It is time the West offered robust support to the Istanbul-based Patriarchate – now being squeezed by Ankara and Moscow, both of which see it as a threat to their illiberal projects.
Among advocates for Turkey’s minorities, Osman Kavala is a secular saint. As a philanthropist, he has been the benefactor of initiatives to document and restore heritage sites, support arts and...
Europe is now home to one of the world’s strangest paradoxes. The continent’s most prominent mosque, the Great Mosque of Cordoba, has served as a church since the year 1236. Meanwhile, Ankara in July converted Europe’s...
Key European allies side with Tehran, Moscow and Beijing
“A Zionist hero has infiltrated our streaming services” in Iran
In the democratic West, many expect there to be a post–Covid-19 reckoning. That politicians who did poorly in handling the pandemic will fall from office. There isn’t a clear understanding of what...
Algerian authorities shut one church because it ‘celebrates non-Muslim worship’
Religious freedom conditions in Iran “remained egregiously poor” in 2019, according to an annual report released by the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) on Tuesday. The report...
The supreme leader and Trump may well end the long-running, region-defining clash. We just don't know yet quite how.
Iran’s theocratic rulers have temporarily released some 85,000 prisoners, including political prisoners, in an effort to prevent the spread of the Middle East’s worst coronavirus outbreak, but have...
The grave of the Rev. Hossein Soodmand, the only Iranian pastor confirmed to have been formally sentenced for quitting Islam and then executed by Iran’s regime, was bulldozed in early December. Article18,...
It hit a peak in the last century but it's ongoing in the Middle East, Africa and Asia
The blame-America-first crowd always does, and insists you should, too
Some members of Congress disapprove of USCIRF’s defense of faith communities
Retreating and abandoning allies may not be the optimum strategy.
Jens Peter Iven, a spokesman for the German Protestant Church, said the church will not dismiss Stuhlmann.
Shabaab’s latest video features a clip of Ayman al-Zawahiri criticizing “corrupt regimes” that are allied with America. Shabaab, al Qaeda’s branch in East Africa, has released a lengthy video that...
She lives in an unfree and intolerant nation, and her life is in imminent danger.
Islamic State (IS) militants on November 2 opened fire...
On October 15, the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) announcedits decision to break with the Ecumenical Patriar...