Religion in the Daily News
- Nigeria's unity must be put above ethnic differences - Sultan 15 November 2026 19 h 48 min Daily Post The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, has called on Nigerian Muslims to put aside ethnic, regional and social differences and work together to promote national unity, religious tolerance and peace. He warned that ethnic and regional …
- Ex-Muslim Sahil: He Quit Islam, Returned For His Mother's Last Wish, Now Claims Mumbai Attack 15 November 2026 19 h 02 min Asianet Newsable Sahil's latest video has again put him in the spotlight. He claimed that a group of around 12 people from Dharavi attacked him when he visited Vashi with some new friends on Saturday night. In the video, he showed blood on his face and an injury to his …
- Raja Bhaiya Backs Modi Yogi Slogans Denies Casteism In His Ideology 15 November 2026 18 h 58 min Asianet Newsable Jansatta Dal chief Raja Bhaiya has endorsed PM Modi and CM Yogi's unity slogans, rejecting caste-based politics. He is organizing a Ram Katha and emphasized that his party's ideology is centered on national unity and religious harmony. Raja Bhaiya …
- Sultan urges Muslims to champion national unity, religious tolerance 15 November 2026 18 h 36 min Punch The Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Abubakar III, on Sunday urged Muslims across the country to champion national unity, religious tolerance and peaceful coexistence, warning against the use of ethnicity as a basis for division within the Muslim community and …
- Know your genotype before marriage, Kwara tells youths 15 November 2026 18 h 36 min Punch The Kwara State Government has urged young people to ascertain their genotype status before entering into marriage, as part of efforts to curb the prevalence of sickle cell disease in the state. The government said early genotype screening and increased …
- Two ‘Boston school’ photographers explore desire and devotion at Daniel Cooney 15 November 2026 18 h 32 min Albuquerque Journal - New Mexico IN REVIEW | SANTA FE ‘Duo: Jason Byron Gavann and Jack Pierson’ at Daniel Cooney Fine Art open through Dec. 19 In the 1970s, some young photographers in Boston began making photographs that weren’t conventionally beautiful. They embraced an artless “ …
- Christians executed in churches and worshippers forced to convert to Islam, new report reveals 15 November 2026 18 h 29 min GB News One 12-year-old girl from Lahore was snatched while out at the local market, and now a 33-year-old man, Muhammad Ali, was accused of her abduction, forced conversion and marriage. Severe restrictions vary from each local community, yet prevail through …
- Arab Views: Do Jordan’s Christians feel safe after church attack? 15 November 2026 18 h 16 min Arab News Japan AMMAN: For almost 2,000 years, Christians have lived, worshipped and built communities in the lands that now make up Jordan. But on Oct. 23, that long history of coexistence was shaken by an act of violence that left a small village grieving and raised …
- Three sentenced to death for Jordanian church attack; Churches cancel Christmas celebrations 15 November 2026 18 h 15 min EWTN News Jordan’s State Security Court sentenced three men to death for carrying out an armed attack last month on mourners at St. George Greek Orthodox Church in the town of Hammoud, in southern Jordan’s Karak Governorate. The attack took place Oct. 23 and left …
- A wall worth keeping 15 November 2026 18 h 04 min Miami Valley Today - Ohio The separation of church and state is one of the most misunderstood principles in democratic life. Some critics call it an assault on religion. The principle is not about hostility to faith — it is about the conditions under which faith, freedom, and self- …
- Ho Chi Minh City launches programme to promote cultural diversity 15 November 2026 17 h 47 min Vietnam Investment Review Ho Chi Minh City has launched an initiative to preserve and promote the cultural values of ethnic minority communities and religious groups, as part of its cultural development agenda through 2030. The launch ceremony for the action plan on developing …
- Islamism is a toxic ideology, not a religion 15 November 2026 17 h 46 min American Thinker I’ve previously written that Islam is not a religion, but a “brutally misogynistic, brutally homophobic, brutally xenophobic, supremacist political ideology, pretending to be a religion.” (See my earlier arguments here and here.) The distinction matters …
- Nedzad ef. Grabus officially took over the Position of Head of the Islamic Community in BiH 15 November 2026 17 h 24 min Sarajevo Times At a ceremony held on Sunday at the Gazi Husrev-beg Mosque in Sarajevo, the menšura (official certificate of appointment) was presented to the new Reis-ul-Ulema of the Islamic Community in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Nedžad Grabus. With this, he has officially …
- Advocating for the End of Democracy: Toward a Far More Radical Discourse 15 November 2026 17 h 18 min The Occidental Observer Other articles and essays by Richard Parker are available at his publication, The Raven’s Call: A Reactionary Perspective, found at theravenscall.substack.com. Please consider subscribing on a free or paid basis, and to like and share as warranted. Readers …
