ANALYSIS: Once again, Charlie Hebdo Takes Aim at Violent Islamists, This Time in Spain

A handful of American mainstream news outlets have picked up the story, but unlike their European counterparts, they chose not to reprint the cartoon.

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ANALYSIS: Daily Telegraph Backs Old Guard in Row Over Church of England's 'Alpha' Evangelicals

(OPINION) The Daily Telegraph has leapt into a dispute between two factions of a London church. Yet the journalistic shortcomings of this article turn it into a club for traditionalists to beat modernizers.

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Kenya's Legally Blind Gold Medalist Henry Kiprono Kirwa Runs To Fight Stigma And Build Peace

As a blind child in rural Kenya, Henry Kirwa endured a lifetime of stigma, isolation, and lack of education and opportunity - until he discovered he was fast. Sustained by his Christian faith, running became his ticket to a better life, culminating in multiple Paralympic gold medals and new life as a U.N. honoree.  

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Looking For Alternative Forms Of Faith In The Streets Of Postmodern Czech Republic

(OPINION) A recent Pew Forum survey shows that the influence and practice of faith is slipping in lands long identified with Catholicism, those closest to the European West. Eastern Orthodoxy is rising, especially in lands in which faith and national identity blend. But the most stunning changes are happening in the Czech Republic.

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Ten Years After Violent 2007 Elections, Kenya's Tight Presidential Race Brings New Concerns

Ten years on from election violence that left 1,000 dead, and after the 2013 elections were marred by allegations of vote tampering, Kenya will have another chance on August 8th, 2017, to peacefully vote in the opposition or stay with the current administration. 

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Air India goes veggie; The New York Times and India's The Hindu play it way, way differently

The often toxic mix of religious identity mixed with politics – either real or imagined – accounts for so much of what we think of as religion news. This story ties together some of those powerful symbols.

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The Demon Of Click Bait: Daily Telegraph Sensationalizes UK's 'Boom' In Christian Exorcisms

What comes first, advertising or content? This question loomed large in my mind as I read an article on exorcisms that the Daily Telegraph chose to sensationalize rather than report faithfully.

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