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American Sikhs are targets of bigotry, often due to cultural ignorance
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At 75, Pakistan has moved far from the secular and democratic vision of its...
Mohammad Ali Jinnah addressing the assembly in Karachi on Aug. 15, 1947, after the creation of Pakistan.AP PhotoThis month marks the 75th anniversary of Pakistan’s independence and of its Partition...
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Russia’s threats to shut down Jewish Agency raise alarm bells for those who...
During the Cold War, Jewish emigration from the Soviet Union was tightly restricted. Dzurag/iStock via Getty Images PlusRussia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 sparked a surge of refugees fleeing...
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An interfaith discussion on the role of religion in mental health
Human connections can help people through difficult times.fizkes/iStock/Getty Images PlusReligious leaders often try to support the people they serve during challenging times. This supportive role was...
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5 books and films that tell the story of the trauma of the Partition of India...
Muslim refugees sit on the roof of an overcrowded coach railway train near New Delhi, trying to leave India after the 1947 Partition.AP PhotoEditor’s note: At midnight on Aug. 14, 1947, India achieved...
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India turns 75: Fast facts about the unusual constitution guiding the world's...
Celebrating the 75th anniversary of Indian independence in Bangalore, Aug. 8 2022. Manjunath Kiran/AFP via Getty ImagesIndia will celebrate its 75th birthday on Aug. 15, 2022.Its independence from...
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Religions have long known that getting away from it all is good for the mind,...
Rest and relaxation is essential – a lesson religions learned long ago.Maryna Terletska/Moment via Getty ImagesSummer vacations are coming to an end – though not everyone took one.Under federal law,...
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What is a fatwa? A religious studies professor explains
People gather at a vigil pray and observe a moment of silence after an attack on author Salman Rushdie on Aug. 12, 2022, in Chautauqua, New York.AP Photo/Joshua GoodmanWhen news broke on August 12,...
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We praise people as ‘Good Samaritans,’ but there’s a complex history behind...
Samaritans celebrate Shavuot atop Mount Gerizim, near the West Bank. Nidal Eshtayeh/Xinhua via Getty Images“Good Samaritan” is a label often used to describe someone acting selflessly to benefit...
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Slavery and war are tightly connected – but we had no idea just how much...
Ugandans watch the start of the International Criminal Court trial of former child soldier-turned-warlord Dominic Ongwen.Isaac Kasamani/AFP via Getty ImagesSome 40 million people are enslaved around...
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Ukraine's war has shattered some friendships and family ties – but 'care...
Zhanna Dynaeva and Serhiy Dynaev stand with a cat inside their house, which was destroyed by Russian bombardment, in the village of Novoselivka, Ukraine, Aug. 13, 2022. AP Photo/Evgeniy MaloletkaWar...
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Yoga versus democracy? What survey data says about spiritual Americans'...
For some, yoga is a spiritual practice that may substitute for religion.CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty ImagesAs the United States gets less religious, is it also getting more selfish? Historically,...
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Terrifying dragons have long been a part of many religions, and there is a...
Fire-breathing, fearsome dragons may represent chaos and the human impulse to conquer that threat. The Image Bank via Getty ImagesThe premiere of HBO’s prequel to “Game of Thrones,” “House of the...
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Chautauqua, where Salman Rushdie was attacked, has a long history of...
Chautauqua's lectures and performances drew hundreds of people with their promise of self-transformation.L.E. Walker/New York Public LibraryOn Aug. 20, 2022, a large crowd gathered in front of the New...
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Salman Rushdie wasn't the first novelist to suffer an assassination attempt...
A still from the film version of Hugo Bettauer's prophetic 1922 novel 'The City Without Jews.'BarbicanHadi Matar, the man charged with the attempted murder of the distinguished novelist Salman Rushdie,...
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Why virtue signaling isn't the same as virtue – it actually furthers the...
A sign in a yard listing many virtues – an example of virtue signaling.davelogan/iStock via Getty imagesIn a speech on July 23, 2022, before the Conservative Political Action Committee, or CPAC, Sen....
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'Smiling Pope' John Paul I takes the next step toward sainthood -- not all...
Pope John Paul I greets the crowds gathered in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican in August 1978.Keystone/Hulton Archive via Getty ImagesOn Sept. 4, 2022, Pope John Paul I, born Albino Luciani, will be...
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Who is Artemis? NASA's latest mission to the Moon is named after an ancient...
Diana by Augustus Saint Gaudens, 1928, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.Postdlf via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SAArtemis I will send a rocket without a crew on a monthlong journey around the Moon....
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Unknown Holocaust photos – found in attics and archives – are helping...
Jewish deportees march through the German town of Würzburg to the railroad station on April 25, 1942.US Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives and Records AdministrationThe summer of...
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50 years after landmark death penalty case, Supreme Court's ruling continues...
The execution chamber inside Oklahoma State PenitentiaryAP Photo/Sue OgrockiThe state of Oklahoma put James Coddington to death on Aug. 25, 2022, for the 1997 murder of a 73-year-old friend who refused...
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