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Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro receives a blessing during a music festival organized by a local evangelic radio station on July 2, in Rio de Janeiro.

Behind in polls, Brazil's Bolsonaro hopes evangelicals will carry him to reelection

7:48am August 25, 2022

by John Otis

Jair Bolsonaro is relying on support from the country's quickly growing evangelical community to pull off an upset against former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in October.

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The book 'Haven' is a monastic retreat to an island inhabited only by men and birds

4:44pm August 24, 2022

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Emma Donoghue about her new book, Haven. In it, three Irish monks in the Middle Ages choose to live a life of isolation on a rocky island.

Members of the All India Muslim Students Federation protest at Delhi University against the hijab ban in educational institutions, on Feb. 8 in New Delhi, India.

As India turns 75, Muslim girls are suing to wear the hijab — and protect secularism

3:52pm August 24, 2022

by Lauren Frayer

When her high school banned the hijab, Ayesha Shifa sued. Her case went to India's Supreme Court. A verdict, expected soon, could redefine what secularism means in the world's largest democracy.

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Evangelical Christian churches gain ground in majority Catholic Brazil

5:25am August 22, 2022

by John Otis

Brazil is the world's largest Catholic country. But evangelical Christian churches are popping up everywhere, even in the jungle, and now about one-third of Brazil's population is evangelical.

Anne Frank's Diary: The Graphic Adaptation is one of more than 40 books being challenged in the Keller Independent School District.

The Bible is among dozens of books removed from this Texas school district

10:26pm August 18, 2022

by Wynne Davis

The books under review were previously challenged and placed back on shelves, but now the Keller Independent School District wants them to undergo another review with new criteria.

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The DOJ is investigating Southern Baptists for mishandling sex abuse allegations

10:10am August 14, 2022

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Houston Chronicle reporter Robert Downen about the federal investigation of the Southern Baptist Convention.

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Author Salman Rushdie at the Blue Sofa at the 2017 Frankfurt Book Fair in Germany.

Why Salman Rushdie's work sparked decades of controversy

6:13pm August 13, 2022

by Juliana Kim

Indian-born British author Salman Rushdie was brutally attacked this week. He has been the subject of death threats since his book The Satanic Verses was published in 1988.

A cross and Bible sculpture stand outside the Southern Baptist Convention headquarters in Nashville, Tenn., on May 24. The Executive Committee of the Southern Baptist Convention says that several of the denomination's major entities are under investigatio

The DOJ is investigating Southern Baptists following sexual abuse crisis

11:02am August 13, 2022

by The Associated Press

Leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention, which has faced widespread sexual abuse problems, said several of the denomination's major entities are under investigation by the Department of Justice.

Friends Nasir Dhillon (left) and Papinder Singh run a YouTube channel, Punjabi Lehar, that tries to heal the wounds of Partition through reuniting loved ones separated when British-ruled India was divided into two countries, India and Pakistan, 75 years a

YouTube videos are helping reunite loved ones separated by the India-Pakistan border

4:55pm August 12, 2022

Two Pakistani friends make videos in which those who lived through India's 1947 Partition describe loved ones they lost at the time. With viewers' help, siblings and others are reunited after decades.

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A Sunni Muslim is held in connection with the killings of Shia men in New Mexico

6:29am August 12, 2022

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with leaders of New York University's Muslim community about Shia and Sunni responses to the killings of Muslim men in Albuquerque, N.M.

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