Religious Diversity

Hindu-Muslim rivalry largely shaped by British colonial policies, according to two major scholars of India.

For the first time in 31 years, Ramadan, Easter and Passover occurred at the same time, along with the Sikh holiday Vaisakhi, the Baha’i celebration of Ridvan and the Hindu holy day Ram Navami.

The legacy of Jewish families who arrived in Cincinnati in 1817 in hopes of building a better life

Large tracts of Southern Appalachia, whose history has long been one of relative isolation, are experiencing a wave of religious diversity that is fast changing the region’s once largely Protestant character.

Wajahat Ali uses humor and blunt truths to counter Islamophobic stereotypes.

On International Day of Tolerance, Scientology Religious Freedom Blog features Sukhdeep Singh Bhogal, an Australian Sikh rapper who uses his stardom to oppose racism, class and injustice.

A moving photograph of a Hindu and Muslim soldier praying side by side under the same roof has gone viral on the internet in India, highlighting the diversity and harmony in the nation’s military at a time of grave religious tension in much of civil society.

The first observant Sikh in the 218-year history of the United States Military Academy at West Point made history June 13 when she graduated from the distinguished institution.

As the United States crossed a grim milestone at 100,000 coronavirus deaths on May 27, the Episcopalian Church joined more than 100 religious institutions in calling for a National Day of Mourning and Lament on June 1.

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Holy Week began today in a most unique and unusual way.

A Sikh police officer has become the first deputy constable to be allowed to wear a turban in Harris County, Texas.

The Church of Scientology Nashville opened its doors to all religious communities for a special service in observance of World Interfaith Harmony Week.

Award-winning Iraqi religious diversity scholar and journalist Saad Salloum has taken an important step forward toward restoring and maintaining religious diversity in war-torn Iraq.

The Church of Scientology Los Angeles hosts a series of forums to increase understanding and cooperation among local religious communities.

Suffi master Baba Mondi, the spiritual leader or dedebaba of the Bektashi order, was the featured speaker at the Brussels headquarters of the Church of Scientology European Office of Public Affairs and Human Rights.

Air Force rules, requiring members to be clean-shaven and to cut their hair, have been relaxed for the first time to accommodate Airman 1st Class Harpreetinder Singh Bajwa’s religious beliefs.

At the dedication of the first mosque in Athens, Greek Minister of Education and Religious Affairs stressed that religious freedom is a human right.

President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi inaugurated the Al-Fattah Al-Aleem Mosque and the Cathedral of the Nativity of Christ on Coptic Christmas Eve January 6 in Egypt’s New Administrative Capital in the desert east of Cairo—symbolic of his commitment to ensure free exercise of religion in the country .

A team of representatives of Madrid religious denominations in collaboration with the Diversity Management Unit of the Madrid Municipal Police seeks to take the guesswork and potential difficulty out of police interaction with religious communities.

The UK’s All Faiths Network organized an interreligious and intercultural evening of music, dance and food to bring faiths together in appreciation of the diversity of the religious community of England.

Buddhist monks complete the construction of a temple in Akron, Ohio for the local Buddhist community.

Zoroastrianism, founded in Persia about 3,500 years ago, has become almost extinct in the modern world.

This year, those of the Jewish faith celebrated the anniversary of the creation of the universe for two days beginning on sundown September 9 and ending at nightfall on September 11.

The Armenian Diocese of Canada and the Canadian Youth Interfaith Network joined forces to create a documentary to bridge cultural and religious differences among Canada’s many ethnic and faith communities.

A study by the Pew Research Center found Surinam to be the fourth most religiously diverse country in the world after Singapore, Taiwan and Vietnam.

The Council of Europe announced its new website.

In evidence that people of all religions wish to live in harmony, 3,000 Jewish and Muslim men, women and children came together in Haifa to learn and sing a song of peace.

It has been commonly believed that college provides students their initial and most important contact with diverse religious perspectives, but a recent study suggested otherwise.

World Hijab Day is celebrated February 1 and was created by New York resident Nazma Khan to foster religious tolerance and understanding by inviting women (non-Hijabi Muslims and non-Muslims) to experience the hijab for one day.

Following the October 2017 review by Ofcom —the official regulator of Great Britain’s communications media—ordering the BBC to offer more religious programming, the BBC conducted its own yearlong review…

In November, a groundbreaking event took place when King Salman hosted the first official visit by a high-ranking Catholic cleric to Saudi Arabia—the site of Islam’s holiest territories in Mecca and Medina.

At one time it was taboo in Europe for politicians to mention religion or talk about their faith.

In an interview October 24 with The Guardian , Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman described the ultra-conservative condition of the country for the past 30 years as “not normal.

Article by Eric Roux, Vice President of the Church of Scientology European Office for Public Affairs and Human Rights, and the President of the European Interreligious Forum for Religious Freedom, about panel on the Church of Scientology at the inaugural conference of the European Academy of Religions.

A Catholic Sun article, excerpted here, on the Smithsonian National Museum of American History’s new exhibition, “Religion in Early America,” details some of its most interesting features.

A poll conducted in March by Ipsos Public Affairs, a global market research and a consulting firm, found Canadians to be very tolerant of the religious beliefs of others.

In his monthly radio program to the people of India on the second day of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, India Prime Minister Narendra Modi emphasized religious tolerance and diversity.