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LGBTQIA+ demands jump into regional headspace after religious discrimination bill debate
A Western Australian mental health organization says there has been an increase in the number of people accessing its services. Key points:Youth who identify as LGBQTIA+ are more likely to access mental health servicesHeadspace official…
Most young Catholics call themselves spiritual or religious. This does not mean that you will find…
The vast majority of self-identified young Catholics describe themselves as at least slightly spiritual and religious. But disagreement with the church on several issues, combined with an openness to other forms of spirituality, means they…
The vice-president declares that the message of the Bhagavad Gita is still valid; urges religious…
New Delhi: Vice President, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu today opened the Fifth World Bhagavad Gita Convention virtually from Chennai and stressed the need to translate the universal message of the Bhagavad Gita into as many!-->!-->…
On the Canadian disease of “liberalism” and religious complicity
The American satirist and libertarian commentator PJ O'Rourke, who died this week, once said: "At the heart of liberalism is the spoiled child - miserable, as all spoiled children are, dissatisfied, demanding, undisciplined,…
Texas synagogue hostage taker’s brother says ‘religious lunatics caught him’
The brother of the British terrorist who attacked a Texas synagogue on January 15 and took four people hostage said his brother had been radicalized by "religious lunatics" and called on Muslim community leaders and authorities to…
Indian Muslims have become ‘less religious’ – CSDS & KAS survey
Such a drop also occurred among other religions, but it was highest among Muslims - 6%, according to the survey.
Indian Muslims have become "less religious" in 2021. They have become pessimistic about any improvement in religious…
Film highlights Chinese crackdown on religious movement
By Bridgette M. RedmanPasadena Weekly Contributing Writer
OWhat price is the truth worth? How much is a person willing to pay to make sure they are heard?
In “Unsilenced” — which will be screened in Pasadena Laemmle and 29 other…
New book examines the religious life of the homeless
DURHAM, NC (RNS) — Three mornings a week, Susan Dunlap hosts a half-hour prayer service for overnight guests at Urban Ministries of Durham, a homeless shelter.
Unlike other shelters, some of which often require attendance at such services,…
Saudi and Emirati religious moderation has yet to inspire others
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Ugandan religious leaders say it is difficult to keep pregnant girls in school
By DAILY MONITOR
The Uganda Interfaith Council (IRCU) has raised concerns about the challenges of keeping pregnant girls in school, saying the direction given by the government requires a national conversation of all stakeholders…
Saudi and Emirati religious moderation inspires few beyond their borders – Analysis –…
Saudi Arabia and the UAE praised social reforms that nationally reduced the role of religion in public life, strengthened women's rights and, in the case of the UAE, adapted to non-Muslim lifestyles.
Yet the efforts of Saudi Arabia and…
How parents make their children religious (or not)
The most important factor in whether or not children hold onto their faith and go to church when they are older are their parents. This is not always true, of course, but in general, if parents are religious, so will their children in…
The religious problem of the town of “Gurugram” explained
Gurugram is now a bubbling satellite town that continually stays in the news for refusing Muslims to offer Friday prayers in an open space there. There are several layers of this problem that need to be understood as well as the changing…
Are young Muslims becoming less religious with the increase in community unrest?
The proportion of devout Muslims has declined since 2016, according to a survey titled “Indian Youth: Aspirations and Vision for the Future”. The report of the survey, conducted by the Center for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS)…
Indian Muslims have become “less religious” since 2016, according to a CSDS study. 44%…
New Delhi: Young Muslims "stand out somewhat" from their Hindu, Sikh and Christian cohorts, as they are the only community to have recorded a significant decline in religious activities over the past five years, according to an…
Thanksgiving: a celebration of religious freedom, historical glimpses of the first settlers at the…
Church of Scientology Reverend Susan Taylor promotes religious freedom ahead of Thanksgiving
Roger Williams, founder of Rhode Island and an early advocate of religious freedom…
Religious educator sees students as her vehicles of grace
Alice Bordelon is Director of Religious Education at Immaculate Conception Parish in St. Marys. She is responsible for the design and coordination of the parish religious education program. LEAVEN PHOTO BY JAY SOLDNERThis week, Alice…
Buhari greets US Secretary of State, speaks out on Nigeria’s removal from religious watchlist
President Muhammadu Buhari called Nigeria's recent removal from the list of countries violating religious freedom by the United States of America a welcome development.
He also spoke about the Lagos…
2021 sees the number of entrants in religious studies at level A increase
(Photo: Unsplash / Priscilla Du Preez)
An increase in the number of religious studies students at A…
Increase in the number of candidates for religious studies Level A renews the request for additional…
A SIGNIFICANT increase in the number of religious studies (SR) students at level A - larger than for history or political studies - has led to new calls for greater protection of the subject and a national plan for the protection of the…
Call to include atheism in religious education | Religious Studies and Theology
Religious education in schools needs a major overhaul to reflect an increasingly diverse world and should include the study of atheism, agnosticism and secularism, a two-year survey concluded. .The topic should be renamed Religion and…
Parents will take government over GCSE religious studies | GCSE
A group of parents and their children are to go to court to challenge the Government's decision to exclude non-religious worldviews from the new GCSE in Religious Studies.Under the revised curriculum, which will be taught in schools from…