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Execution for a Facebook post? Why blasphemy is a capital offense in some...
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US-Taliban truce begins, feeding hope of a peaceful, more prosperous Afghanistan
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Indian women protest new citizenship laws, joining a global 'fourth wave'...
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Why we knock on wood for luck
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100,000 Indians say 'Namaste Trump' and the president ignores some key human...
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How civil rights leader Wyatt Tee Walker revived hope after MLK's death
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How India came to love cricket, favored sport of its colonial British rulers
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After US and Taliban sign accord, Afghanistan must prepare for peace
US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad and Taliban co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar sign an agreement ending the US's 18-year war in Afghanistan, Doha, Feb. 29,...
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Emotional support animals can endanger the public and make life harder for...
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Evangelicals downplay religious expression when working with secular groups
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What The Satanic Temple is and why it's opening a debate about religion
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Coronavirus fears put a halt to the Muslim pilgrimage of umrah – but not yet...
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I was in China doing research when I saw my Uighur friends disappear
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Mennonites helped turn Paraguay into a mega beef producer – indigenous people...
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Why a Roman philosopher's views on the fear of death matter as coronavirus...
Lucretius Carus.Internet Archive Book Images/FlickrWith the global spread of the new coronavirus, fears about illness and death weigh heavily on the minds of many. Such fears can often result in a...
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What Islamic hygienic practices can teach when coronavirus is spreading
A Muslim man prepares for prayer by doing a ritual washing.mustafagull/Getty ImagesAs outbreaks of the coronavirus spread throughout the world, people are reminded over and again to limit physical...
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Mubarak's lasting legacy on Egypt's Coptic Christians
A 2005 presidential election poster of then-President Hosni Mubarak that said: '70 million Egyptian Muslims and Christians say yes to Mubarak.'AP Photo/Hasan JamaliThe rule of Egypt’s former leader...
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Coronavirus reminds Americans that pursuit of happiness is tied to the...
People practice social distancing by standing apart during a news conference in Washington D.C.AP Photo/Jacquelyn MartinAt its core, the United States Declaration of Independence argues that all human...
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Ancient Greeks purged city-states of disease as they would a human body – and...
The Plague of Athens.Michiel Sweerts/ Los Angeles County Museum of Art/WikipediaWith the spread of the coronavirus, the world is becoming pointedly aware of the extent to which human beings are...
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Religious communities are offering baptism by Zoom - such innovation has deep...
In the German town Winterbach, Catholic Church services are being streamed through YouTube. Sebastian Gollnow/picture alliance via Getty ImagesThe coronavirus pandemic is forcing entire countries to...
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