Today’s special edition focuses solely on religion: How it can contribute to overcoming societal challenges and how people transform beliefs and traditions.
Program in South Sudan connects faith multiple faith groups for humanitarian projects
Before the pilot program, many projects were limited for people of a particular faith, but now stronger humanitarian partnerships are overcoming these ideological differences.
Lebanese influencers join forces to fight hate speech and de-escalate
20 social media influencers from different backgrounds use their outreach to overcome political tensions as well as sectarian differences amongst their followers, on- and offline.
State financed imam training starts for the first time in Germany
The classes are taught entirely in German, providing a European perspective to imams who long to discuss their religion in the language they have spoken all their lives.
A quiet revolution: the female imams taking over an LA mosque
While many have misinterpreted a hadith to mean women can’t enter a mosque, these women are covering progressive topics like sexual violence, abortion, pregnancy loss, domestic violence in their sermons.
Black churches are becoming healthcare hubs in the US
With the overwhelming success of the recent COVID-19 vaccine drive, Black community churches are opening their doors to improve access to other forms of treatment – like flu shots.
San Diego’s Black Muslims are helping current and former detainees access the ballot
Pillars of the Community, led by Black Muslims, hires incarcerated individuals to register new voters and carry out civic education while in confinement.
Kenya’s religious leaders advocate for LGBTQ rights
In the country where homosexuality is still forbidden by law, PEMA Kenya brings together religious leaders and LGBTQ people to hear their stories of being marginalised.
Pope Francis has told a group of parents that God and the church loves and accepts their LGBTQ+ children
By announcing that “the church loves your children as they are because they are children of God”, there is hope for more acceptance of LGBTQ+ communities.
Mixed-religion football teams building social cohesion in post-war Iraq
A new study has shown the value of inter-religious mixing over football between Christian and Muslim communities. The study shows the benefit of meaningful social contact in a post-conflict setting – tackling distrust and prejudice.
