge. God (Allah) help us.

By Jeff Smith
Tom Barnett always says,

I can tell a lot about a society by how it treats its women.

Here’s a very interesting NY Times story about how women in India advocated so strongly they now get their own trains to work.  Very cool.

Is there something analogous to the church and women in leadership?