Faith & Religion

Maggie Smith in The Magadalene Sisters

Whitewash

We have yet to see justice for the thousands of Irish women forced to work in the inhumane conditions of the Magdalen laundries, says Keith Porteous Wood

Muslim mass grave in Yelwa, Nigeria

Faultline

From the Philippines to West Africa the tenth parallel, the line of latitude 700 miles north of the equator, is a geographical frontline between Christianity and Islam. Eliza Griswold has…

Count yourself out

Count yourself out

Winston Fletcher warns that the question asking your religion, included again in this year’s census, is designed to distort

The god confusion

The god confusion

In trying to make religion sound more logical and scientific, are educated Indians actually having a crisis of faith? asks Angela Saini

Murdered Iranian activist Muhammed Mokhtari

“Dear God help me die standing”

As the wave of protest resurfaces in Iran, the desperate regime is setting Ninja thugs on the crowds and murdered activists are being claimed as state martyrs. Nasrin Alavi reports

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