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Physicist Frank Wilczek Adds 2022 Templeton Prize To His List Of Accolades

The award honors those who utilize the power of science to advance questions about religion and humanity.

Zenger

What to do with misbehaving monks?

Sunday marked Visakha Bucha Day which is the commemoration of the birth, enlightenment and death of the Lord Buddha. Buddhism is the largest religion in Thailand, but we cannot deny that faith in Buddhism has declined due to the inappropriate behaviour and misconduct of some monks.

Bangkok Post

Blasphemy in Nigeria's legal systems: an explainer

A court in Kano, northern Nigeria, recently convicted an atheist for making social media posts it found to be blasphemous against Islam. After a lengthy trial, Mubarak Bala pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 24 years in prison. The Conversation Africa’s Wale Fatade asked Islamic law expert AbdulRazzaq Alaro to…

The Conversation

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How Democrats found God — and doomed Roe

Democrats' slide into Christian nationalism may have gotten Clinton and Obama elected. But it came at a big price

Salon

Roe draft is a reminder that religion's role in politics is older than the republic

The question arises: Since when did so much of our politics have to do with religion? And the answer is, since the beginning — and even before.

WEKU

The draft Roe ruling is a reminder that religion's role is older than the Republic

The question arises: Since when did so much of our politics have to do with religion? And the answer is, since the beginning — and even before.

WEKU

Ethel Cain: Preacher’s Daughter review – evocative goth-pop with emotional heft

The introspective singer explores identity and religion amid a backdrop of seedy Americana on this rich, haunting debut

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Draconian School Rules

As if Thai schools aren't being known to be dictatorial enough, reportedly a school in Surin has taken it up a notch with excessive rules to supposedly promote patriotism for Thailand's three pilars: Nation, Religion and Monarchy.

Bangkok Post

How the West discovered the Buddha

Buddhism is the third largest (and fastest growing) religion in Australia with approximately half a million adherents.

The Conversation

Election 2022 seat explorer: how Australian electorates diverge on religion, country of birth and language

Major political parties are drawing more extensively on diversity data to help them target marginal seats

The Guardian - AU

Karnataka Cabinet decides to take ordinance route to clear Anti-conversion Bill

The bill that was passed by the Legislative Assembly provides for protection of right to freedom of religion and prohibition of unlawful conversion from one religion to another by misrepresentation, force, undue influence, coercion, allurement or by any fraudulent means.

The Hindu

Who was Mazisi Kunene? Google Doodle celebrates South African poet and activist

His work is known for exploring South African culture, religion and history.

Evening Standard

MTG's religion: Nothing to do with Jesus

Greene and other Christian nationalists are spreading fear, deception and hate — but not the teachings of Jesus

Salon

No room for any religious hatred in Tamil soil: CM MK Stalin

CHENNAI: Taking a firm stand against violence and its prevention, Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin on Tuesday said in the assembly that any attempts to foment trouble on any grounds like politics, religion or caste would be dealt with an iron hand.

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Salon

SCOTUS gets religion — the law suffers

Alito's draft opinion is full of specious legal and historical language — but it's just religious doctrine in drag

The Times of India

Demolition drive at Delhi's New Friends Colony: SDMC chairman says 'no religion targeted'

NEW DELHI: Central Zone South Delhi Municipal Corporation Chairman Rajpal Singh on Tuesday rebutted claims of targeting of any religious community, while a demolition drive was underway in Delhi's New Friends Colony.

WEKU

Orthodox Christian churches are drawing in far-right American converts

Orthodox Christianity is a relatively small faith tradition in the U.S., but in recent years it has expanded to new regions. Some new converts are using the religion to spread white nationalist views.

The Hindu

New hate speech case registered against P.C. George

Senior Kerala politician P.C. George has been charged under Sections 153 (promoting enmity on the basis of religion)

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‘It transcends religion:’ Church and synagogue in Fla. team up to help Ukrainian refugees

Laurie and Mike Riley like to walk their dogs around their Weston, Florida, neighborhood in the evenings. The squirrels scurrying about the tree-lined paths have been an ordinary sight of the after-dinner tradition — that is, until 4-year-old Myroslav and 5-year-old Volodymyr Nemets and their parents joined them from Ukraine…

ABC News

Foreigners in Bali find themselves in hot water with Hindus over offensive social media posts

Foreigners in Bali find themselves in hot water with Hindus over offensive social media posts, including a man who attempted a Māori Haka on a holy mountain while naked.

WEKU

When does life begin? Religions don't agree

Debates about abortion often center around the issue of when life begins. Some religions say it's at conception. Another says it's with the baby's first breath.

The Hindu

From baguette sandwiches to Roman Catholic architecture, the colonial legacy is everywhere in Vietnam

A place with a definitive French flair like no other, it’s one of the first destinations of my ‘revenge travel’ series

ABC News

Noosa Temple of Satan education challenge dismissed by judge as 'jumble of confected nonsense'

A Supreme Court judge dismisses a group of Satanists' bid to teach religious classes in some Queensland schools, describing the case as a "deplorable waste of state resources" and a political stunt.

AAP

Satanic teachings disallowed in schools

A Noosa Temple of Satan founder has been ordered to front court, while another leader of the group has lost legal action against the Queensland government.

The Guardian - AU

Tom Tilley on growing up ‘hardline’ Pentecostal: ‘It was weird – it was speaking in tongues’

After leaving the church in his early 20s, the former Hack host spent more than a decade making up for lost time in the party scene. Now a father, he’s looking for meaning without religion

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