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Zara Mohammed tells BBC the difficulties she faced as she ends her time as Muslim Council of Britain leader. Reverend Robyn Golden-Hann now serves at St. Aldhelm's Church in Poole, Dorset. The ...

Support for religious liberty among Americans grew over the past year in most categories, according to the 2024 Religious Freedom Index survey from the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty ...

Since his release in August, he is cautious about appearing in public, fearing he could be targeted by "religious fanatics". "The fanatics are still out there. They think I should not be alive.

For director Naoko Yamada, creating a project from scratch for The Colors Within presented a big challenge but also the realization of a lifelong dream. “I love music and I’ve always wanted to ...

Read my story on Curtis here. As a growing share of U.S. adults turns away from religion, Christianity is still thriving in one American institution: the U.S. Congress. Members of the 119th Congress ...

5:48), these attitudes can seem hard to argue with. Even many members today seem to take for granted that religious people struggle more often with crippling perfectionism. Yet at that time, there had ...

On the whole, Congress is much more religious than the U.S. population as a whole. Case in point: Nearly 30% of the country’s adults identify as religiously unaffiliated — compared with 0.6% ...

On an index measuring religion-related hostilities for 2022, India scored the highest among 198 nations, according to a report recently published by the Pew Research Center. A higher score on the ...

OTTAWA — Linards Feldbergs could barely stop smiling throughout the World Juniors. It started when Latvia upset Canada 3-2 in the preliminary round, which set off alarm bells throughout the host ...

Modern religious leaders are experimenting with A.I. just as earlier generations examined radio, television and the internet. Rabbi Josh Fixler at Congregation Emanu El in Houston worked with a ...

Every two years, Pew Research Center publishes a report on the religious affiliation of members of the incoming Congress. This report is the ninth in the series, which started with the 111th Congress ...