Religion

Why Palestinian Christians can view the archbishop of Canterbury's visit with cautious hope

The people of this land do not need the global church to save them. They need it to stand with them, truthfully and consistently

Pope Leo XIV wants to disarm AI. Its developers want to win the race

Marco Carnelos

Eight Muslim countries denounce Israeli incursions at Al-Aqsa

Why Jordan cannot be stripped of Al-Aqsa custodianship

Mustafa Abu Sway

Abu Hamid al-Ghazali: How one of Islam’s most revered figures still speaks to the modern world

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

Israel's war on Lebanon

Israel’s top Jewish religious body 'refuses to condemn' smashing of Jesus statue

Israel's war on Lebanon

Smashing a figure of Jesus is part of Israel's ongoing erasure of Christians

Fares Abraham

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

Shia pilgrims gather in Karbala despite calls to avoid gatherings over coronavirus

Turkey turns another former Byzantine church into a mosque

In pictures: 2020's coronavirus-hit Eid al-Adha

A Turkish magazine wants the caliphate back. Controversy followed

Turkey Politics

Hagia Sofia: Muslims flock to historic reopening as mosque

Istanbul revels in 'reconquest' of Hagia Sophia during first Friday prayer

Egypt's al-Azhar poised to be stripped of its power

Hagia Sophia: Ataturk and the rich Americans who changed icon's fate

Yildiray Ogur

Hagia Sophia and the fall of military secularism

Soumaya Ghannoushi

Erdogan defends converting Istanbul's Hagia Sophia against criticism

Hagia Sophia: Istanbul shopkeepers more concerned about economic situation

Erdogan signs order to convert Hagia Sophia into a mosque