Religion in the Daily News
- SEC charges wannabe N.J. broker in affinity fraud case targeting Christians from Ghana 14 September 2026 20 h 31 min Investment News Affinity fraud refers to investment scams that prey upon members of identifiable groups, such as religious or ethnic communities. In an apparent case of affinity fraud, the Securities and Exchange Commission last week charged Ernest Ossei Boateng and two …
- The Social Benefits of Collective Prayer 14 September 2026 20 h 28 min Chitral News Prayer is an important part of Islam, and collective prayer in a mosque is an established practice. Similar forms of collective worship are also found in other religions. But beyond its spiritual importance, collective prayer has another great benefit: it …
- Former church deacon and youth group leader jailed for sexual offences 14 September 2026 20 h 18 min Yorkshire Post John Grant, 77, of Colney Hatch Lane, Hornsey, north London, was a senior figure in churches across the UK including Muswell Hill Baptist Church in north London and Billingham Baptist Church in Stockton-on-Tees, as well as several youth groups in north …
- Bhopal court acquits Muslim man in forced conversion case linked to interfaith marriage 14 September 2026 20 h 13 min Muslim Mirror A Bhopal sessions court has acquitted 26-year-old Saiyyad Khan of charges under the Madhya Pradesh Freedom of Religion Act after the prosecution failed to prove allegations of forced religious conversion, fraud or coercion. Police had claimed Khan used a …
- Islamic Scholar Says Grooming Gangs ‘Have Nothing to Do With Islam.’ (Except They Do.) 14 September 2026 19 h 39 min PJ Media - Virginia Hey, this is a relief: the Muslim grooming gangs that raped and assaulted over 250,000 British girls actually have nothing to do with Islam. So all you “Islamophobes” need to sit down and shut up, because at last we have an Islamic voice speaking out loud …
- Outcry in Armenia as Azerbaijan portrays Armenian heritage in Nagorno-Karabakh as Caucasian Albanian 14 September 2026 19 h 32 min Open Caucasus Media A two-day visit by representatives foreign diplomats in Azerbaijan to Nagorno-Karabakh has prompted controversy and outcry in Armenia, as Azerbaijan portrayed Armenian religious heritage as Caucasian Albanian. The battle over monuments in Nagorno-Karabakh …
- Chicago’s Latine Muslim community gathers for ‘Mercado’ 14 September 2026 19 h 32 min The DePaulia - Illinois Outside Oak Lawn’s Nahda Center on Sept. 12, hundreds of guests browsed colorful stalls filled with Mexican food, Islamic attire and coffee. Inside, attendees listened to Latine Muslim guest speakers and viewed a documentary about the history of Islam in …
- DHS deletes ‘Mr. Singh’ meme after outcry over anti-Sikh stereotyping 14 September 2026 18 h 58 min Muslim Network TV WASHINGTON (MNTV) — The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has deleted a social-media post mocking a fictional “Mr. Singh” and telling him to “self-deport,” after Sikh, Hindu, and civil-rights groups condemned it as racial and religious stereotyping by …
- Police in Algeria arrest 12 Christians during worship 14 September 2026 18 h 40 min Christian Daily International Beach front in Oran, Algeria. L'Algérie Pays du Soleil et de Beauté, Creative Commons Special force police in Algeria raided a worship service at a humanitarian shelter on Sept. 4, arresting all 12 Christians present on suspicion of holding an …
- Ostapenko: Everyone in UCCRO feels fine except the “FSB UOC” 14 September 2026 17 h 54 min Union of Orthodox Journalists The director of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra National Reserve called the All-Ukrainian Council of Churches “a wonderful organization.” Maksym Ostapenko, head of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra National Reserve, said in an interview with Shelter that all religious …
- Religious leadership must play active role in ending wars, global peace: Ashrafi 14 September 2026 17 h 37 min The Express Tribune Says leadership of all religions must jointly strengthen narrative of peace, justiceSpecial Assistant to Prime Minister on Interfaith Harmony Maulana Tahir Ashrafi addressing a press conference. PHOTO: APP Chairman of the Pakistan Ulema Council and …
- DSS alerts Osun religious leaders over ‘terrorist plot to disrupt 2027 elections’ 14 September 2026 17 h 30 min Nigerian Eye The Department of State Services (DSS) has alerted Muslim and Christian leaders in Osun to an alleged plan by terrorists to attack places of worship and other public gathering centres ahead of the 2027 general election. The warning was issued during …
- Fewer Walls, Not Fewer Identities – OpEd 14 September 2026 17 h 22 min Eurasia Review Key Takeaways: The author treats Ganesh Chaturthi as more than a temple rite: for about ten days a street becomes a place where neighbors share modak, drums, and queues. Tilak’s late-19th-century sarvajanik pandals, the piece says, used a religious …
