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Beawiharta Beawiharta / Reuters Does the Quran Forbid Electing Christians?
A single verse, possibly misinterpreted, lies at the heart of a contentious election in the largest Muslim nation.
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Emma Green / The Atlantic How American Muslims Are Trying to Take Back Their Government
With Trump in office, some people are experimenting with a new form of civic engagement: running for local office.
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Lauren Bohn Turkey's 'Traitors' Speak Out
A weekend referendum has further empowered a president who has tried to crush his opposition.
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Pandora Cinema / Newmarket Films How Donnie Darko Captures the Spirit of Lent
The 2001 cult film is a surprisingly ideal movie for the Christian time of reflection leading up to Easter Sunday.
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Ezequiel Becerra / AFP / Getty Scenes From Holy Week
Christians around the world celebrating Holy Week and Easter
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Christian Charisius / Reuters The Push to Ban Arabic Sermons in Europe's Mosques
Some politicians are calling for more “transparent” services for Muslims.
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Mohamed Abd El Ghany / Reuters What Palm Sunday Means to Egypt’s Copts
Christianity was born in pain in the country. An attack on a holy day is another bloody symbol of its beginnings.
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Hassan Ammar / AP Trump's Action in Syria Is 'Just the Latest Blip on a Deeper Story'
The American public is always ready to pay attention to military strikes. But what does the president’s decision mean for the humanitarian crisis?
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Jonathan Drake / Reuters Do the Culture Wars Really Represent America?
A new book argues that the country needs to reclaim the “vital center” of politics.
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Omar Sanadiki / Reuters Does Israel Have a Special Duty to Stop a ‘Holocaust’ in Syria?
Why religious leaders say yes and political leaders say no
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Oli Scarff / Getty Trump Is Driving Some American Jews to Reclaim Citizenship in Europe
Descendants of those who fled Germany decades ago consider heading back.
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Eric Thayer / Reuters Mike Pence Brings Congress One Step Closer to Defunding Planned Parenthood
The vice president broke a tie on a Senate vote to overturn a regulation that protects the clinics.
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David Becker / Reuters How Mike Pence's Marriage Became Fodder for the Culture Wars
Outrage over the vice president's approach to marriage reveals how deeply gender divides American culture.
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Jonathan Drake / Reuters Why the Trump Administration Won't Ask About LGBT Americans on the 2020 Census
This week, the Census Bureau appeared to move toward adding questions about gender identity and sexual orientation. Then it changed its mind. What happened?
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Jean-Sebastian Evrard / AFP / Getty When Left-Wing Feminists and Conservative Catholics Unite
In Europe, a reproductive rights issue yields an unlikely partnership.
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Teresa Mathew When Nuns Tried to Kick-Start India's First Transgender School
It didn’t exactly work out as planned.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters Can Religious Charities Take the Place of the Welfare State?
Supporters of Trump’s budget are eager to restore the central role of faith-based organizations in serving the poor—but it’s not clear they can be an adequate substitute for government.
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Ali Jarekji / Reuters The Jordanian Airline Making Money Off the Laptop Ban
How trolling Trump became a marketing strategy
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Ahmad Al-Rubaye / AFP / Getty Images ISIS Will Fail, but What About the Idea of ISIS?
Despite claiming responsibility for attacks like the one in London, the group is dying. It will retain the ability to inspire.
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Arnd Wiegmann / Reuters Steve Bannon's Would-Be Coalition of Christian Traditionalists
From American evangelicals to Russian Orthodox, they're united against Islam. Is that enough to overcome all that divides them?
