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Sage, sacred to Native Americans, is being used in purification rituals, raising issues of cultural appropriation

White sage, which is sacred to a number of Native American tribes in the southwest United States, has been adopted by both some contemporary Pagans and New Age practitioners for purification rites. As Emily McFarlan Miller reported in a recent Religion News Service article, this is resulting in overharvesting and…

The Conversation

Q&A: Jewish staffer for Rep. Omar decries religion-based hatred

WASHINGTON — In the hours after House Republicans voted to remove his boss from the Foreign Affairs Committee, Jeremy Slevin, a Jewish American and senior adviser to one of the first two Muslim women elected to Congress, posted to Twitter.

Tribune News Service

Mark Wahlberg claims religion ‘isn’t popular’ in Hollywood

‘I don’t want to jam it down anybody’s throat, but I do not deny my faith,’ actor said

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Jewish Omar staffer targeted over boss's comments decries religion-based hatred - Roll Call

Accused of betraying his faith for working for Rep. Ilhan Omar, a Muslim, Jeremy Slevin decries religion-based hatred.

Roll Call

Editorial: Scam Missouri ‘cost-sharing’ ministry proves health care and religion are both ailing

The recent decision by federal law enforcement officials to shut down what they call a fraudulent, faith-based Missouri medical cost-sharing company reveals, again, a major failure of America’s health care system.

Tribune News Service

Logan's harmony of faiths demonstrates Australia's changing face of religion

The 2021 census revealed more Australians are now Muslims, Buddhists, Sikhs and Hindus than ever before. In Logan, south of Brisbane, these faiths intermingle.

ABC News

Down boss Ronan Sheehan welcomes huge hike in punishment for racist and sectarian abuse

'This motion is saying that the GAA is an organisation that’s open to all and it won’t tolerate where people are overstepping the mark and effectively making people feel unwelcome based on their religion or the colour of their skin.'

Irish Mirror

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Islamist terrorism is rising in the Sahel, but not in Chad – what's different?

Since the rise of Boko Haram in Nigeria and the emergence of Islamist-Salafist groups in northern Mali in 2013, the Sahel has increasingly been caught in the maelstrom of Islamist terrorism.

The Conversation

Where David Cross draws the comedy line

Cross talks to Salon about his stand-up tour, capitalism, rejecting theocracy and how a fan once changed his mind

Salon

Nigeria's election: six dangers of mixing religion with politics

One of the issues that has generated great concern among voters in the run up to the Nigerian presidential elections is religion.

The Conversation

More than half of Republicans support Christian nationalism, according to a new survey

Christian nationalism has been seen as outside the mainstream. But new data from the Public Religion Research Institute and the Brookings Institute indicates it's more common than many think.

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Why the love story of Radha and Krishna has been told in Hinduism for centuries

Although it originated as a Christian holiday in honor of St. Valentine, Valentine’s Day has become a global celebration of romantic love, observed by people of many religions and of no religion.

The Conversation

Super Bowl ads will tout Jesus ‘gets us’ to the masses: ‘Top 10 for the most controversial ads’

On Super Bowl Sunday, advertising’s biggest night, religion rarely makes an appearance among the much buzzed about beer and fast-food commercials

The Independent UK

‘Dharma can be religion but it is not only religion'

Why fear a dharmic nation? The upshot after a robust exchange at the Times Litfest was that no one fears a dharmic nation. The bone of contention was the ownership of dharma by a religion. Does dharma get devalued when conflated with religion? Why does the Constitution need to be…

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‘It’s like a religion’: Viral video of sobbing woman reignites debate over ‘Disney adults’

‘I thought this was a video of a wife seeing their military spouse for the first time in a year,’ joked one follower

The Conversation

Beyoncé is not the most commercially successful artist of our age but she might be one of the most culturally significant

There is always a flurry of media excitement at this time of year surrounding the Grammys, the American music business’s peer-recognised music awards delivered by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. But away from the gossip about who deserved to win, the outfits on display and the racial…

The Independent UK

Super Bowl ads will tout Jesus ‘gets us’ to the masses

On Super Bowl Sunday, advertising’s biggest night, religion rarely makes an appearance among the much buzzed about beer and fast-food commercials

Al Jazeera

Pakistan’s top rights group raises ‘alarm’ on religious freedom

The HRCP report focuses on forced conversions, desecration of places of worship and marginalisation of Ahmadi community.

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Guru Ravidas Jayanti 2023: Top 25 Wishes, Messages and Quotes to share with your friends and family

The birthday of Guru Ravidas is known as Guru Ravidas Jayanti, and it is observed on Magh Purnima, the full moon day in the month of Magh. It serves as the religion of Ravidassia's yearly focal point. This unique anniversary is celebrated in India by people from all over the…

Evening Standard

We cannot forget that people like me were second-class citizens for so long

Like many LGBT+ folk who came of age in the Eighties, I worked out a tough lesson young — that any sort of future happiness would probably be lived partially outside of the establishment. Religion called us sinners, schools behaved as if we didn’t exist, the police treated us as…

Daily Mirror

'I grew up in a cult with five parents and 44 siblings - that was the best part'

A man who grew up in a fundamentalist Mormon cult has spoken about growing up with 44 siblings and five parents. Four years ago he left religion after it became 'detrimental' to his development

The Independent UK

Kim Petras talks religion, trans community ahead of Grammys

For Kim Petras, 2022 was a big year

Wales Online

Satanism on rise with sleepy English town named UK capital for devil-worshippers

Britain's young people are choosing Satanism over traditional religions

Dynamite News

Uttar Pradesh: Shaligram Stones From Nepal Reach Ram Janmabhoomi Ayodhya, Devotees Offer Prayers

Two Shaligram (non-anthropomorphic representations of Lord Vishnu in Hindu religion) stones dispatched from Nepal for the Ram Temple in Ayodhya. Read further on Dynamite News:

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The Chaser Brought A Coffin Of ‘Evidence’ To George Pell’s Memorial The Vid Is My New Religion

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