Religion

Controlled chaos: Terrorism is used as a political tool - opinion

Terrorism isn’t just a security threat; it’s a political tool exploited by actors who profit from instability.

ISIS militants
 ‘I want to suggest an unwritten 11th commandment: To live in the Land of Israel.’

The 11th commandment: Choose it or lose it - opinion

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Israeli community builds world's only mechanical-divide swimming pool

Troy Miller at National Religious Broadcasters (NRB)

NRB convention to spotlight Israel, Iran, antisemitism, and AI


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ChatGPT gave instructions for devil worship, self-harm, and murder - The Atlantic

The chatbot instructed The Atlantic journalists, who were investigating a tip, to carve sigils on their pubic bones and invoke Satan.

A burning pentagram is pictured during the "Misa Negra" (Black Mass), a ritual that has drawn controversy for its associations with black magic and Satanism-related practices, while also becoming a cultural and tourist attraction, in Catemaco, Veracruz state, Mexico, March 7, 2025.

Monks in Thailand dismissed after their darkest secret was revealed

A police operation at Thai temples uncovered a shocking affair when four monks were found positive for hard drugs. The monks admitted to using the illegal substances and claimed unusual reasons.

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Tisha B'av, connection to Jerusalem, proves Jews are not 'settler-colonialists' - opinion

We cannot colonize a land that God promised to Abraham 3,800 years ago. We cannot colonize a land in which Jews have lived for four millennia.

A DEPICTION OF Jews praying and mourn at the Western Wall on Tisha B’Av circa 1880.

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Don’t ban the burka in Denmark - opinion

Burka bans force the withdrawal of Muslim women from public life rather than helping them.

 PRIME MINISTER Mette Frederiksen takes part in a news conference on the occasion of Denmark taking over the EU presidency earlier this month. Niqabs ‘are used as mechanisms of oppression toward girls,’ she argues.

'Messianic’: A slur, or Jewish birthright? - opinion

Throwing the word “messianic” around reduces complex ideas to caricature and avoids the real questions those ideas raise.

 FINANCE MINISTER Bezalel Smotrich, chairman of the Religious Zionist Party, addresses his party’s faction in the Knesset last week. He is dismissed as ‘messianic’ not just for his policies, but also a worldview he represents, says the writer.

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Liturgical vestments and diaconal ministry: Role in the liturgy