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Press release issued after a press conference at the Seoul Foreign Correspondents’ Club HRWF (07.08.2026) — Human Rights Without Frontiers (HRWF), together with CAP Liberté de…
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This article was first published in the Blog of Michel Jorge Millares, where you can see the photos he used and published (in Spanish), and many…
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Written by Avinash Chandra. In the last Magh Mela in Prayagraj (February 2025), a strong police force (accompanied by several high authorities) stopped the Shankaracharya of…
Catholicism
In a remarkable interfaith gesture, religious leaders from seriously diverse faiths gathered in Reno (Nevada, USA) on April 22. They held special prayers in their respective…
Christianity
Spurred by a religious “deprogrammer”—code word for bigoted brainwasher—Japan’s attacks make millions wonder: Why does the government have any role in religion at all? The spark…
Religion News
I have shaken David Miscavige’s hand twice, but for someone not very familiar with Scientology, I think the first time is the most revealing. I was a…
Religion News
Really, any relationship comes down to knowing you are heard and understood—whether it’s between mother and child, father and son, teacher and student, coach and player,…
Religion News
“Hey, I saw your kid on TV!” The voice reached me from behind as I walked down the corridor of my Scientology Church. During the split…
Public Interest
This article was written by Jerry L. Wallace and is published with his permission. At around noontime, on Thursday, March 20, 1924, Ron Hubbard met in…
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New initiative celebrates sacred sites from diverse cultures throughout the world Virginia Beach, VA, On June 13, Patheos, the leading online platform for exploring and understanding religion…
Islam
When the late Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, issued an Islamic edict against Salman Rushdie on February 14, 1989, an Arabic word the cleric…
Baptist
Since 1947, one topic in education has regularly come up at the Supreme Court more often than any other: disputes over religion. That year, in Everson…