In Uganda, LGBT people are beaten, raped, evicted and dismissed from their jobs because of their sexual identity or orientation, said the Rev. Anthony Musaala during a speaking engagement. Even associating with or advocating for LGBT people may invite discrimination, he said.
Taboom Founding Director Brian Pellot’s opening remarks to the International Interfaith Conference in Pristina, Kosovo, May 28-30, 2015.
Sandra Lawson was a personal trainer and religious about nothing but fitness. Now she’s religious about Judaism.
On April 16, 2015, we joined the British Council, Religion News Foundation, the Missouri School of Journalism’s Center on Religion and the Professions, Lancaster University (UK), and the Religious Freedom Center of the Newseum Institute for a panel on the role of religious freedom in foreign policy at the Newseum in Washington, DC.
A 2013 documentary is getting new life as a tool to open a dialogue on the African-American church and LGBT rights at historically black colleges and universities.
NAIROBI, Kenya — The nation’s highest court ruled that refusing to register a gay rights organization infringed on the constitutional rights of free association for LGBT Kenyans.
MAWLAMYINE, Myanmar — Even though these elaborate cremation ceremonies are financed through voluntary donations rather than taxes, some residents are concerned that the money is spent inefficiently.
YANGON, Myanmar — Buddhists and Muslims in the central city of Meiktila were separated along faith lines after interreligious violence destroyed roughly 800 homes in 2013. Some remain skeptical about the neighbors’ prospects for peace.
YANGON, Myanmar — The persecuted Rohingya Muslim minority has attracted the most international attention, but in Chin State, a predominantly Christian population faces its own challenges and restrictions.
MANDALAY, Myanmar — Neighbors say the noisy atmosphere detracts from the festivals’ religious origins — and the country’s quiet Buddhist getaway image.
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