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4 days ago · In a 1984 resolution, the SBC affirmed its commitment to free speech, free exercise of religion, and opposition to the establishment of religion. It advocated for the Equal Access Act before Congress, stating that a student-led and sponsored group should not be excluded from access to public school facilities on the basis of religious speech or ...
3 days ago · Given the current deep divide in America on everything—politics, economics, race and human rights—and everywhere—urban/rural, coastal/heartland, and the widespread lack of tolerance for ...
2 days ago · t. e. Muslims praying at the Jama Masjid in India, a majority- Hindu country. Freedom of religion or religious liberty is a principle that supports the freedom of an individual or community, in public or private, to manifest religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship, and observance. It also includes the right not to profess any religion ...
3 days ago · What is fatwa? Fatwa (legal edict): is the clarification of Islamic law (legal rulings of God). A fatwa is usually made by a mufti based on evidence (God’s ruling) and in response to a question made by a person (an inquirer) on issues of personal or general concern. A fatwa encompasses every aspect of life, such as creed, acts of worship ...
4 days ago · Islam, major world religion promulgated by the Prophet Muhammad in Arabia in the 7th century ce. The Arabic term islām, literally “surrender,” illuminates the fundamental religious idea of Islam—that the believer (called a Muslim, from the active particle of islām) accepts surrender to the will of Allah (in Arabic, Allāh: God).
15 hours ago · From top to bottom: the star and crescent (Islam), the cross (Christianity), and the Star of David (Judaism) are the symbols commonly used to represent the three largest Abrahamic religions. The term Abrahamic religion groups three of the major religions (Judaism, Christianity, and Islam) together due to their historical coexistence and competition; it refers to Abraham, a figure mentioned in ...
5 days ago · While insiders grasped the symbolism of this interfaith affirmation, the news at this pandemic-delayed gathering focused, as expected, on biblical authority and sexuality. This General Conference urgently moved to modernize many UMC doctrines and laws after the exit of 7,659 congregations in America’s biggest church split since the Civil War.
