In most of the world, countries with religious populations are more likely to have governments that support religion through ...

Analysis - "There is no time for imagination, religious or otherwise. We need to act now!" an irritated scientist told me during a workshop on climate change and religion in 2024. Contrary to the tone ...

and laws based on religious values. Not so in sub-Saharan Africa. In a recently published research paper, David Jeffery-Schwikkard, who studies secularism, argues that sub-Saharan African ...

While many factors influenced the outcome, the repetitive voting underscored a deeply divided continent. Notably, a bloc of ...

The recent murder of openly gay Imam Muhsin Hendricks has sparked a heated debate surrounding religious intolerance and ...

Homosexuality is forbidden in the Islamic religion. South Africa's Justice Ministry said it was investigating claims that Hendricks was the target of an assassination. Hendricks was known ...

Muhsin Hendricks was ambushed by two men in a pick-up truck while visiting the southern city of Gqeberha on Saturday. Police ...