By Tom Gjelten The global refugee crisis, political strife and economic dislocation all contributed to a worldwide deterioration of religious freedom in 2015 and an increase in "societal intolerance," according to the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom. "At best, in most of the Continue Reading
Mideast’s Ancient Bible Christians: ‘We Are a People on the Brink of Extinction’
Posted by PETER JESSERER SMITH WASHINGTON — The genocide carried out by the Islamic State group (ISIS) has sought to wipe out the Christian peoples of Syria and Iraq from their ancient homelands, but also to destroy the historical identity of the survivors. Hundreds of ancient Christian Continue Reading
The Divide Over Islam and National Laws in the Muslim World
BY JACOB POUSHTER As strife in the Middle East continues to make headlines, from the militant group ISIS to Syrian refugees, the Muslim world is sharply divided on what the relationship should be between the tenets of Islam and the laws of governments. Across 10 countries with significant Muslim Continue Reading
Sharia and the Separation of Mosque and State
By Jayson Casper If sharia law is for Muslims, what is its place in a Muslim-majority nation? If the answer seems obvious, that may be part of the problem. But another part is understanding sharia law in the first place, and in a helpful article on the blog of the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Continue Reading
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