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Taliban's religious ideology – Deobandi Islam – has roots in colonial India
Students on the campus of Darul Uloom, the Deoband school of Islam located in a small town, Deoband, in the northern Indian state of Uttar PradeshSajjad Hussain/AFP via Getty ImagesFollowing the...
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Russia's COVID-19 response slowed by population reluctant to take domestic...
A man walks past a makeshift memorial for medical workers who died from COVID-19 in Saint Petersburg on May 11, 2020. Olga Maltseva/AFP via Getty ImagesAs Russia struggles with its third wave of...
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The history of the Taliban is crucial in understanding their success now –...
The Taliban came to the fore during Afghanistan's civil war that followed the Soviet pullout of 1989. Robert Nickelsberg/Getty ImagesThe rapid takeover of Afghanistan by the Taliban left many...
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American religious groups have a history of resettling refugees – including...
Many of the organizations helping refugees resettle are faith-based groups.AP Photo/Airman 1st Class Kylie BarrowSince the Taliban took control of Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, on Aug. 15, 2021, there...
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Assassinations and invasions – how the US and France shaped Haiti's long...
Police patrol outside the Embassy of Taiwan in Port-au-Prince on July 9, 2021, after 11 suspected assassins of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse broke into its embassy in an attempt to flee.Valerie...
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Drink less, exercise more and take in the air – sage advice on pandemic...
Disease and public health confusion were common in 18th-century England.adoc-photos/Corbis via Getty ImagesA respiratory disease has spread far and wide. Conflicts at home and abroad pose dire...
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What is Wicca? An expert on modern witchcraft explains.
Most Wiccans in the U.S. practice alone, though they congregate in large gatherings to conduct rituals and learn from one another.Sarah Swinford/EyeEm via Getty ImagesWicca and witchcraft are popping...
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Why some Muslim women feel empowered wearing hijab, a headscarf
World Hijab Day started in the U.S. and is one way women have asserted pride in wearing a headscarf.Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesFor people who would like to learn more about Islam, The Conversation is...
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America's Muslims come from many traditions and cultures
According to Islamic studies professor Abbas Barzegar, there are many ways Muslims practice their faith, with some young American Muslims even developing new interpretations of Islamic law.Joana...
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What do Muslims believe and do? Understanding the 5 pillars of Islam
Sally Baraka in Philadelphia on Dec. 9, 2015. As a Muslim and Arab-American, Baraka calls herself "a devout Philadelphian" who is an ambassador to her city, her country and her faithMatt Rourke/AP...
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Understanding Islam - a brief introduction to its past and present in the...
Historians believe Muslims first arrived in the U.S. in the 17th centuryJulie Jacobson/AP PhotoFor people who would like to learn more about Islam, The Conversation is publishing a series of articles,...
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Lessons about 9/11 often provoke harassment of Muslim students
Muslim students report being teased and harassed when schools focus on 9/11.Jasmin MerdanNear the start of each school year, many U.S. schools wrestle with how to teach about 9/11– the deadliest...
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What are the Jewish High Holy Days? A look at Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and a...
The Jewish High Holy Days commemorate concepts such as renewal, forgiveness, freedom and joy.Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe via Getty ImagesOver the next few weeks, members of the Jewish faith will...
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20 years of 'forever' wars have left a toll on US veterans returning to the...
Every soldier has a different story.Yuri Cortez/AFP via Getty ImagesMilitary service members returning from America’s “forever” wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have often faced deeply personal questions...
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As Texas ban on abortion goes into effect, a religion scholar explains that...
The U.S. Supreme Court has allowed Texas' abortion restrictions to take effect.Drew Angerer/Getty ImagesThe U.S. Supreme Court has failed to rule on an emergency application to block SB8, a...
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Tattoos have a long history going back to the ancient world – and also to...
The Picts, the indigenous people of what is today northern Scotland, were documented by Roman historians as having complex tattoos.Theodor de Bry, via Wikimedia CommonsWhile most of us would likely...
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Slavery was the ultimate labor distortion – empowering workers today would be...
Labor violations disproportionately affect Black Americans.Katie Falkenberg/Los Angeles Times via Getty ImagesThe conversation about reparations for slavery entered a new stage earlier in 2021, with...
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At the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, ancient Greece and Rome can tell...
America's political leaders rushed the nation into war just weeks after the Sept. 11 attacks, just like ancient Greeks and Romans did in response to similar traumatic events.David Hume Kennerly/Getty...
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Netflix’s 'My Unorthodox Life' spurred ultra-Orthodox Jewish women to talk...
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish women have started telling their own stories via social media, challenging television's sometimes one-sided depictions of their lives.rfranca/iStock/Getty Images Plus via Getty...
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When does life begin? There’s more than one religious view
People protest in Texas after the governor signed a bill to outlaw abortion after about six weeks of pregnancy. Sergio Flores/Getty Images News via Getty ImagesThe most restrictive abortion law in the...
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