Jakarta's Christian Governor Sentenced To 2 Years For Blasphemy
The Indonesian court's decision has cheered Muslim conservatives and crushed the hopes of advocates of a more pluralistic and tolerant path for their nation.
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A Love Affair With Dates, The Fruit At The Cultural Heart Of Oman
In this country at the tip of the Arabian Peninsula, the nutrition-packed palm-tree treat is essential to tradition, sustenance and the economy — and has been for hundreds of years.
Openly Gay Bishop At Center Of Controversy In United Methodist Church
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to Bishop Karen Oliveto, the first openly-LGBT bishop in the United Methodist Church, about the controversy over her sexuality.
North Carolina Reverend Says Trump's Executive Order Is About 'Religious Bigotry'
Reverend William Barber II, President of the North Carolina NAACP talks about his perspective on what President Trump's executive order on religious freedom means for communities of faith in the U.S.
I Am Not Your Muslim
An "identity matrix" is a trap that presents itself as the answer to broad-brush generalizations about Muslims as terrorists or radicals, but actually ends up being similarly simplistic.
This Week In Race: Movies, Memoirs And Fans Who Didn't Hit It Out Of The Park
Sometimes, the arc of the moral universe does bend toward justice. Even if it takes time, as was the case in South Carolina involving a white police officer and an unarmed black man.
Annotated: Trump's Executive Order On Religious Liberty
The executive order has drawn concern from some for not going far enough. Here's what we know.
Leaders Criticize President Trump's Executive Order On Religious Liberty
NPR's Kelly McEvers talks to Charles Haynes, director of the Religious Freedom Center at the Newseum, about the president's executive order on religious liberty.
Trump Issues Executive Order Designed To Protect Religious Freedom
President Trump used the National Day of Prayer to promote his administration's commitment to religious freedom. Conservatives wish his executive order would go further in protecting the claims of Christian institutions.
Trump Order Would Relax Restrictions On Political Activity By Religious Groups
The executive order will, in the words of the White House, "promote free speech and religious liberty." Steve Inskeep talks to NPR's Tom Gjelten and Greg Baylor with the Alliance Defending Freedom.