IN the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. The Qur’an says, “Rally to Allah in repentance, O faithful, so that you may be felicitous.” (Qur’an – 24:31) Islam stresses that in order to gain ...

It is fascinating to see the way that careless readings of well-known texts keep resurfacing in different contexts. One of ...

Rather than embrace ongoing, lifelong conversion in faith and knowledge, some politicians and religious leaders choose to ...

will be liable to judgment, and whoever says to his brother, Raqa, will be answerable to the Sanhedrin, and whoever says, ‘You fool,’ will be liable to fiery Gehenna.” (Mt 5:21-22) If you are angry ...

Paul Prather: President, janitor, clergy, heretic, Christian, Jew, Muslim, atheist —if you’ve got a brain, much less a soul, you ought to repent for your own good and the good of those around you.

Today is Tu Bishvat, the Jewish “New Year of the Trees.” Originally a quasi-economic date, used to calculate the ages of fruit trees (and thus their suitability for tithing), the day was turned by ...

In this 2016 file photo, Catholics in Detroit participate in a "Take Back the Night" prayer vigil as part of an effort to draw attention to increasing violence in the city. On June 18, Detroit ...

The 40 days of this year's Lenten season started this past week, on Ash Wednesday, as Christian faithful all over the world began the spiritual commemoration of the 40 days that Jesus spent in the ...