London’s Ramadan Lights in 2024.
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Online Ramadan content has boosted Muslim voices and empowered people to to speak for themselves and on their own terms.
Concerns about what is or isn’t legal can hinder objective lessons about religious studies in class.
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Many countries wrestle with whether to include any kind of education about religion in public school lessons, and each one takes its own approach.
Defender of faith: King Charles III visits the newly built Sikh temple Guru Nanak Gurdwara in 2022.
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The coronation is a Church of England service, expanded for the contemporary age.
Martin Luther King, Jr. leads a group that includes a nun and Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel during the Selma to Montgomery Civil Rights march.
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Religious pluralism and social justice were at the core of King’s campaigns – a vision shaped by influences as diverse as Gandhi, the Black church, Greek classics and Buddhism.
Local residents gather around the biggest mosque in the region for the evening prayer in Bahai, Chad.
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Chad fulfils all conditions to be affected by Islamist terrorism. But the threat so far comes from its neighbours, not from the inside.
Supporters of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party describe their presidential candidate and his running mate as unifiers because of their ethnic and religious mix.
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Damage to the fragile Nigerian state is one possible fallout of mixing religion with politics.
Do students’ views of people with different beliefs really change on campus?
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College can be a time to interact with people with different worldviews, but meaningful exchanges often require intent.
Sri Lankan students march during a protest over the economic crisis outside the residence of prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa in Colombo, April 24, 2022.
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The country has a long history of ethnic and religious conflict, but the worst economic crisis in decades has brought protesters together.
South African churches still have a long way to go in accepting queer worshipers. Supplied by author.
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At local level some congregations are bravely creating alternative models where LGBTIQ people can feel safe and be accepted
Syrian refugees arrive to start a new life in Germany.
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Refugees hold religious prejudices against each other too – separating them by religion is not the answer.
Mozambique’s military responded swiftly following deadly attacks by Islamist gunmen on three police stations recently.
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The first Islamist attack carried out by Mozambicans in the country is particularly surprising given the pride the country takes in its sound and relaxed inter-religious relations.
School children wave a South African flag after visiting the Nelson Mandela house museum in Soweto.
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The judgment recognises that religion plays a large role in South African society. The right to follow a religion is embedded in the constitution. This means that South Africa isn’t a secular state.
The Thomas Jefferson memorial in Washington, DC.
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The first two Muslim-American women are in Congress now. They stand in a long and little-known tradition of Islam in America.
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As Italy confirms its ban on Sikhs carrying holy daggers, should the judiciary be deciding what our societies look like or what defines our cultural values?
President Trump stands beside Pope Francis at the Vatican on May 24, 2017. An unidentified priest looks on.
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The GOP was once the political home of anti-Catholicism. And the Vatican, it was believed, would use a Catholic president as a way to meddle in US politics.