Après plus d’un demi-siècle de règne de la famille Assad en Syrie, le pays a connu un tournant majeur le 8 décembre, avec la fuite du président Bachar Al-Assad vers la Russie, marquant la fin de son régime autoritaire. Cette … Continue reading
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Religious Freedom and Extremist Groups in Tajikistan
Article 18 of the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) protects religious freedoms. It asserts that everyone has the “freedom of thought, conscience, and religion,” including the right to “manifest their religious beliefs, practice, and worship, either … Continue reading
Love Jihad Laws in India: Is Religious Plurality at Odds with Matters of the Heart?
When our faith intertwines with the very fabric of the culture, politics, and human connection we design, India emerges as a captivating nexus. In a nation founded on democratic principles, the dance between secularism and religious plurality sets the stage … Continue reading
Buddhism: At the Crossroads between Philosophy and Religion
The growing appeal of Buddhism in the West has had led to an effort to recategorize and reconsider much of this sizeable belief system. But is that even a possibility? Is Buddhism a religion? A philosophy? Or does it stand in its own class: an anomaly that encapsulates over 530 million people?