Religion

Tunisia: Ghriba Jewish pilgrimage sees increased turnout after years of restrictions

Religious event on the island of Djerba once attracted thousands of Jews from around the world but faced restrictions after a 2023 gun attack on worshippers

Swift backlash from loyalists and adversaries after Trump depicts himself as Christ

In Algeria, Pope to pay homage to forgotten home of Christian icon St Augustine

Israeli violence threatens Christians’ future in Jerusalem, report warns

Israel’s closure of the Holy Sepulchre is proof that no faith is safe from occupation

Ismail Patel

Amid holy war on Iran, will the West examine the roots of Christian and Jewish rage?

Mohamad Elmasry

Iran's Jews feeling fear and heartbreak as US-Israeli strikes rain down

Israelis celebrate Purim with biblical comparisons as Iran war spirals

Saudi Arabia starts Ramadan on Wednesday, but many others to begin a day later

Why do evangelical Protestants hate Palestinians?

Joseph Massad

Islam is world’s fastest-growing religion, new Pew study finds

Eid al-Adha 2025: When is it and everything else you need to know

Pope Francis stood with the marginalised against a world built on domination

Marco Carnelos

Pope Francis defied western silence on Gaza, but Vatican complicity endures

Joseph Massad

Pope Francis was the leader Palestinian Christians needed

Susan Muaddi Darraj

Who was Ibn Arabi? The medieval Sufi master of Damascus

Alleged coup mastermind and Erdogan nemesis, Fethullah Gulen dies at 83

How western lies about the 'Sunni-Shia divide' have set the region ablaze

Hatem Bazian

Why Syria will always be the heartland of Eastern Christianity

Kamal Alam