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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters China’s Mass Detention of Muslims Is a Test for Trump
The Trump administration has been slamming Beijing for its Uighur internment camps. But some worry that criticism will go quiet after the G20.
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Charles Platiau / Reuters Trump's Evangelical Advisers Hear from the Saudi Crown Prince on Khashoggi
“I may have caused some of our people to love our kingdom too much.”
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Mario Tama / Getty The Witches of Baltimore
Young black women are leaving Christianity and embracing African witchcraft in digital covens.
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Jason Lee / Reuters China Isn’t Hiding Its Internment Camps Anymore
China says its mass detention of Muslims is legal, and even fun.
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Rami Niemi How Much Would You Pay for a Prayer?
In India, thousands are embracing apps that allow them to pay for a ritual to be performed on their behalf.
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Michaela Rehle / Reuters Why a Small Jewish Group Is Supporting a German Party With Anti-Semitic Ties
The formation of “Jews in the AfD” is baffling to many, but it’s also part of a larger pattern across Europe.
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Carlos Barria / Reuters Trump Disses Trudeau on the World Stage
The U.S. president complains about Canada: “We’re not getting along at all with their negotiators.”
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Susana Vera / Reuters / Katie Martin / ... Should the Catholic Church Pay Reparations to Sex-Abuse Victims?
The Church is offering to pay people who can credibly say they were abused as children, but who can no longer file a lawsuit because the statute of limitations has passed.
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Shawn Zhang / Google Earth Internet Sleuths Are Hunting for China’s Secret Internment Camps for Muslims
The country is using high-tech methods of repression, but even the simplest tech may be enough to expose them.
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Hannah Mckay / Reuters The Sex-Abuse Scandal Is Growing Faster Than the Church Can Contain It
The Catholic world is struggling to absorb a week of new revelations and resignations.
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Kevin Frayer / Getty China's Jaw-Dropping Family Separation Policy
Children and parents are being ripped apart on a massive scale. It may rob an entire generation of their Muslim identities.
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Jason Lee / Reuters China Is Treating Islam Like a Mental Illness
The country is putting Muslims in internment camps—and causing real psychological damage in the process.
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AFP / Getty / The Atlantic China Is Going to Outrageous Lengths to Surveil Its Own Citizens
New tech—including drones disguised as birds—can be a nightmare for Muslims in particular.
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Chris Wattie / Reuters The Two Words That Made Saudi Arabia Furious at Canada
The kingdom, accusing Canadians of interference, expelled their ambassador—and that was just the beginning.
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Reuters Banning Muslim Veils Tends to Backfire—Why Do Countries Keep Doing It?
Denmark has become the latest country to prohibit wearing the burqa and niqab in public.
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Mark Blinch / The Canadian Press via AP Canada Is Raging Against Gun Violence—But Not Like America
After a shooting in Toronto, the country is debating a total ban on handguns.
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Dan Cretu / Getty / Katie Martin / ... Can Artificial Intelligence Predict Religious Violence?
“I lose sleep at night on this.”
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Chris Keane / Reuters Why Richard Dawkins Thinks ‘Allahu Akbar’ Sounds ‘Aggressive’
As explained by linguists.
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Lucy Nicholson / Reuters Atheists Are Sometimes More Religious Than Christians
A new study shows how poorly we understand the beliefs of people who identify as atheist, agnostic, or nothing in particular.
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Christinne Muschi / Reuters ‘There’s a Perception That Canada Is Being Invaded’
Justin Trudeau’s government has started rejecting more refugee claims from migrants who cross the U.S.-Canada border on foot.
