Ilyse Whitney is licensed under CC BY-2.0 Anti-Defamation League reports 57% increase in acts against the Jewish Community. Duke University’s mural created in honor of the fallen victims of the ...

Now that Christmas is right around the corner, Britain is gearing up for the year’s most-awaited holiday. While Christians are getting ready to celebrate the birthday of Jesus Christ, religious nones ...

Shamel Bina passed away in October 2014, but his remains are unburied because local authorities are refusing burial rights. What should have been a period of mourning for most people has turned into a ...

In Japan, deer roam free as the messengers of Shinto gods. The passage and existence of the Sika deer is carefully protected by religious interests as well as by the state, which regards them as a ...

Featured Contributors Abdur Rab and Hasan Mahmud explain how Sharia Law completely violates clear directives of the Quran. Human oppression is part of the human legacy. Sadly, it’s often the State ...

When Pope Francis recently made a historic three-day trip to Iraq, the birthplace of Abraham, the forefather of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, the pontiff considerably broadened his objective of ...

Thich Nhat Hanh Ordained as a Zen Buddhist monk at the age of 16 in Vietnam, Thich Nhat Hanh conceived a form of Buddhism based on mindfulness practices that enable followers to overcome their ...

Based on numbers, the third largest group is the religiously unaffiliated. Four principal religions dominate the world.[/tweetit] These four are followed by approximately 80 percent of the world’s ...

Six Religions that have distinguishing dress codes and the symbolism behind them. It is quite difficult to identify an individual’s faith based on appearance alone. But for the heads or leaders of ...

This chart outlines the origins of spiritual awareness (e.g. shamanism & animism), illustrating how these primitive ideologies branched off into more complex belief systems. Eventually they would ...

For the non-Japanese, the Torii is an instantly recognizable Japanese symbol[/tweetit]. A Torii takes the shape of a gate. The gate symbol is replicated online as well. Shinto temples in online maps ...

Why is it that Hinduism has this subtle but solid influence on Hollywood and movies? Well-known and popular Hollywood box office hit films such as Star Wars, Batman and the recent Interstellar movie ...