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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

Wikipedia: Accuracy or Prejudice? Islamophobia in the Web 2.0 Era

Wikipedia and Islam

This article explores whether Wikipedia upholds its promise of neutrality or perpetuates prejudice against Islam, examining the role of Web Read more...

Catholicism

The Synod on Synodality Begins on a Somber Note

Pope Francis’ Address in Plenary

According to the Vatican, the Synod on Synodality, which opened with Mass in St. Peter’s Square on Oct. 2, is intended Read more...

Judaism

Eighty Years Later They’re Still Scared of Anne Frank

Anne Frank Diary, St Nicholas Church, Kiel, Germany

Eighty years after her death, a teenage girl still strikes terror into the hearts of bigots, haters and the fools Read more...

Hinduism

40 Million Hugs and Counting—Maternal Spiritual Guide Tours America

Mata Amritanandamayi

It is said that she knows more people on a first-name basis than anyone in the history of the world. Read more...

Mormonism

At 100 LDS President Nelson Continues to Set an Example of Service

Russell M. Nelson

The oldest president to have presided over the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints, Russell M. Nelson, ascended Read more...