by News Feed Editor | Jul 13, 2026 | Religion
GURDASPUR, India (AP) — As dusk settled over Gurdaspur’s fields, villagers gathered in the courtyard of a Sikh temple to watch a movie that has been blocked by Indian officials. “Satluj” tells the true tale of a human rights activist who investigated thousands of...
by News Feed Editor | Jul 10, 2026 | Religion
AUSTIN, Texas (RNS) — It was just past 9 p.m. on June 22, during the Texas State Board of Education meeting, when Shaimaa Zayan, operations manager for the Council on American-Islamic Relations’s Austin chapter, was called up to testify. She braced herself, knowing...
by News Feed Editor | Jul 10, 2026 | Religion
(RNS and NPR) — Lindsey Bloom, a senior at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts, grew up going to Hebrew school and attending a synagogue with an Israeli flag hanging near the front of the sanctuary. However, as she has sought to distance herself from...
by News Feed Editor | Jul 9, 2026 | Religion
CHICAGO (RNS) — The first thing Audrey Luhmann does when she wakes up is check her phone for reports of federal immigration enforcement activity in the Chicago area. A mother of eight and devout Christian, Luhmann and her family have been part of a volunteer network...
by News Feed Editor | Jul 9, 2026 | Religion
(RNS) — Scott Beck has long hoped the faith-based tech company he founded in 2013 would help churches and other Christian groups harness technology to spread God’s word and help save the world. More than $400 million in losses and 13 years later, that dream faces a...
by News Feed Editor | Jul 9, 2026 | Religion
(RNS) — A pair of new surveys indicate Americans are souring on Israel in the wake of the war in Gaza, with opinions on the nation, its government and even the Israeli people all declining while views of Palestinians have remained largely unchanged. Two separate polls...
