List of Religion articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Indian Zoroastrians Are Suing Snoop Dogg for Insulting Their Religion
Members of the Zoroastrian Parsi community in India are furious with American rapper Snoop Dogg, and they’re taking their anger to court.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 ‘The Holy Father Has Asked to Chew Coca’
Hopefully the Vatican doesn’t mandate workplace drug testing.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Clinton Promises to Fight Sanctions Movement Targeting Israel
A growing movement to economically isolate Israel has American supporters of the Jewish state worried. Now Hillary Clinton is using the issue to secure support among prominent Jewish donors.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Boko Haram Steps Up Attacks After Buhari’s Vows to Defeat the Group
When Buhari won Nigeria's election in March, he vowed to defeat the extremist group wreaking havoc in northeastern Nigeria. A recent string of attacks, however, proves he has a lot of work left to do.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Israel Decidedly Unhappy With Vatican-Palestine Treaty
The Vatican solidifies its relationship with Palestine, and Israel isn't happy.
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GettyImages-488793473_indiatraub1 Is Modi’s India Safe for Muslims?
Hindu nationalism is on the rise in the world’s second most-populous Muslim country.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Trapped Between Assad, Israel, and al Qaeda
Syria’s million-strong Druze minority finds itself in the crosshairs of war — and forced into a no-win choice to secure its survival.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The South Carolina church shooting
There are days when I think America is just crazy. Yesterday was one of them.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Al Qaeda Claims Western Hostages Killed in U.S. Drone Strikes Converted to Islam
Warren Weinstein and Giovanni Lo Porto were killed in a drone strike while held captive in Pakistan.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Egypt’s Quiet Social Revolution
The generation that launched the Tahrir Square revolution in 2011 is changing the country again.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Pope Believes in Climate Change (and One Group of Catholics Is Glad to Hear It)
Pope Francis's controversial climate encyclical might tick off American Catholics from Princeton professors to the GOP, but it's right in line with his congregation in Latin America.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Pope Francis Calls for Aggressive Action on Climate Change in Leaked Encyclical
An Italian paper broke embargo and published the document ahead of schedule.
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TO GO WITH AFP STORY People attend a mass of the Assembly of God church, in Goiania, Goias State, Brazil, on May 19, 2013. The election of evangelical minister Marco Feliciano as president of the House of Deputies' commission of human rights and minorities, is seen as a sign of the growing influence of evangelicals in Congress, where they have 67 deputies ot of a total 513, and in Brazilian politics in general. Evangelicals count 565 million adherents and represent more than one-fourth of the world's Christians, according to French researcher Sebastien Fath. AFP PHOTO / Evaristo SA (Photo credit should read EVARISTO SA/AFP/Getty Images) Longform’s Picks of the Week
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Islamic State Social Policies Aren’t Exactly a Hit With Libyans
Why Libyans under Islamic State rule aren't taking to child brides and gender segregation.
