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Rare Disease Linked to Bloody Religious Ritual, Ashura

16 Mar 2019
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Nathan Glover

HTLV-1 has been traced to self-flagellation. The day is marked by Muslims, but the Shia sect, in particular, has more rites involved with the day than others. While it originated to mark the day that...

Religion’s Major Influence in Saudi Arabia

18 Apr 2018
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Derek Welch

Saudi Arabia is dominated by Sunni Muslims. Approximately 93 percent of Saudis are Muslim. The majority of Saudi Muslims are Sunni. About 15 percent of Saudi Muslims are Shia. Sharia law comprises...

The Top 4 Religions of the World

05 Apr 2018
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Alison Lesley

Based on numbers, the third largest group is the religiously unaffiliated. These four are followed by approximately 80 percent of the world's population. These religions influence about 6.9 billion...

Is The United States Supporting A Religious Genocide In Yemen?

01 Dec 2017
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Corey Barnett

Political action is needed in one of the worst humanitarian crises. While religion fuels armed conflict across the globe, one of the worst situations is what is occurring in Yemen. Some human rights...

Is the Shiite/Sunni Conflict REALLY only about religion?

06 Jul 2014
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WRN Editorial Staff

As shocking as the video clips of Sunni militants mowing down Shiites in Iraq with AK-47s and then handing out Qurans can be, the barbarity is not new nor unique to the Muslim world. Militants under...