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No News is Good

No News is Good


clock icon 07 Jul 2020
author icon Sam Field


This morning at 5 a.m., I turned on the news and found out that in addition to the Coronavirus pandemic, the marches for justice, and the wildfires in Arizona and California, North Korea threatened to march...

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Religious News From Around the Web July 6, 2020

Religious News From Around the Web July 6, 2020


clock icon 06 Jul 2020
author icon WRN Editorial Staff


Hagia Sophia Returns to a Mosque? Chinese Communists Destroy Buddhist Temple and Christian Crosses, SCOTUS Changes the Playing Field, Nelson Mandela: Difference between Tolerance and Retaliation, What...

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Sikhs Blocked on Instagram and Facebook

Sikhs Blocked on Instagram and Facebook


clock icon 03 Jul 2020
author icon WRN Editorial Staff


In early March, Sikh users of Facebook and Instagram discovered they could not post messages if they used the #sikh hashtag. World Religion News asked a representative of United Sikhs (US), a Sikh religious...

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Breaking News: Supreme Court Strikes Down Restriction on Religious School Funding

Breaking News: Supreme Court Strikes Down Restriction on Religious School Funding


clock icon 30 Jun 2020
author icon Sam Field


Montana had a program whereby individuals received a tax credit for donations to organizations providing scholarships for private schools. But the state specifically excluded religious schools from the program....

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Religious News From Around the Web June 29, 2020

Religious News From Around the Web June 29, 2020


clock icon 28 Jun 2020
author icon WRN Editorial Staff


Protecting Church from State, Russia's Military Cathedral, Hindu Temple for Islamabad, Selling Judaism, Faith-Based Foster Care, Protesters Topple Statue of Saint Junipero Serra, Hajj Only for Saudi Residents Video:...

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Religious News From Around the Web June 22, 2020

Religious News From Around the Web June 22, 2020


clock icon 22 Jun 2020
author icon WRN Editorial Staff


Bostock Case Gives LGBTQ a Win; Southern Poverty Law Center Labels Christians as Hate Groups; Sikh Woman Graduates from West Point; Baptists Sue Over Abortion Requirement; Risch Slams China's Attempt to Select...

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Blasphemy a Capital Offense in Some Countries, Expunged in Others

Blasphemy a Capital Offense in Some Countries, Expunged in Others


clock icon 17 Jun 2020
author icon Sam Field


In 1988 Salmon Rushdie published The Satanic Verses, a book which Muslims thought disparaged Islam. Riots broke out in Muslim countries, and shortly thereafter, Iran’s leader Ayatollah Khomeini issued...

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Religious News From Around the Web June 15, 2020

Religious News From Around the Web June 15, 2020


clock icon 15 Jun 2020
author icon WRN Editorial Staff


Photos: Greek Monasteries Built on Rock Spires Meteora – which means “suspended in the air” are Greek rock formations upon which Eastern Orthodox monasteries were built in the 14th Century. Monks...

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Religious News From Around the Web June 8, 2020

Religious News From Around the Web June 8, 2020


clock icon 08 Jun 2020
author icon WRN Editorial Staff


Polls: Policy Decisions Forcing Religion's Decline in U.S., Religious freedom and Public Health, Racism a "spiritual virus," Tulsi Gabbard Addresses Hindu Commencement, Abraham Lincoln and Shavu'ot, #Sikh...

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You Don’t Have to be a Supreme Court Justice to See a Thumb on the Scales By Charles Franklin

You Don’t Have to be a Supreme Court Justice to See a Thumb on the Scales By Charles Franklin


clock icon 05 Jun 2020
author icon WRN Guest


For those rational individuals who thought that the First Amendment kept government out of religious affairs, assured the people’s right to worship as they chose, and guaranteed the right to “peaceably...

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