The trend picked up after the 2016 election. Nearly half of the 31 Muslim candidates who won an office are women.
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(OPINION) An important shift has occurred among white Catholics in recent decades. How important will they be in the next election? That could depend on how important the President thinks they are. In any case, journalists shouldn’t discount them.
Read MoreNearly three weeks of protests in Lebanon has united people across sectarian religious groups and signaled hopes of a new political system that could redefine how religious affiliation is lived in society.
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(OPINION) A major new archeological dig in the holy land is producing discoveries that relate to biblical history. Journalists should pay attention.
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(OPINION) A trip to the Sekaten festival reveals a colorful Islamic tradition that is scorned in some Sunni regions, but celebrated with much ado in Indonesia.
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(OPINION) Let’s start with a loaded question. But it’s a questions that journalists really need to ask, because of trends during recent events in Catholic life. Is the Vatican’s press office helping to push a progressive agenda that could forever change the Catholic church?
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(OPINION) Most people think the Church suppressed freedom of thought until the Enlightenment, and that journalism emerged as the Church lost its power. But researchers have never studied in detail how exactly newspapers emerged from a Christian culture long before other societies, until now.
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(OPINION) Beto O’Rourke made a statement that excites secular progressives but sends shockwaves through religious communities. How well will the remaining candidates navigate these subjects?
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A proposed policy to require pastors to pass through training before opening church is creating controversy in Uganda. The policy is meant to increase financial accountability in religious institutions, but critics say it’s unconstitutional and could spell trouble for religious freedom.
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A progressive Jewish activist group is working to end programs that send U.S. police to Israel for training, citing concerns about racial profiling and invasive surveillance techniques. The Anti-Defamation League, one of the most prominent Jewish groups fighting discrimination in the U.S, funds these programs.
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The new center, meant to “defend Israel’s brand,” will even feature a Donald Trump exhibit.
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A year after the faithful Catholic Supreme Court justice was confirmed, he remains a polarizing figure politically during the Trump era.
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(NEWS ANALYSIS) From corporations to schools, Chinese campaigns of intimidation are turning American institutions into propaganda outlets for the Chinese Communist Party.
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(BOOK REVIEW) Discovering Pope Francis is in a way an opportunity for fans of this papacy to defend him. It also tries to lay out common ground between those who may be liberal or conservative politically, but also Roman Catholic.
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The terror organization lost its territory and its caliph. Its ideology will be much harder to defeat, say those who have studied the group’s evolution and theology.
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In 1794, a traveler stopped at a farm and asked for shelter. When he fell sick, he begged for a priest to visit, but the Lutheran household refused. The man died. Things were never the same for Middleway, West Virginia.
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(OPINION) William Wilberforce saw slavery for what it was when most of England only saw what it was doing for them or what they didn’t do for it. Our “financialized” attitudes about climate change and other crises requires his moral courage.
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(OPINION) There will be significant decline in traditional affiliations, but not disintegration. Perhaps more interesting is an evolving perception of God.
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(OPINION) The battle for the future direction of the church was played out among the bishops who participated in the synod aimed at addressing issues affecting Catholicism in the region of the Amazon that encompasses a great swath of South America. It’s ramifications, however, could very well impact the global church.
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One of the largest Hindu festivals is also celebrated by Sikhs, Jains and other faiths. In India’s capital, Diwali featured a laser show to discourage firecracker smoke, which in past years has polluted the city with days or weeks of smog.
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