List of Religion articles
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Zeina, who did not want to give her last name, takes part in a protest against US President Donald Trump outside the White House on February 4, 2017, in Washington, DC. The demonstrators protested US President Donald Trump's travel ban on nationals from seven Muslim-majority countries. / AFP / MOLLY RILEY (Photo credit should read MOLLY RILEY/AFP/Getty Images) Reza Aslan Argues: There Is No Divide Between Islam and American Culture
The American Muslim community is growing into a dynamic group — one that is firmly planted in the U.S. tradition of individualism.
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CORAL GABLES, FL - APRIL 27: Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee perform onstage at the Billboard Latin Music Awards at Watsco Center on April 27, 2017 in Coral Gables, Florida. (Photo by Sergi Alexander/Getty Images) ‘Despacito’ Is Too Sexy for Malaysia, Says Minister
State-owned outlets are prohibited from broadcasting the steamy Latin hit.
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Screen Shot 2017-07-06 at 4.26.14 PM An Incomplete Atlas of Self-Proclaimed Messiahs
From Saudi Arabia to China to Brazil, here are some of the places where self-styled saviors have proclaimed their kingdoms.
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books_all The Bookshelf: FP Staffers Review the New Releases
Just in time for the holiday break, FP returns to reviewing new and upcoming titles on all aspects of international affairs.
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Jakarta's Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purname, also known as Ahok, arrives for his court hearing in Jakarta on April 20, 2017. The first Christian to govern the capital in more than 50 years, Purnama is on trial accused of blasphemy over remarks he made about the Koran. / AFP PHOTO / POOL / Tatan Syuflana (Photo credit should read TATAN SYUFLANA/AFP/Getty Images) The Islamic World Has a Blasphemy Problem
How have such bad laws gotten on the books in Muslim countries? It's complicated.
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cool pope The Pope Urges Trump to Protect Peace and the Planet
Pope Francis may have promised not to judge President Trump, but that doesn’t mean he didn’t take the chance to educate him.
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GettyImages-603118702crop Russia’s Hearts-and-Minds Campaign in Syria Is Aimed at Home
The country's latest humanitarian efforts in the Middle East are designed to win over its own increasingly testy Muslims.
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NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 11: President-elect Donald Trump speaks at a news cenference at Trump Tower on January 11, 2017 in New York City. This is TrumpÕs first official news conference since the November elections. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) Trump’s Farcical New Beginning With Muslims
The president’s trip to Saudi Arabia isn’t the start of a new relationship with the Arab world; it’s militarism, disdain for human rights, and caricature of religion.
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trumpmbs Saudi Arabia’s Plan to Win Over the White House
The Saudis are thrilled that Barack Obama is out of office. But will they get what they need from the Trump administration?
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TOPSHOT - Pro-Erdogan supporters react during a protest at the Sarchane park in Istanbul on July 19, 2016. The Turkish army said on July 19 that the vast majority of its members had no links with the July 15 attempted coup and warned that the putschists would face severe punishment. The armed forces blamed the "Fethullah Terrorist Organisation" (FETO) for the failed putsch, referring to Fethullah Gulen, a one-time ally turned foe of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Turkey's prime minister said on July 19 his government had sent four files to the United States, as Ankara seeks the extradition of US-based preacher Fethullah Gulen. / AFP / ARIS MESSINIS (Photo credit should read ARIS MESSINIS/AFP/Getty Images) The United States Should Extradite Fetullah Gülen
It is clear to the government of Turkey that the Pennsylvania cleric is a coup plotter. Donald Trump should honor our request to bring him to justice.
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TOPSHOT - A member of the Iraqi forces walks past a mural bearing the logo of the Islamic State (IS) group in a tunnel that was reportedly used as a training centre by the jihadists, on March 1, 2017, in the village of Albu Sayf, on the southern outskirts of Mosul. Iraqi forces launched a major push on February 19 to recapture the west of Mosul from the Islamic State jihadist group, retaking the airport and then advancing north. / AFP PHOTO / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images) Terrorists Are Not Snowflakes
The West has started treating would-be terrorists as children in need of protection from radical ideas. That's as dangerous as it is insulting.
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JAKARTA, INDONESIA - MARCH 31: Thousands of Indonesian Muslims protest against the Jakarta governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama known widely as "Ahok" on March 31, 2017 in Jakarta, Indonesia. The leader of one of the groups behind this protest and recent others was arrested Friday morning on suspicion of treason, as religious and political sentiments are increasingly contentious ahead of the Jakarta Governor election in April.(Photo by Ed Wray/Getty Images) The Improbable Rise and Blasphemous Fall of a Christian Politician in Indonesia
The country has no choice but to live with religious identity politics — but it doesn't have to like the consequences.
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Meral Aksener, candidate for the leadership of the Turkish opposition party Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), delivers a speech during a "NO" campaign meeting on April 8, 2017, in Ankara, a week ahead of a constitutional referendum. On April 16, 2017, the Turkish public will vote on whether to change the current parliamentary system into an executive presidency. / AFP PHOTO / ADEM ALTAN (Photo credit should read ADEM ALTAN/AFP/Getty Images) Can the ‘She-Wolf’ Who Rejected the Harem Take On Sultan Erdogan?
The feisty, nationalist grandmother Meral Aksener is a real threat to unseat Turkey’s demagogic president. If he doesn’t toss her in jail first.
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An Indonesian Sharia police whips a man during a public caning ceremony outside a mosque in Banda Aceh, capital of Aceh province on September 18, 2015. Three women and 14 men arrested for sexual offenses and gambling were caned in front of the mosque in full view of the public following the Friday prayer. Aceh is the only province of Indonesia that is enforcing the Islamic Sharia law and violators are punished by public caning. AFP PHOTO / CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN (Photo credit should read CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN/AFP/Getty Images) Amid Rising Fundamentalism, Indonesia May Sentence Gay Men to 100 Lashes
Indonesia’s once-vaunted religious pluralism is ceding ground to sharia law.
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NATIONAL HARBOR, MD - FEBRUARY 24: Deputy assistant to President Trump Sebastian Gorka participates in a discussion during the Conservative Political Action Conference at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center February 24, 2017 in National Harbor, Maryland. Hosted by the American Conservative Union, CPAC is an annual gathering of right wing politicians, commentators and their supporters. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) Sebastian Gorka May Be a Far-Right Nativist, but for Sure He’s a Terrible Scholar
A closer look at the doctoral dissertation of President Trump’s expert on “radical Islamist terrorism.”
