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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…
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Religious News From Around the Web July 6, 2020
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,…
WRN Editorial Staff
Jul 6, 2020
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Sikhs Blocked on Instagram and Facebook
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…
WRN Editorial Staff
Jul 3, 2020
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Breaking News: Supreme Court Strikes Down Restriction on Religious School Funding
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…
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Religious News From Around the Web June 29, 2020
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…
WRN Editorial Staff
Jun 28, 2020
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Religious News From Around the Web June 22, 2020
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;…
WRN Editorial Staff
Jun 22, 2020
Opinion
Blasphemy a Capital Offense in Some Countries, Expunged in Others
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…
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Religious News From Around the Web June 15, 2020
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…
WRN Editorial Staff
Jun 15, 2020
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Religious News From Around the Web June 8, 2020
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,…
WRN Editorial Staff
Jun 8, 2020
Features
You Don’t Have to be a Supreme Court Justice to See a Thumb on the Scales By Charles Franklin
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…
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Religious News From Around the Web June 1, 2020
Sikh Temple Prepares 100,000 Free Meals Each Day, SCOTUS Decides Church Restrictions, Furor Over Evangelical Christian Head of Brazil’s Indigenous Tribes, Vote on Methodist Split, Religious…
WRN Editorial Staff
Jun 1, 2020
Opinion
In a Cemetery on Memorial Day
“Surely God would not have created such a being as man, with an ability to grasp the infinite, to exist only for a day. No, no,…