BY MICHAEL FOUST ©2012 Baptist Press Conventional wisdom might hold that churches can never legally get involved in politics, but when it comes to issues–and specifically for 2012, ballot initiatives […]

BY LAUREN MARKOE Turkey stands as a new and controversial addition to an annual list of the worst offenders of religious freedom released March 20 by the U.S. Commission on […]

BY LEIGH JONES The U.S. Supreme Court announced in March it will not hear a campus religious liberty case experts had hoped would give Christian groups more freedom to operate […]

By LAUREN MARKOE Ever since their mad dash out of Egypt bound for the Promised Land, Jews have been on the move–and they continue to be, far more than any […]

BY LAUREN MARKOE The number of mosques in America has jumped 74 percent since 2000, and the majority of them–56 percent–espouse a less-than-literal approach to interpreting Islam’s holy texts. These […]

BY MICHELE CHABIN Israeli postal workers outside Tel Aviv are refusing to deliver thousands of copies of the New Testament and other Hebrew-language Christian materials. Israel media reported March 6 […]

Will 2012 be a turning point in Turkey’s relationship with its religious minorities? Feb 20, 2012 … The coming year could mark a pivotal time for Turkey in its journey […]

BY OMAR SACIRBEY Verizon, the national cable television operator, has decided to drop Bridges TV, a pioneering television network that seeks to challenge stereotypes of Muslims and create understanding between […]

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Potential curtailing of religious liberty is concern, PARL says (Poststed Feb. 29, 2012) BY MARK A. KELLNER, news editor The recent moves by the federal government to mandate provision of […]