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Anti-Sharia Laws Are Magic
by Matthew Schmitz
National Review Online
June 18, 2012
https://www.legal-project.org/2686/anti-sharia-laws-are-magic
Excerpt:
In 2011, Joseph Weiler stood before the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights arguing that Italians had the right to display crucifixes in classrooms of state schools. It was an odd sight: Weiler, an observant Jew wearing a kippah, defending a symbol that many associate with anti-Semitism. Weiler won his case, vindicating freedom of religion and demonstrating the possibility and importance of standing for the rights of those with whom one disagrees.
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