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Stolen Hindu Artifacts Return Home as Nepal Celebrates Repatriation Efforts

Wonderful statue of Shiva and Sarvati (Image by Erik Törner, Creative Commons 2.0)

Call it the return of the deities. After being stolen and smuggled overseas for years, dozens of statues depicting Nepal’s Read more...

TECHNOLOLY

White Supremacists, Antisemites, & Other Extremist Groups Have Found Another Weapon: Subtlety

A swastika. A crossed-out Star of David inside a circle. An image of Black people or Muslims or Asian-Americans captioned Read more...

Bahai

A Bahá’í perspective on reckoning with racism By Randolph Dobbs

Public outrage following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis led to global demonstrations in the name of justice. Now Read more...

Islam

Muslim Rapper Challenges Stereotypes Through Hip-Hop, Activism and Love

Mona Haydar

Mona Haydar is many things—rapper, poet, activist, scholar, mother. A voice for the marginalized, she serves as a bridge between Read more...

Catholicism

“Brother, keep going:” Vatican Opens Closet Door Allowing Gay Priests In Italy

Priest With Rosary Beads

In the Church there is place for everyone, for everyone. No one is useless, no one is superfluous, there is Read more...

Judaism

Wikipedia UnReliable Sources: In the “Preemptive Strike” in the Israel Edit War, The Winners Were… the Editors

Wikipedia warfare

“Wikipedia needs to wake up to the reality that this is a systemic problem across the platform that needs immediate Read more...

Hinduism

Indian Professor Sparks Debate Over Caste Criticism in Prestigious University

Main Building of Allahabad University - Allahabad - Uttar Pradesh - India

An Indian history professor who was recently reprimanded for his critique of certain aspects of Hinduism has vowed to persist Read more...

Mormonism

Wikipedia UnReliable Sources: Case Study— How Wikipedia is Rigged to Prevent Balance When It Comes to Religious Articles

Wikipedia editor bias against LDS Church

Failed efforts to Correct Wikipedia Articles About The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints As covered in recent articles Read more...