Kifah Mustapha, the imam at Orland Park Prayer Center, wasn’t surprised when a petition protesting the idea of a Muslim cemetery in the area began circulating.
Virginia school district will let students opt out of Holocaust lesson, citing Jewish students’ ‘trauma’
A school district in suburban Virginia is drawing backlash for announcing that middle school students could opt out of a talk by a Holocaust survivor on Monday.
Hoop Dreams: How Religiously Affiliated Schools Could Fare During March Madness
Get those brackets ready, another March Madness is again upon us.
Netanyahu snaps back against growing US criticism after being accused of losing his way on Gaza
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu railed Sunday against growing criticism from top ally the United States against his leadership amid the devastating war with Hamas, describing calls for a new election as “wholly inappropriate.”
Head of Catholic order for the Holy Land calls for a ‘just peace’
Cardinal Fernando Filoni, the grand master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre, stressed that there can be no peace in the Holy Land unless there is justice and the understanding that both sides, Israel and Palestine, have a…
The Body of Christ Cannot Be Mummified
Over the past several weeks, I was away with a Christianity Today group, teaching through Exodus up and down the Nile River in Egypt. Along the way, I found myself in lots of temples and tombs—many of them filled with…
What is the ‘great replacement theory’? A scholar of race relations explains
The “great replacement theory,” whose origins date back to the late 19th century, argues that Jews and some Western elites are conspiring to replace white Americans and Europeans with people of non-European descent, particularly Asians and Africans.
White Evangelicals Want Christian Influence, Not a ‘Christian Nation’
In a country where 80 percent of adults believe religion’s influence is in decline, white evangelicals stand out as the group most likely to want to see their faith reflected in the US government.
Revered by Hemingway and visited by popes, why Cuba’s small patron saint is such a huge symbol
One religious icon unites Cubans: The Virgin of Charity of Cobre.