Questions tagged [religion]
Questions about religious influences on politics or political influences on religion. Consider using with religion-specific tags, including [islam], [judaism] or [christianity] where appropriate.
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What clothing is included in Tajikstan's recent sumptuary law?
The government of Tajikistan recently passed a law imposing restrictions on the types of clothing that are legal within the country.
This law has generally been described as a "hijab ban," ...
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Which democratic countries / states don't recognise Israel de facto or de jure (the Economist democracy Index)?
Re the right of Israel to exist as a Jewish nation, what are the countries that deny Israel either de facto or de jure and are democracies, defined by being at least 6.00+ on the economist democracy ...
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Religiously affiliated colleges receiving state (gov) funding
Is this a violation of the separation of church and state? For what kind of aid?
I was surprised to read that MacDaniel College was forced to remove crosses and disaffiliate itself from the Methodist ...
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Why do a majority of White Evangelicals not support a pathway to citizenship for undocumented migrants?
In a survey released on Thursday, PRRI found that, while overall
support for a pathway to citizenship has remained virtually unchanged
between 2013 and 2021 (63% to 62%), some faith groups have ...
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Why does a religious holiday increase the risk of military conflict?
Many sources claim that the Muslim holiday of Ramadan might be a point of escalation of the war in the Middle East. For example, this WSJ article) says
The risk of the conflict spreading during ...
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What prompts dictatorships to often target and oppress religions?
The commission also voiced alarm over regulations on religious
practice in the Muslim-majority country under President Ilham Aliyev,
including a requirement that all religious groups be registered and
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How did Iowa go from being a "blue" to "red" state?
In 1988, Democrat Michael Dukakis won Iowa 55-45, a margin second only to Rhode Island, despite losing the general election 46-54. As late as 2008 and 2012, Barrack Obama won the state. Yet Iowa went ...
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Is systematic discrimination based on religion considered apartheid?
The crime of apartheid is defined as "an institutionalized regime of systematic oppression and domination by one racial group over any other racial group or groups and committed with the ...
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How are different religions correlated to progressives?
Are there some data or studies on the religious statuses of progressive politicians (social democrats, democratic socialists, Green party members, ...) in US? For example, I heard that Bernie Sanders ...
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Are there any countries with restrictions on the usage of religious names in certain contexts? [closed]
An example of such context(s) would be usage of religious names in computer/mobile apps or in dictionaries.
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Is there any contingent of Muslims who support the right to burn the Quran?
Is there any political group of Muslims who advocate the right to do things like burn the Quran, ie, because they believe in free speech, or that non-Muslims are not bound to the religious ...
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Do any democracies with strong freedom of expression have laws against religious desecration?
Sweden is considering law change to stop public Koran burnings, Aftonbladet reports | Reuters
An Iraqi immigrant to Sweden burned the Koran outside a Stockholm mosque last week, causing outrage in ...
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What stereotypes are true when it comes to religion, genders, race, military, and the government? [closed]
Provide accurate information of evidence along with the stereotype that is true base on one or more of the subjects that I listed above.
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Is there a relation between religion and crime rates? [closed]
Each main religion should be listed along with the percantange of their crime rates within the continents of Europe, North America, Asia, and Africa. I'm not asking to merge the continents into crime ...
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UK allegiance oath - Is there a secular alternative?
It has been proposed that at the Coronation, the "general public" will be "invited" to swear an oath which takes the form "I swear that I will pay true allegiance to your ...
