Religion

By championing freedom from religion while trampling freedom of religion, Macron is discrediting the Enlightenment in the eyes of Muslims—and strengthening the Islamists he vows to defeat.

As Amy Coney Barrett wrote herself, religious convictions are real and influential on judges.

In interviews with former Islamic State members in hiding, religious concerns have been replaced with more quotidian worries.

“Fratelli Tutti” lays out a set of principles that the Vatican doesn’t apply to its own China deals.

The coronavirus has hit Haredi enclaves hard, but without clear directives from rabbis, isolated communities from Jerusalem to New York will continue to suffer.

Religious violence is growing despite the pandemic.

Christian conservatives in the United States are using religious freedom in China as a smokescreen in their ongoing culture war against Pope Francis. It might win votes at home but won’t sway the Holy See.

Ordinary Catholics deserve to know the details of the arrangement.

The TV drama “Ertugrul” reveals how neo-Ottoman fantasies are finding an enthusiastic audience in a country that struggles with Saudi and Western influence.

As mainstream denominations see their own outbreaks, Shincheonji members say they were unfairly targeted.

How Sisi co-opted Egypt’s religious institutions for political gain.

Using Hindutva ideology, India’s leader is restyling the country as one with only the trappings of democracy.

The Turkish president wants to turn Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia back into a mosque. Destroying its dual Orthodox-Islamic heritage would be a blow to religious pluralism and tolerance.

After months of lockdown, believers of all faiths are clamoring for houses of worship to fully open their doors to group prayer. Doing it too soon could be disastrous.

With little faith in the government’s coronavirus response, many rural Cambodians are turning to the divine.

As he posed on a church step, Trump’s false idols were on full display.

With Ramadan services sharply curtailed due to the pandemic, many Muslims are wondering if the required fasting might also pose a health risk.

Despite an otherwise strict nationwide lockdown, the government’s politically motivated decision to allow Orthodox Christians to take communion from shared spoons could unleash a major COVID-19 outbreak.