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Finland Criticized for Religious Liberty Violations; Faith Leaders Request Inclusion in Development of Artificial Intelligence Ethics; Tibet’s Culture, Religion and Way of Life at Risk; Parental…
Catholicism
Church attendance in the U.S. is on a 20-year nosedive. From 70% attending services in 1999, it has declined year after year to 47% in 2020…
Catholicism
Sikh Festival Draws 100,000 to Yuba City, Calif.; Texas Voters Amend State Constitution, Expand Religious Liberty; Judge: Religion Exempt From LGBTQ Bias Liability; U.S. Supreme Court…
Agnosticism
President Biden “a Good Catholic” Says Pope Francis; Buddhist Reality and Freedom From Illusion; Ásatrú, Viking Religion on Rise in Iceland; Religious Exemption to Vaccine Mandates…
Atheism
Apple has just removed several religious apps from the App Store of China, a move denying millions what the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) say are “unauthorized…
Catholicism
On Oct. 10, 2021, Pope Francis formally opened a two-year process called “a synod on synodality,” officially known as Synod 2021-2023: For a Synodal Church.” In…
Catholicism
Prayers Requested for Haiti Missionary Hostages; The Gulf Between “Free Exercise” and “Freedom of Worship”; LGBTQ Support of Utah Compromise; Afghan Sikhs Must Convert to Islam…
Catholicism
Did Columbus’s Fear of Islam Affect Treatment of Indigenous People? What the Media Doesn’t Get About Religion; Pope Begins Two-Year Conference on Church Future; Employers Caught…
Buddhism
Thomas Jefferson’s Quran on Display at Dubai World’s Fair; Rundown of Supreme Court’s Faith Related Cases; Scientology Rights Affirmed in European Court; Chinese Government Mandates Chinese…
Amish
Religious Liberty, Abortion and Death Penalty on Court Docket; Bishops Apologize for Church Role in Indian Residential School System; Religious Exemptions to Vaccine Mandates? Hostilities to…
Buddhism
Muhammad Ali Documentary Explores Relationship With Islam; Taliban Ruler says Executions Will Resume; Dutch Open Holocaust Museum; Pew Study Documents India’s Religious Composition; Court Orders Facebook…
Islam
INTRODUCTION Talib M. Shareef is President and Imam of Masjid Muhammad, the historic “Nation’s Mosque,” in Washington, D.C. Established in 1935, it is the capital’s oldest…