In “Believer with Reza Aslan,” a scholar presents a part as indicative of the whole.
Interreligious Dialogue
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
How combating bigotry is strengthening bonds between U.S. Muslims and Jews
Despite this surge of goodwill, questions remain about whether these new connections can endure.
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Pope Francis set to visit Egypt, paving the way for increased interfaith dialogue
The invitation came amid increasingly closer relations between the Vatican and al-Azhar University, which is considered the most authoritative theological-academic institution of Sunni Islam.
Posted inArts & Culture, Film
Scientology deserves your compassion: An interview with filmmaker Louis Theroux
Louis Theroux’s curiosity, open-mindedness and consternation is exactly why his films are successful; he will never run out of questions.
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
A British Cult of Personality takes on the Cult of Scientology
“His attempts to gain access to the church even led Scientologists to set their own cameramen on Theroux, taunting him that they were making a documentary, too.”
Posted inFaith, Your Take
Which religion’s liberty is most threatened in the United States?
“Let’s understand: Religious discrimination can also mean using one’s own religion to discriminate against others.”
Posted inFaith, In All Things
U.S. Catholic bishops condemn recent anti-Semitic attacks
“The Catholic Church stands in love with the Jewish community in the current face of anti-Semitism.”
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Pope Francis to activists: Stand with migrants, do not deny climate science, there is no such thing as ‘Islamic terrorism’
“The grave danger,” Pope Francis writes, “is to disown our neighbors. When we do so, we deny their humanity and our own humanity…and we deny the most important Commandments of Jesus.”
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U.S. bishops welcome court decision to reject Trump’s travel ban
In a rebuke to the Trump administration on Feb. 9, the three federal appellate judges sided with the states of Washington and Minnesota on nearly every matter, opening the possibility that the case could shift to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Meet my dad: The Republican who’s hosting Muslim refugees
“Immigrants are the last ones most of us know who are looking for a handout from anyone.”