How Two Mississippi College Students Fell in Love and Decided to Join a Terrorist Group
In three short months, Jaelyn Young and Muhammad Dakhlalla found themselves at the center of America’s debate over radicalization.
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Brian Snyder / Reuters How Much Discrimination Do Muslims Face in America?
Many are suspicious of those who practice Islam. Many more are trying to reach out.
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Kelley DeBettencourt / Getty / Zak Bickel / ... ‘We’re Headed Toward One of the Greatest Divisions in the History of the Jewish People’
A small, vocal group of Conservative rabbis is pushing the movement to accept marriages between Jews and non-Jews. The fight is really about the future of the religion.
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Department of Justice Hobby Lobby Purchased Thousands of Ancient Artifacts Smuggled Out of Iraq
The craft-supply giant, which will open its Museum of the Bible in D.C. this fall, will pay a $3 million settlement.
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mikeledray / 21kompot / shutterstock / Katie Martin ... A Conservative Christian Battle Over Gender
Some communities agree that women shouldn’t be pastors. But their members fiercely debate every other kind of women’s empowerment.
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Eddie Keogh / Reuters Donald Trump Offers to Help Charlie Gard
The president of the United States stepped in to defend a British infant whose life support will be removed after European courts sided with doctors against his parents.
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Jim Bourg / Reuters Sally Yates on Bob Mueller: ‘Folks Ought to Have Tremendous Confidence in Him’
The former acting attorney general says she believes the Department of Justice can withstand anything that happens during the Trump administration.
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Vincent West / Reuters Making Babies, No Sex Necessary
One professor claims that future humans will be made from skin cells and prescreened for things like hair color and sex.
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Gary Cameron / Reuters Planned Parenthood Still Believes It Can Win the Culture Wars
Cecile Richards says the organization will not spin off its abortion services, even though Congress is threatening to cut off a portion of the group’s funding.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters The Supreme Court Strikes Down a Major Church-State Barrier
Trinity Lutheran v. Comer finds that governments can’t discriminate against churches that would otherwise qualify for funding just because they’re religious institutions.
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Carlos Barria / Reuters ‘Muslims Feel Under Siege’
A 17-year-old woman murdered after leaving a mosque in Virginia. For American Muslims, Ramadan has been a charged time.
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Matt York / AP A Resolution Condemning White Supremacy Causes Chaos at the Southern Baptist Convention
At its annual meeting, the evangelical denomination initially declined to consider a statement of its opposition to the alt-right.
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Carlo Allegri / Reuters Clergy Are More Partisan Than Their Parishioners
A new paper suggests that in most denominations, the people in the pulpits are more Democratic and Republican than those in the pews.
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Yuri Gripas / Reuters Bernie Sanders's Religious Test for Christians in Public Office
During a contentious confirmation hearing, the Vermont senator questioned the faith of the nominee for deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget.
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Emily Jan / The Atlantic The Man Behind Trump's Religious-Freedom Agenda for Health Care
Roger Severino, the devout, conservative head of civil-rights enforcement at HHS, shows the power of behind-the-scenes figures in a dysfunctional Washington.
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Reuters Trying to Be an Apolitical Muslim in America
Haroon Moghul’s book How to Be a Muslim tries out a new genre: writing about Islam that’s not about terrorism or war.
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Julio Cortez / AP A New Jersey Mosque Wins in a Religious-Discrimination Lawsuit—Over Parking Lots
Zoning ordinances are a common tool of bias against faith groups. On Tuesday, a Bernards Township settled two cases brought against it.
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Nati Harnik / AP / 21kompot /Katie Martin ... The Disappearance of Virtue From American Politics
In his new book, Ben Sasse has identified the right project for America: rehabilitating a shared moral language.
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Reuters Pope Francis, Trump Whisperer?
What started as a cold meeting between the pontiff and the U.S. president turned friendly after a brief closed-door discussion.
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Ronen Zvulun / Reuters Israeli Settlers Weren't Always So Religious—They Were Once Secular Hippies
The American Jews who moved to the West Bank thought they were living out the civil-rights dream, a new book argues.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters Trump's Speech on Islam, Annotated
In an address full of religious references, the American president avoided the phrase "radical Islamic terrorism."
