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It Is Crazy To Say Religion Would Solve Gun Violence

While Religion Has Some Value To Communities, It Is Not In The Way You Think There have been several different strategies to addressing gun violence in the United States. Pastor Robert Jeffress,...

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Pope Francis Seems to Show Support for Palestinians

17 dead, Thousands injured at the Israeli-Gaza border His words referenced the Israeli-Gaza border violence which led to the deaths of 17 Palestinians. More than 1,400 were injured during the fracas....

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Violence Against Jews Is Down, But anti-Semitism Is on the Rise

“Jew” has again become a swear word Increasing anti-Semitism has made European Jews insecure. According to a study conducted by Kantor Center for The Study of Contemporary European Jewry of Tel Aviv...

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Pope Expresses Shock And Anger At Syrian Violence

Pope Francis Calls On World Leaders To End Conflict in Syria Pope Francis used his Sunday prayers to appeal for peace. After the joint U.S.-led airstrikes on a Syrian chemical weapons depot, the Pope...

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Colosseum Lit Up Red to Honor Religious Persecuted Christians

Initiative by ACN to shine light on Christians who face persecution will illuminate Colosseum in red , to draw the attention of the world to those who faced persecution due to their faith. ACN’s latest...

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Study Finds Islamic Extremism is Higher in Areas with Strong anti-Muslim...

Anti-Muslim discrimination is linked with radicalization. Science Advances magazine has published a study that found a Researchers feeding the article have gone through extreme homogeneous and poor...

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Church of Scientology Blames Murder of Australian Scientologist on Leah...

The Church of Scientology has said the murder was incited by the show’s efforts to “poison the airwaves” to “create hatred” towards Scientology. The Church of Scientology has issued a letter Re: “Blood...

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LA Faith Coalition to Hold Emergency Press Conference Demanding Disney CEO...

Religious leaders will gather in front of Disney offices to “end anti-religious hate.” World Religion News received an email overnight from Los Angeles Faith Coalition about an emergency press...

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Place of Worship Violence Continues, This Time, At A Church of Scientology

Man Wielding Samurai Sword Attacks Scientology Church in Inglewood In the latest incident in violence against churches and places of worship, a Samurai sword wielding man burst inside the Scientology...

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Number of Anti-Semitic Incidents Doubled in 2018

1,879 incidents of vandalism, assault, and harassment happened in the U.S. The ADL’s yearly audit comprising anti-Semitic incidents revealed the doubling of assault against Jews when compared with 2017...

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Twitter Updates Rules Against Hateful Conduct

Twitter will remove tweets dehumanizing religious groups Twitter becomes the third social media platform to take this stand after Facebook, and YouTube took action to curb hate speech. Critics,...

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Canadian Jews are the Most Targeted Minority in the Country for the Third...

345 incidents against Jews in 2018 However, there has been a 4 percent decrease. Statistics Canada released the data for crimes reported to police in 2018. Incidents in 2018 have declined from 360 in...

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UCF Reports 158 Cases of Violence Against Christians in the First Half of...

There are 26 acts of violence against Christians per month. 2019 has been a rough year for Christians in India. The data comes from records of the United Christians Forum helpline. Data on the 158...

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‘Star Trek’: 50 Years of Humanist Values

This article was original published in 2016. Celebrating 50 Years of Star Trek and the humanist themes within the series. Media today is full of violence, prejudice and depravity. Parents are often in...

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‘Star Trek’: 50 Years of Humanist Values

This article was original published in 2016. Celebrating 50 Years of Star Trek and the humanist themes within the series. Media today is full of violence, prejudice and depravity. Parents are often in...

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