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In the wake of incidents in Europe where the holy Quran has been burned, the United Nations Human Rights Council is urging countries to take stronger…
Buddhism
A group of socially aware Buddhists in Thailand is questioning traditional notions of personal devotion to address urgent issues within their faith and extend their impact…
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Outraged by the scheduled act of burning a Quran by an Iraqi man in Sweden, scores of demonstrators forcefully entered the Swedish Embassy in Baghdad on…
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The Rev. Steve Pieters, an HIV/AIDS-positive activist, made a significant impact in 1985 when he participated in an interview with televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker. Their remarkable…
Religion News
A proviso added into the 2024 defense authorization bill barring service members from contacting the nonprofit Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF) narrowly passed the House of…
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There were no booming cannons or lavish banquets to celebrate the late emperor’s birthday, but as the sun dipped below the horizon on July 22, a…
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To advance religious diversity and inclusiveness, a Muslim billionaire plans to construct a three-story mosque in a bustling entertainment district in the heart of London. After…
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Religious liberty in Russia and in the occupied regions of Ukraine have been steadily and systematically eroded since the Kremlin’s invasion in 2022, reaching a condition…
Politics
"[some] individual Jews are all right, Harvey, but as a race they stink. They spoil everything they touch." – Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. “Covid-19 is targeted…
Catholicism
A Hong Kong bishop whom Pope Francis personally selected to be included in the newest group of cardinals within the Catholic Church has expressed his desire…
Baptist
George Floyd’s death prompted uprisings against injustice throughout the world. That summer was marked by crowds—many of them newly aware of just how fraught racial divisions…
Islam
Less than three months after an irate mob stormed a police station in Pakistan and killed a man accused of blasphemy, a cleric became the latest…