Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, center, speaks as fellow candidates businessman Tom Steyer, from left, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, former Vice President Joe Biden, former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg and Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minnesota, listen, on Jan. 14, 2020, during a Democratic presidential primary debate hosted by CNN and the Des Moines Register in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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Precarious US-Iran relations have Muslim voters eyeing candidates’ records on war
Muslim voters who sit in the anti-war camp seem most drawn toward Sen. Bernie Sanders, the candidate who has long been a favorite among Muslim voters.
Jack Van Impe, end-times preacher and televangelist, dies at 88
Jack Van Impe, a televangelist who for decades warned viewers about the end of the world, died at 88.
Book: How Martin Luther King Jr. used the pulpit to ‘redeem’ America’s soul
He believed there were transcendent truths that had the power to change hearts and move them away from the political and social policies of segregation.
South Asian Americans protest Modi’s crackdown from afar
A 'National Day of Action' aims to call out the slice of the Indian American community that is sympathetic to India’s right-wing politics.
Trump v. Jefferson on National Religious Freedom Day
A proposed Trump rule change would undermine religious freedom, writes Mark Silk.
Supreme Court religious rights case has big implications for U.S. schools
A 2015 Montana law provided people a tax credit of up to $150 for donations to groups that fund scholarships for private school tuition. State tax officials limited the program to non-religious schools in order to comport with the state constitution, which forbids public aid to any “church, sect or denomination.” Thirty-eight states have such constitutional provisions.
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Panama: 7 killed, 14 tortured in exorcism terror rituals
PANAMA CITY (AP) — Seven people were killed in a bizarre religious ritual in a jungle community in Panama, in which indigenous residents were rounded up by about 10 lay preachers and tortured, beaten, burned and hacked with machetes to make them "repent their sins," authorities said Thursday.
50 years later, Chicano Catholic activists recall their midnight Mass clash with police
Chicanos in Los Angeles commemorate a 1969 confrontation with the Catholic Church that urged religious leaders to stand with the Mexican American community.
Trump pledges to prevent ‘unacceptable’ repression of school prayer
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos said her department’s new guidelines require state agencies to inform it when complaints are filed about limitations to the free exercise of religion.
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The Mormons’ $100 billion fortune is not about the money, stupid
(RNS) — 'I’m not trying to excuse the church’s massive nest egg here, just point out a reality of what I see happening,' says guest blogger Mette Harrison. 'Which is that it’s not about the money, stupid. It’s about loyalty.'
Dr. King in today’s America
(RNS) — Dr. King would recognize the progress that has been made, but he would not be dancing; he would be organizing. 'Change,' he taught, 'does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle.'
LDS Church to make changes to temple clothing
The LDS Church plans to simplify the ritual clothing Mormons wear inside the temple, starting March 31.
