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Documentary Showcase on Scientology Network Draws Back Curtain on World of Child Sex Trafficking by Rebecca Blair

Documentary Showcase on Scientology Network Draws Back Curtain on World of Child Sex Trafficking by Rebecca Blair


clock icon 06 Dec 2019
author icon WRN Guest


The documentary featured on this week’s Scientology Network Documentary Showcase December 6 at 8 p.m. is Operation Toussaint, a film that reveals the stark reality of child sex trafficking in the world...

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New Bill Seeks to Overturn Trump “Muslim Ban”

New Bill Seeks to Overturn Trump “Muslim Ban”


clock icon 05 Dec 2019
author icon Sam Field


Some time back, on June 28, 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld Presidential Proclamation 9645 which restricted immigration from eight countries – Libya, Iran, Syria, Somalia, Yemen, North Korea, Venezuela...

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WRN News from Around the Web: Pope Meets with Monk, RFRA Cuts Both Ways, “Mormon” not Appropriate, Conversion Therapy Ban, Chick-Fil-A Now in Trouble with Right, Dispensaries as Religions?

WRN News from Around the Web: Pope Meets with Monk, RFRA Cuts Both Ways, “Mormon” not Appropriate, Conversion Therapy Ban, Chick-Fil-A Now in Trouble with Right, Dispensaries as Religions?


clock icon 02 Dec 2019
author icon WRN Editorial Staff


Pope Meets With Buddhist Monk Pope Francis met with the Supreme Buddhist Patriarch Somdej Phra Maha Muneewong of Thailand late last month, on a four-day tour of Southeast Asia. The Pontiff called for inter-faith...

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Holiday Gift Ideas Across Various Religions, By Alexandra Rogers

Holiday Gift Ideas Across Various Religions, By Alexandra Rogers


clock icon 27 Nov 2019
author icon WRN Guest


There is much to dislike about the secular holiday season. In many cases, gifting now has the burden of obligation, of a required ritual, a duty discharged with little thought through an online catalog...

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WRN News from Around the Web: Fallen Sikh, Quaker Gender, Chick-fil-A, Ebola, Rise of the Unaffiliated, JFK, Rohingya Genocide, Hiroshima and Nagasaki

WRN News from Around the Web: Fallen Sikh, Quaker Gender, Chick-fil-A, Ebola, Rise of the Unaffiliated, JFK, Rohingya Genocide, Hiroshima and Nagasaki


clock icon 25 Nov 2019
author icon WRN Editorial Staff


Houston PD Honors Fallen Sikh Deputy The Houston, Texas Police Department is altering its dress code policy to allow Sikh officers to wear articles of faith, including turban and beard. The move is to be more...

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An Angry Kurdish Voice by Ceko Kurd

An Angry Kurdish Voice by Ceko Kurd


clock icon 21 Nov 2019
author icon WRN Guest


Editor’s Note: Most Americans know little or nothing about the Kurds, except perhaps that recently, the United States and Kurds were allied in the fight against ISIS. An estimated 25 to 40 million Kurds...

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WRN News from Around the Web: Shinto Emperor, Mormons Leave Mexico, Pakistan-India Cooperation, Religious Statues Beheaded, IM God, Catholic Anti-Abuse Hotline, Military Chaplains

WRN News from Around the Web: Shinto Emperor, Mormons Leave Mexico, Pakistan-India Cooperation, Religious Statues Beheaded, IM God, Catholic Anti-Abuse Hotline, Military Chaplains


clock icon 19 Nov 2019
author icon WRN Editorial Staff


Japanese Emperor Performs Shinto Ceremony Amid Controversy Japanese Emperor Naruhito performed the Daijosai, an ancient Shinto ceremony said to transform the emperor by joining with the Sun Goddess....

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The Price of Religious Liberty

The Price of Religious Liberty


clock icon 13 Nov 2019
author icon Sam Field


Some people have taken religious liberty for granted. After all, it’s protected in the First Amendment, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and legislation such as the Religious Freedom Restoration...

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WRN News from Around the Web: Obama Rule Repealed, Church Demolition, Assisted Suicide, Transgender, Kung Fu Nuns, Empty Heavens

WRN News from Around the Web: Obama Rule Repealed, Church Demolition, Assisted Suicide, Transgender, Kung Fu Nuns, Empty Heavens


clock icon 11 Nov 2019
author icon WRN Editorial Staff


Kung Fu Buddhist Nuns The Druk Amitabha Mountain Monastery in Kathmandu has long promoted gender equality and the empowerment of women. Since 2008, Buddhist nuns have been trained there in kung fu for self-defense,...

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Falun Gong: A Reply to Chinese Oppression (Interview)

Falun Gong: A Reply to Chinese Oppression (Interview)


clock icon 06 Nov 2019
author icon WRN Guest


The Communist regime in China has a long history of religious suppression which began in the 1950s when Mao Zedong drove missionaries out of China, and established an officially atheist government. Recently,...

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