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Alliance Defending Freedom International Steps up to Defend Religious Freedom in Nepal
The conviction of Pastor Keshab Raj Acharya in Nepal for "outraging religious feelings" and "proselytizing" has prompted Alliance Defending Freedom International (ADF) to take action. On January 23rd, Nepal's Supreme Court declined Pastor Keshab's appeal and upheld a...
Regina A. Johnson- Putting Her Talents To Use In Multiple Fields
Every person from their birth is gifted a special skill set, something they excel it. And for every person, it is different. While some people’s expertise lies in teaching, others are good at playing sports. For some people, painting is where they perform par...
Miguel Torneire Taking His Missionary Work A Step Further For Helping The People
Humans are taught to help others from a very young age. Regardless of their beliefs, age, race, or any other category, humans are taught to help others since it is a basic code of conduct. Helping others is not just part of good manners; humans are prompted to help...
Coronavirus Will Affect 68% of Easter Observers’ Spending Plans this Year – WalletHub
Around 68 percent of Americans who observe Easter say their Easter spending will be affected by the coronavirus this year, according to WalletHub’s new Coronavirus Easter Survey, released today. This survey, which follows WalletHub’s report on the State Economies Most...
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Germany cracks down on Muslim groups viewed as threats to its constitutional order
BERLIN (AP) — The German government on Wednesday banned a Muslim group over accusations of violating human rights and the country’s democratic values, and conducted raids against two other Muslim groups. The Interior Ministry said Muslim Interaktiv represented a...
Century-old time capsule found at a Utah church evokes memories of a now fleeting Japantown
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A historian’s hunch about what might lie hidden within the walls of a Japanese church in Salt Lake City led congregants to uncover a century-old snapshot of a once vibrant Japantown now fighting for survival. Elders at the 101-year-old Japanese...
‘Sarah’s Oil’ movie tells story of a Black girl who had faith her Oklahoma land had oil
(RNS) — A new movie about a faithful little girl, oil and Oklahoma shares seldom-heard Black history. Sarah Rector, the title character of the biographical film “Sarah’s Oil,” was born in 1902 in Oklahoma Indian Territory and, like other African Americans in that...
Members of the last surviving gnostic sect prepare for the ‘Little Feast’ in Texas
(RNS) — As the morning sun of Central Texas burned off the lingering crispness of a recent autumnal Sunday, Valid Ebadfardzadeh, an older man with a long white beard who was dressed in a stark white cotton turban and robe, lifted his hands in prayer. To his right...
‘I feel like I’ve lost my home’: Some NYC Jews who hoped Mamdani would lose consider their future
NEW YORK (RNS) — Over the past few weeks, virtually every poll predicted Zohran Mamdani would become New York City’s next mayor. Even so, some Jewish New Yorkers who voted for Andrew Cuomo said they felt shell-shocked when Mamdani won Tuesday (Nov. 4). According to a...
Salman Rushdie’s new book is his first fiction since a brutal attack. He tells us why
NEW YORK (AP) — Salman Rushdie’s new book, his 23rd, is also a resetting of his career. “The Eleventh Hour,” which includes two short stories and three novellas, is his first work of fiction since he was brutally stabbed on a New York lecture stage in 2022. His...
Nearly 2,100 Indian Sikhs arrive in Pakistan for annual religious festivities
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — More than 2,000 Sikh pilgrims from India arrived Tuesday in eastern Pakistan to join an annual commemoration of the birth of their religion’s founder, officials said, marking the first people-to-people contact between the two countries since a...
Pope Leo calls for ‘deep reflection’ about treatment of detained migrants in the United States
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV called for “deep reflection” in the United States about the treatment of migrants held in detention, saying that “many people who have lived for years and years and years, never causing problems, have been deeply affected by what is...
The Catholic megaparish packing City Hall for immigrant safety
VISTA, Calif. (RNS) — In September, hundreds of members of St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church gathered at a Vista City Council meeting to speak in support of a resolution to prohibit the city from working with federal immigration enforcement, unless legally...
At Mamdani victory party, a broad coalition of faith communities cheers Muslim mayor-elect
NEW YORK (RNS) — After the vote was in and Zohran Mamdani, the 34-year-old state assemblyman, had made history in becoming America’s largest city’s first Muslim mayor-elect, the comparisons to another seemingly out-of-nowhere political star began. “Just like Barack...
Virginia’s Ghazala Hashmi makes US history as first Muslim woman to win statewide office
(RNS) — While Zohran Mamdani’s ascent to New York City’s mayoral seat marked a historic turning point for the city and its more than a million Muslims, in Virginia, Ghazala Hashmi, a Democrat who was elected as lieutenant governor, made her own history as the first...
Faith leaders condemn a Pennsylvania Halloween parade float with an Auschwitz sign
Jewish and Catholic faith leaders condemned a Halloween parade float that carried a replica of the gate to the Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz as the designer behind it apologized, saying he made it “with no ill intent.” The replica gate, topped with the sign,...