- Obscene and defamatory speech defines DMK politics: Tamil Nadu Minister S Ramesh 14 September 2026 17 h 05 min The Hans India Tiruchi: Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Minister S. Ramesh on Monday accused the opposition DMK of promoting a political culture marked by obscene, derogatory and abusive remarks. Speaking to reporters in Tiruchi, Ramesh said protests …
- Pakistan’s Christians under pressure as church attacks and abuses persist 14 September 2026 17 h 04 min Daily Mirror Mirror AI Summary – Quick Read Generated by Mirror AI MIRROR AI Hide ⏳ Generating summary… AI SUMMARY GENERATED ONLY FROM THIS ARTICLE'S TEXT. The broken glass at Feroz Din Taak Memorial Church in Kasur in Pakistan's Punjab province still crunches …
- International conference dedicated to Sheikh Seyid Yahya Bakuvi held in Baku - 14 September 2026 17 h 03 min APA An international scientific-practical conference dedicated to Azerbaijani thinker and scholar Sheikh Seyid Yahya Bakuvi has been held in Baku, APA reports. The conference was organized within the framework of the 7th Meeting of Muslim Religious Leaders of …
- 'Height of injustice': Christian family forced to observe Hindu rituals at relative’s funeral 14 September 2026 17 h 02 min The Christian Post - Washington D.C. By Anugrah Kumar, Christian Post Contributor Monday, September 14, 2026 IDREES MOHAMMED/AFP via Getty ImagesA Christian family in India’s Chhattisgarh state was pressured by villagers into conducting Hindu funeral rites for a dead relative after …
- Who is Phra Wachirayan Wi? Thai monk arrested, defrocked, for embezzling Rs 29 crore in temple funds, caught in intimate act with lover and co-accused 14 September 2026 16 h 58 min News24 Thai authorities have arrested Phra Wachirayan Wi, a top Buddhist monk accused of embezzling over $2.9 million in temple funds, after CCTV footage emerged showing him in an intimate act with a woman accused of helping Wachirayan conceal the money. Who is …
- Riza Yehiya: Make family sustainable to arrest worrisome climate change 14 September 2026 16 h 58 min Daily FT Book cover: Let Yehiya’s message not just be a wish but a concrete foundation for policymaking on one side and religious clerics to adopt when they deal with families Emerging climate disaster In the global fight against ecological collapse, contemporary …
- Azerbaijani official calls for coordinated OTS response to foreign influence 14 September 2026 16 h 55 min Caliber A complex geopolitical environment, growing Islamophobia, xenophobia and religious radicalism, along with foreign ideological influence in the Organisation of Turkic States (OTS), require member states to adopt a coordinated approach, Ramin Mammadov, …
- Canadian Military Prohibits Chaplains From Mentioning God or Jesus at Mandatory Public Events 14 September 2026 16 h 53 min The Gateway Pundit To preserve religious freedom, Canadian military chaplains are now barred from mentioning God during mandatory public events. Photo courtesy of the Government of Canada. The Canadian Armed Forces has issued a new directive barring chaplains and other …
- European circumcision crackdown spurs response 14 September 2026 16 h 44 min Ynet If you had Googled the word “circumcision” recently, you’d have thought that the end of the practice of Brit Milah was upon us. In parts of Europe, Mohalim are being targeted for investigation. Governmental bans are being proposed and anti-circumcision …
- How a Hindu Sect’s Anti-women Diktat Triggered a Strike at the Eiffel Tower 14 September 2026 16 h 31 min The Diplomat On September 7, when striking staff at the Eiffel Tower in Paris shut down one of the most visited tourist attractions in the world, it put a little-known sect from India, the Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha or BAPS, in the global …
- Trove of Evidence Sheds New Light on How Saudi Intelligence Asset Helped 9/11 Hijackers Before Attack 14 September 2026 16 h 25 min Democracy Now! This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: To look more at the Saudi role in the 9/11 attacks, we are joined by Tim Golden, a reporter at ProPublica. His latest piece is headlined 25 Years After 9/11, Questions About …
- China-Linked Accounts Used Claude to Profile Religious Communities 14 September 2026 16 h 24 min The European Times Anthropic says AI accelerated dossiers on Catholic, Tibetan Buddhist, Falun Gong and Taiwanese Christian figures Anthropic says it has banned a group of accounts associated with a China-based intelligence operation that used its Claude artificial …
- Temples and Charities Face Demolition for Yadanabon Vanity Project 14 September 2026 15 h 58 min The Irrawaddy The regime has ordered the demolition of more than 70 religious buildings in the Yadanabon Cyber City project area in Mandalay’s Pyin Oo Lwin which is overseen by putsch leader Min Aung Hlaing’s son Aung Pyae Sone. Eviction notices set Sept. 18 as the …
