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Poll: Growing number of US adults support the use of political violence
Support for political violence and concern over the state of democracy are both on the rise, with 75 percent of people in the United States believing the future of democracy is at risk in the next ...
Why Hamas is selling its assault on Israel as a holy war
When Hamas, the Islamic Palestinian terrorist group, stormed into southern Israel on October 7, took over military bases, massacred more than 1,300 Israelis—most of them civilians—and kidnapped 150...
Palestinian Americans decry demonization in media amid rising fear of hate crimes
Thousands of miles from the crisis in Gaza, Muslims and Palestinians in the US are reporting a wave of Islamophobic incidents that, for many, feels terrifyingly familiar....
Is religion good for you? The answer is complicated, new global Gallup report finds.
A new report from Gallup finds that religious people around the world report being more...
Church leaders in Holy Land call for de-escalation, respect for human rights
Following an attack by the militant group Hamas on Israel on Saturday and Israel's military retaliation, church leaders in the Holy Land are raising their voices in unity to call for a cessation of...
Environmental faith groups laud Pope Francis's new climate exhortation
Catholic organizations and other faith-based groups pushing for global action on climate change are celebrating Pope Francis’s new apostolic exhortation on the environment, a sequel of sorts to his...