Ethics
Sudan Sentences a Woman To Be Stoned to Death Based on Islamic Law
On June 26 in Sudan, Maryam Alsyed Tiyrab was convicted and sentenced to execution by stoning on a charge of adultery, a violation of Islamic law.…
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Religion: The Lifeline of Humanity
Salvation, redemption, absolution, deliverance. Any religion focuses one way or another, through one path or another, on the liberation of the individual, and—since so much of…
WRN Editorial Staff
Jul 6, 2022
Issues
Does Religious Freedom Include the Right to Have An Abortion?
Then the LORD God formed the man from the dust of the ground. He breathed the breath of life into the man’s nostrils, and the man…
WRN Editorial Staff
Jun 16, 2022
Issues
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 “Go back where you came from.”…
WRN Editorial Staff
Jun 13, 2022
Buddhism
Religious Scholars Argue Validity of Digital Meditation
Gregory Grieve, who heads the religious studies department at University of North Carolina, Greensboro, holds that the authenticity of digital Buddhist meditation is not the determining…
WRN Editorial Staff
Jun 2, 2022
Features
New Report Discusses Religious Equity in the Workplace
Religious Freedom & Business Institute has released their annual index measuring the commitment of corporations to religious inclusion in the workplace. The latest index covers all…
Features
Faith-based Pursuit of Nourishing Food Gives Rise to Sustainable Farm
With the industrial food system common to farming in the United States, from the way slaughterhouses are run to the pesticides used on crop farms, Samer…
Hinduism
When the Flame Ignites: Islamophobia comes to India
Ram Navami is an Indian festival held yearly in honor of the birth of Lord Ram. It is an anticipated celebration rich in tradition, music, and…
WRN Editorial Staff
May 7, 2022
Christianity
University Student Challenges “No Contact” Order as Religious Discrimination
Southern Illinois University – Edwardsville graduate student Maggie DeJong received three “No Contact Orders” in February from the university, prohibiting contact and indirect communication with three…
Hindu
Religious Garments Ban Sparks College Protests in India
Colleges in Karnataka, India, have started banning the use of any religious garment not explicitly called for in their dress code. This prevents Muslim women from…
Issues
Finding Hope in Dark Times by Margaret Dulaney
Many of you might have seen the little film by the Welsh Poet Tom Roberts called the Great Realization. Tom is reading a poem, spoken as…
Christianity
Want to Worship? Show Me Your Papers! by Charles Franklin
We have seen government abandon the First Amendment protections of religious liberty to tell people of faith they must toss out their long-held beliefs on the…
WRN Editorial Staff
Sep 23, 2020