- How the far right is connected to 'Christian nationalism' movement 15 November 2026 17 h 17 min The National Pointing to Westminster, he admonishes the “inhabitants of that building” who “defy the very Christ who built this nation”. This man is Bishop Cei Dewar, one of the central figures in a rising UK movement that’s combining conservative Christianity with …
- VHP To Train One Crore Hindu Families In Panchopachar Puja Across India; Over Two Lakh Families Targeted In Maharashtra And Goa 15 November 2026 16 h 48 min Free Press Journal VHP To Train One Crore Hindu Families In Panchopachar Puja Across India; Over Two Lakh Families Targeted In Maharashtra And Goa | AI Mumbai: The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) plans to teach daily Panchopachar Puja to one crore families across India as part …
- America's first Muslim senator exposes a political blind spot 15 November 2026 16 h 21 min Fox News Michigan voter Carey Bloom argues Abdul El-Sayed is ‘extremely dangerous’ not just to the Jewish community, but to ‘all of America.’ NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! As a Muslim woman, physician and longtime critic of Islamism, I have witnessed …
- Historic Buddhist moment! Sacred relics of Shakyamuni Buddha arrive at Arunachal's Golden Pagoda 15 November 2026 16 h 02 min India Blooms The Sacred Relics were ceremonially received and enshrined at the Golden Pagoda (Kongmu Kham), one of the prominent centres of Buddhist faith and heritage in eastern Arunachal Pradesh. Arunachal Pradesh Governor Lt Gen Kaiwalya Trivikram Parnaik (Retd.) …
- Bilawal condemns government actions against JUI-F as 'political vendetta' in call with Fazl 15 November 2026 15 h 41 min The Express Tribune Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Sunday condemned what he described as government actions against the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F), calling them political victimisation, during a telephone conversation with party chief …
- Matunga Temples Mark Skanda Sashti With Special Rituals, Prayers And Abhishekam; Devotees Celebrate Lord Murugan's Victory Over Evil 15 November 2026 15 h 00 min Free Press Journal Matunga Temples Mark Skanda Sashti With Special Rituals, Prayers And Abhishekam; Devotees Celebrate Lord Murugan's Victory Over Evil | Mumbai: Temples in Matunga performed religious rituals on Sunday to mark the concluding day of the six-day Skanda …
- Why can't Nigerians obey their own laws? 15 November 2026 14 h 44 min Modern Ghana Nigerians' general unwillingness or inability to relate appropriately with its own laws has become a matter of great concern to many of us, Nigerians in the Diaspora. We make laws, celebrate their passage, congratulate those who enacted them, and then …
- Church executions, worshippers burned alive and child brides forced to convert to Islam: Growing persecution of Christians around the world is highlighted in horrific new report 15 November 2026 14 h 39 min Daily Mail Christians are facing escalating violence and persecution across the world, with worshippers burned, entire villages destroyed and young girls abducted, forcibly converted to Islam and married off to their captors, according to a damning new report. From …
- Religion Did Not Stop Her Faith: Bihar Muslim Woman’s 21-Year Chhath Tradition Began With a Wish for a Child That Came True 15 November 2026 14 h 30 min News X 112 Faith often goes beyond religious boundaries. In Bihar’s West Champaran district, a Muslim woman has been following the Hindu festival of Chhath for the past 21 years. Her devotion to Chhathi Maiya has become an example of religious harmony and mutual …
- China unleashes a sweeping crackdown on Christians 15 November 2026 13 h 46 min New York Post The Chinese Communist Party has worked systematically to crush, suppress and co-opt all religious groups in China under its 2018 “Sinicization” campaign. Now it’s coming for Protestant Christians, China’s largest religious minority. Reports surfaced this …
- Cissie Graham Lynch questioned by Senate committee for Trump religious freedom post 15 November 2026 13 h 45 min Premier Christianity News Cissie Graham Lynch, senior advisor for Samaritan’s Purse and daughter of evangelist Franklin Graham, has taken the first step to become Donald Trump’s ambassador at large for international religious freedom. Lynch has been nominated for the role by the …
- "The Collapse of Cuba": The Atlantic portrays a country where the state recedes and the churches take its place 15 November 2026 13 h 29 min CiberCuba The deterioration of public services, extreme poverty, the neglect of the elderly, and the growing influence of churches paint the portrait of Cuba presented by Robert F. Worth in an extensive report published by The Atlantic titled The Collapse of Cuba. …