- Five hate crime reporting centres set up at places of religious worship across Peterborough 14 September 2026 15 h 14 min Peterborough Telegraph Each of the centres is overseen by a nominated person from the place of worship who is then given special training by the police. The centres were created after Cambridgeshire police had contacted faith groups, including Christian and Jewish groups, that …
- What AfD’s victory means for German churches’ influence 14 September 2026 15 h 13 min Anabaptist World The sun was setting over the birthplace of the Protestant Reformation, and polls were set to close in an hour for a high-stakes election in Saxony-Anhalt, when the youth choir paused from singing to take a stand. Standing in front of the tomb of Martin …
- Vatican Latin Mass permissions steady across papal transition 14 September 2026 14 h 58 min EWTN News Thirty-four dioceses received Vatican permission to celebrate the Traditional Latin Mass in parish churches in 2025, matching the 2024 total and remaining broadly consistent with previous years despite the election of a new pope. The United States …
- When Islamism meets identity politics 14 September 2026 14 h 58 min Radicalism of Fools Before examining the interaction between Islamism and what I will call Muslim identitarianism I should emphasise two key points. These are necessary in my view to understand the dynamics of the current situation. First, to assess my argument it is …
- Muslim women urged to remain tolerant, contribute to nation building 14 September 2026 14 h 57 min Ghana News Agency By Christopher Tetteh, GNA Amasaman, (Accra), Sept. 14, GNA – The Women’s Wing of the Islamic Mission Secretariat (IMS) has called on Muslim women to remain tolerant and co-exist peaceably with women with other religious faith and beliefs. Hajia Mariam …
- When God Refuses to Listen to Our Worship 14 September 2026 14 h 36 min News Letter Journal - Wyoming Most churches work hard to make worship sound good. The music is practiced, the sound system is adjusted, and the people are encouraged to sing. Some churches spend a great deal of money creating an atmosphere that feels powerful and moving. But have we …
- 'Predatory' ex-Teesside cleric sexually abused young men 14 September 2026 14 h 35 min The Northern Echo John Grant, 77, of Colney Hatch Lane, Hornsey, north London, was a senior figure in churches across the UK, including Billingham Baptist Church in Stockton. He was sentenced to eight and a half years in prison at Wood Green Crown Court on Monday (September …
- Speaking ‘Obscenely, Derogatorily’ is DMK’s DNA: TN Minister Ramesh 14 September 2026 14 h 32 min Deccan Chronicle Chennai: Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) Minister S Ramesh on Monday said speaking "obscenely and derogatorily" is the core DNA of the opposition DMK and warned of strict legal action against those making …
- At The Hindu’s Made of Chennai photo exhibition, the Madras MBS Choir takes the stage 14 September 2026 14 h 24 min The Hindu On Saturday, the Madras MBS Choir, the oldest surviving Indian choral music group in the country, took their places in two neat rows, in an unlikely location. Their stage for the evening was The Hindu’s Made Of Chennai archival photo exhibition titled ‘ …
- Wahhabism, Sunnism, and the Centralization of Saudi Political Authority 14 September 2026 14 h 02 min Horn Review Saudi Arabia’s recent transformation is frequently presented as a movement away from Wahhabism toward a more moderate form of Sunni Islam. However, this description creates a theological distinction that does not fully exist. Wahhabism developed within …
- BJP worker’s video shows Muslims opposing Ganesh Visarjan 14 September 2026 13 h 46 min The Siasat Daily Mumbai: A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) worker and Mumbai resident released a video showcasing Muslims as a community against Hindu festivals. It shows Manish Bhanushali, dressed in a white ensemble, sporting a long beard and a Marathi topi, telling a …
- Karnataka ‘Anti-Hindu’ face of state govt exposed? BJP leaders detained over Ganesh procession 14 September 2026 13 h 41 min Organiser Weekly MYSURU: Tension prevailed in T Narasipura of Mysuru district after a controversy over remarks allegedly made by police inspector Dhananjay regarding a Ganesh Chaturthi procession escalated into a confrontation between BJP leaders, Hindu activists and the …
- Tamil Nadu: Hindus protest TVK govt restrictions on Vinayaka Chaturthi celebrations in Muslim-dominated areas 14 September 2026 13 h 40 min Organiser Weekly Muslims opposing or objecting to Vinayaka Chaturthi celebrations in parts of Tamil Nadu have triggered anger among Hindu devotees and Hindu Munnani, with several incidents being highlighted on social media. One of the major issues raised this year is from …
- Unpacking the ‘Understanding UK Evangelicals’ report 14 September 2026 13 h 35 min Evangelical Focus The story that we have heard for many years is of Christianity’s decline and faith becoming less relevant to life in modern Britain. While the religious make up of the UK has certainly changed, the decline of Christian belief, and particularly evangelical …