Pakistan's Christians targeted in attacks, marginalized in society
(The Christian Science Monitor) The suicide bombing on Easter Sunday at a park in Lahore, Pakistan, along with comments attributed to ...
Why some school districts are adding Muslim holidays to the calendar
(The Christian Science Monitor) An affluent school district in suburban Maryland has become the latest district to recognize Muslim ho...
Japanese prime minister, party leaders seek policies that revive Shinto religion
(The Christian Science Monitor) Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe’s deep adoration for the Ise Grand Shrine, the most sacred Shinto s...
Why France demanded to serve wine at meal with Iran's leader
(The Christian Science Monitor) This week Iranian President Hassan Rohani will become the first leader of the Islamic Republic to trav...
Buoyed by election, Canadians roll out welcome to Syrian refugees
(The Christian Science Monitor) Bayan Khatib’s earliest memories of Canada are mostly fragments of her daily struggles as a seven-year...
Japan prime minister Abe seeks to revive Shinto
(The Christian Science Monitor) Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe’s deep adoration for the Ise Grand Shrine, the most sacred Shinto s...
In ‘nonreligious’ Japan, shrines still exert a pull
(The Christian Science Monitor) Yasunori Ueda may visit the Ise Grand Shrine every summer to pray to for his family and good health, b...
White supremacist rests case in shooting trial: how prevalent is anti-semitism?
(The Christian Science Monitor) Frazier Glenn Miller Jr....
Why Southeast Asia faces a migration crisis this summer
(The Christian Science Monitor) Southeast Asia is facing its worst migration crisis since the years following the end of the Vietnam W...
Amid Yemen chaos, U.S. spies a resurgent al-Qaeda affiliate
(The Christian Science Monitor) Al-Qaeda militants in Yemen have wasted little time in exploiting the country’s recent collapse into c...
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What does Boko Haram's pledge to Islamic State really mean?
(The Christian Science Monitor) The most immediate payoff from Boko Haram’s new pledge of allegiance to the self-described Islami...
Assyrian Christians face attacks from Islamic State
(The Christian Science Monitor) Assyrian Christians who live in Syria and Iraq have faced religious persecution for much of their mode...
Muslims in Europe: the misperceptions, and the facts
(The Christian Science Monitor) The Charlie Hebdo attack in Paris and growing support for a weekly anti-Islamization march in D...