- Progressive Christians won big: The culture war’s new front 15 November 2026 13 h 12 min The Christian Post - Washington D.C. By Mark Creech, Op-ed Contributor Sunday, November 15, 2026 U.S. Sen.-elect James Talarico, D-Texas, speaks during an election night event at the Long Center for the Performing Arts on Nov. 3, 2026 in Austin, Texas. | Brandon Bell/Getty ImagesOn …
- Jesus Is Back. Can He End America’s Political Holy War? 15 November 2026 12 h 48 min Newsweek "It's time to start flipping tables." When James Talarico invoked Jesus overturning the tables of the money changers in his Texas Senate victory speech, the Democrat was doing something American conservatives have long made their own: …
- 2027: Makinde Vows Not to Allow Religion Divide Oyo State 15 November 2026 12 h 29 min Opinion Nigeria Oyo State Governor and Allied Peoples Movement (APM) presidential candidate, ‘Seyi Makinde, has declared that religious differences will not be allowed to create divisions among residents of the state, stressing that they share common ancestry and must …
- Japanese scholar uncovers Vietnam's independent approach to Buddhist texts 15 November 2026 12 h 09 min VietNamNet Buddhist monk Phuc Dien and East Asia's cultural connections Japanese scholar Dr. Miyajima Junko, from the Institute of Oriental and Occidental Studies at Kansai University, has devoted extensive research to the history of Buddhist scripture printing, …
- The revolt in the (Sinhala-Buddhist) temple 15 November 2026 11 h 35 min Sri Lanka Guardian “Mendicants, what’s with that colossal racket?” ~ The Buddha (Cātumasutta) Pope Julius II died in February 1513. Called the Warrior Pope, he waged a series of wars to unite the Papal States and evict the French from Italy. Like many of his predecessors, he …
- SSP Qazi Ali Raza reviews security at Islamabad churches, directs enhanced protection 15 November 2026 11 h 24 min Associated Press of Pakistan ISLAMABAD, Nov 15 (APP):Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Operations Islamabad Qazi Ali Raza on Sunday visited various churches across the federal capital to review security arrangements and directed police personnel to remain alert and ensure the …
- Gazan Christians Describe Abductions and Pressure Under Hamas as Population Falls From 5,000 to Under 400 15 November 2026 11 h 18 min International Business Times - United Kingdom A Gaza Christian who left the territory has alleged that Christians faced abductions and pressure to convert after Hamas seized control in 2007. Identified as Naji, he made the claims in a Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN) interview published on 9 …
- Chhath Puja 2026 Day 3: Today is Sandhya Arghya, know its religious significance, rituals and offerings 15 November 2026 10 h 53 min India TV News Chhath Mahaparv has reached its third day on Sunday, November 15, 2026. Observed as Sandhya Arghya, this is one of the most significant days of the four-day festival, when devotees offer prayers to the setting Sun. The ritual is dedicated to Surya Dev and …
- Makinde warns against religious division 15 November 2026 8 h 45 min Punch Oyo State Governor and 2027 presidential candidate of the Allied Peoples Movement, Seyi Makinde, has urged Nigerians not to allow religious differences to divide them, stressing the need for unity and peaceful coexistence ahead of the 2027 general …
- For god and country: how the UK's anti-migrant movement went religious 15 November 2026 8 h 45 min The Ferret On a blustery, overcast day in London, in front of tens of thousands of protestors gathered at the Houses of Parliament, a man takes to a stage wearing traditional vestments associated with the clergy. Pointing to Westminster, he admonishes the “ …
- Lagos targets more noisy churches, mosques 15 November 2026 8 h 43 min Punch The Lagos State Government has vowed to seal more religious centres and entertainment businesses violating its noise pollution regulations, as Christian and Islamic leaders backed the enforcement exercise, saying that places of worship must respect …
- Janjatiya Gaurav Divas: How Bhagwan Birsa Munda defied British Rule and forged an immortal symbol of tribal pride 15 November 2026 7 h 43 min Organiser Weekly Birsa Munda was one of the most remarkable tribal leaders and freedom fighters in Indian history. He was a revolutionary, religious reformer, social leader and an uncompromising opponent of British colonial rule. His struggle, popularly known as the …
- Dancing Rituals for And Indian American 15 November 2026 7 h 37 min The Statesman (India) During my childhood years in India I was led to believe that dancing was an art form with a religious flavor. This perception started with images of “Nataraj” and dancing figures from Hindu mythology and was reinforced by subsequent exposure to dance …
- He promised to observe Chhath while seeking votes in 2016; today, Bihar's Asgar Ali observes Chhath Puja with his entire family, gives up garlic and onions after Diwali 15 November 2026 7 h 36 min The Times of India Photo credit: Dainik Bhaskar When Mohammad Asgar Ali sought votes during the 2016 panchayat elections in Bihar's Buxar district, some people tried to bring Hindu-Muslim divisions into the campaign. But a conversation with a few Hindu acquaintances led …