Fanatically pro-Israeli Czechs started to support Palestinians
[ 4 minutes to read] I do it. I read Czech discussions where Palestinians are described as Islamist, stupid, terrorist “brown…
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Pope Leo condemns both antisemitism and Islamophobia
[ 3 minutes to read] Pope Leo XIV has reaffirmed the Catholic Church’s opposition to both antisemitism and Islamophobia, arguing that…
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The Sharia Experiment: What Really Happened When Twelve Northern States Adopted Islamic Law
[ 7 minutes to read] On October 27, 1999, Governor Ahmed Sani Yerima of Zamfara State launched the state’s new Sharia…
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Thomas Paine is one step closer to a memorial in Washington
[ 3 minutes to read] Thomas Paine helped provide the intellectual ammunition for the American Revolution. He attacked monarchy, defended republican…
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Communists did It. Is Ed Sheeran among them?
[ 4 minutes to read] There is an old and deeply unpleasant tradition in music: an artist says something politically unacceptable,…
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Catholic schools want public money — While excluding LGBTQ families
[ 4 minutes to read] Catholic preschools in Colorado want access to a taxpayer-funded universal preschool program. At the same time,…
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Blasphemy laws in America? Yes, seriously
[ 4 minutes to read] One of America’s most prominent conservative Christian theologians has backed away from an extraordinary proposal: allowing…
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Hey, Putin, we’ve got nukes and troops too
[ 4 minutes to read] Former Russian diplomat Boris Bondarev has delivered an extraordinarily harsh assessment of Europe’s response to Vladimir…
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Jesus! What the Bible sounds like in the first person
[ 8 minutes to read] The Bible is not Jesus’ autobiography. The Gospels are narratives about Jesus, written largely in the…
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Can a face reveal a psychopath? The myth of physiognomy
[ 9 minutes to read] Zohran Mamdani! Look at that face. Look at the eyes, the nose, the beard. A Muslim?…
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Can social media destroy the historical Jesus?
[ 4 minutes to read] Social media cannot prove Jesus never existed. But it can destroy something else—the widespread assumption that…
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Female Eiffel Tower workers were hidden during a Hindu delegation’s visit
[ 2 minutes to read] Paris has opened an official investigation after allegations that female employees at the Eiffel Tower were…
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Northern Ireland moves toward banning LGBT conversion practices
[ 4 minutes to read] Northern Ireland could become the first jurisdiction in the UK or Ireland to enact a specific…
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Conspiracy AI: Pinpoint the evidence for the puppet masters
[ 4 minutes to read] Let us be precise from the start. There is no secret cabal of one ethnicity, one…
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Hamas wanted to bring October 7 terror to Europe
[ 4 minutes to read] October 7 was apparently not enough. German federal prosecutors have charged seven alleged Hamas members with…
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What would Franz Kafka think about Israel and Gaza?
[ 9 minutes to read] Franz Kafka died in 1924. The State of Israel did not yet exist. The Holocaust had…
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MAGA’s Christian America: God for us, Muslims against us
[ 4 minutes to read] Religion is moving closer to the center of American politics. Three developments surrounding the 2026 midterm…
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Pete Hegseth accused of attacking atheists and non-Christians
[ 4 minutes to read] U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has come under criticism from secular organizations after attacking a religious-freedom…
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Emma Bonino dies at 78: Italy loses a giant of secularism and human rights
[ 4 minutes to read] Emma Bonino, one of Italy’s most prominent defenders of civil liberties, secular politics and human rights,…
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Russia sends saint’s bones to Ukraine front: A new low in religious manipulation
[ 4 minutes to read] In a move that strains credulity even by the standards of wartime propaganda, the Russian Orthodox…
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How Colonial Education Created Two Nigerias — And Why We Are Still Living in Both of Them
[ 6 minutes to read] The divisions were already visible in the colonial record. By the early twentieth century, British rule…
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China: Cash for snitching on religious people
[ 6 minutes to read] China’s government has found another way to control religious life: encourage ordinary citizens to report one…
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“Allah is lesbian” T-shirt. How many years in prison?
[ 6 minutes to read] More than a year after Moroccan authorities arrested atheist, feminist and LGBTQ rights activist Ibtissame “Betty”…
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Israel’s prisons: When cruelty becomes state policy
[ 7 minutes to read] Israel’s treatment of Palestinian prisoners has moved far beyond a debate about whether convicted terrorists deserve…
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Taliban rules reportedly institutionalize torture and permit child marriage
[ 3 minutes to read] Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities are turning some of their most extreme practices into an increasingly formal system…
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Taliban justice: Violence against women is acceptable until it leaves serious injuries
[ 5 minutes to read] The Taliban’s system of repression in Afghanistan has reached another disturbing milestone. New criminal rules governing…
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Austria bans Islamic headscarves for girls under 14 in schools
[ 5 minutes to read] Austria has begun enforcing a controversial ban on Islamic headscarves for girls under the age of…
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The right to leave religion is a human right
[ 6 minutes to read] Freedom of religion is frequently discussed as the right to practice Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism or…
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The worst things feminists have ever said
[ 4 minutes to read] Feminism has been one of the most consequential movements for human rights in modern history. Women…
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Freethinking students organize against religious coercion in U.S. public schools
[ 3 minutes to read] A growing number of nonreligious students in the United States are organizing to defend their right…
