Religion

The journalist’s suspected murder, and its aftermath, was the latest battle of a 300-year war over Sunni Islam.

Superficial reforms leave religious minorities behind—and that's dangerous.

A contest over the future of Christianity in Ukraine goes to the heart of Moscow's ambitions.

The ferocity of the Vatican’s civil war has less to do with theology or justice than petty office politics.

If the Church doesn't embrace the people's demand for change, it'll wither away.

Netanyahu has antagonized Israel’s most loyal Arab allies and opened a new front in the country’s culture wars.

Catholic clerics have been on the frontlines protesting Daniel Ortega's bloody crackdown—but one of them also helped fuel his rise.

On the podcast: When Israeli extremists plotted to blow up the Dome of the Rock.

“Under Caesar’s Sword,” a new book on the repression of Christians, sheds light on issues that officials from around the world have gathered in Washington to discuss.

The hidden history of Poland’s Muslims.

The Philippine president likes to pick fights. But can he win against the Catholic Church?

Indians are increasingly forced to choose between Hindu nationalism and egalitarian dictatorship.

Rawail Singh believed in a peaceful future for Sikhs like him in his homeland — and died for it.

Despite White House promises and U.S. legal protections for religious minorities, Washington rejects appeal for asylum from more than 100 Iranian Christians.

In capitulating on the issue of bishop appointments, the Vatican would lose a 1,000-year struggle.

Aid experts fear the Trump administration’s focus on Christians and other religious minorities could do more harm than good.

Until the Palestinians realize that Israel is here to stay and start negotiating in earnest, it behooves Washington to signal that they are losing ground.

Secretary of Defense James Mattis comments on religion.

In Iraq’s multi-ethnic city of Kirkuk, this week’s referendum has sparked celebration — and serious discontent.

Two years after fleeing Iraq, one woman’s plans for resettlement are still on hold. A minority among refugees in Jordan, is her plight being overlooked?