Baptist
Religious Liberty in a New Land
In 1630, the Puritans, arriving from the Old World, came to America seeking religious liberty, but the Americas had known the Christian religion for decades—and it…
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Islam
Houses of Worship: Qatar State Grand Mosque
Qatar sits on a peninsula in the Persian Gulf with Saudi Arabia to the west as their only neighboring country. Over the past 30 years, Qatar’s…
Islam
Religious Intolerance in Myanmar
Along the Bay of Bengal and wrapping around the Andaman Sea is the Republic of the Union of Myanmar. It is home to 54 million, with…
Islam
The Fight of the Hazaras
The Hazaras have been subject to discrimination and oppression at least since the 19th century. As an ethnic minority within Afghanistan whose population largely belongs to…
Features
Faith and Voodoo
In the coastal country of Benin, the population is divided into roughly three major religious groups: Christian, Muslim and Vodun (better known in the West as…
Featured
A Talk on International Religious Freedom
On November 3, 2022, at Thomas More University (TMU), an event was held with past and present Ambassadors-at-Large for International Religious Freedom—Rashad Hussain and Rabbi David…
Christianity
Houses of Worship: Yoido Full Gospel Church
Seoul, the capital of South Korea or the “Great People’s Nation” as its name translates in English, is home to almost 10 million people in a…
Issues
Dangerous Ideas
“Pilate saith unto him, What is truth? And when he had said this, he went out again unto the Jews, and saith unto them, I find…
Anglicanism
Houses of Worship: Trinity Church Wall Street
The Trinity Church received its charter from King William III in 1697, establishing its rules, the boundaries of the first land grant and the system of…
Features
Inaugural G20 Religion Forum Promotes Solidarity and Respect in The Emerald of the Equator
Thailand, 1997: A financial crisis starts which is deemed local to the country, but soon the same is seen in countries throughout Southeast Asia including Malaysia,…
Christianity
<em>The Chosen</em> Begins the Next Chapter
Telling stories is one of the oldest traditions known to man, if it is not itself the basis of tradition. How one tells a story has…
Wicca
Keeping Peace with Ghosts
The harvest season is closing and winter is coming. Festivals celebrate the fruits of the reaping and rituals are held to ward off the coming of…