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Police officers lay down floral tributes handed to them by members of the public at the scene of a terror attack in Woolwich, southeast London.

Midday Roundup: British security services knew knife-wielding attackers

Newsworthy | Terror in London. British security and intelligence forces acknowledged today they knew about the two men accused of attacking and killing a British soldier in broad daylight yesterday. The men, both though to be of…

Tamerlan Tsarnaev

Midday Roundup: Boston bombing investigation targets terror groups

Newsworthy |  Radical links? A former Chechnyan separatist who is now a refugee in the United States has become a key focus in the Boston Marathon bombing…

Mehnaz Afridi

Muslim Journeys: Let’s talk about it … again

Islam |  Mehnaz Afridi, professor of religious studies at Manhattan College in New York, is one of the many librarians and humanities council directors preparing to…

Stacking library shelves
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Stacking library shelves

Islam |  How Washington is pushing Islamic propaganda into local communities. Where’s the ACLU when we need it?

FAILURE TO COMPLY: Saint Sebastian, who was ordered killed by the Roman emperor Diocletian.

Persecution myth?

Religion |  A new book claims Christian martyrdom was fabricated, but the present sheds light on the past

The NEH's list of books and recipient libraries

The NEH's list of books and recipient libraries

Islam |  Tomorrow WORLD will publish a story about the National Endowment for the Humanities promotion of Islam. During the past three days we’ve posted lists of…

A crucifix hangs from a tree at the site of the second Boston Marathon bombing, one month after the bombing in Boston, Wednesday, May 15, 2013.

Midday Roundup: Boston bombs ‘payback’ for Americans killing Muslims

Newsworthy |  Payback. Suspected Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev left a message for authorities in the boat where he thought he would spend his last hours on earth: He and…

The Muslim Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem as seen with the silhouette of a cross in the window of the Dominus Flevit church on the Mount of Olives.

More books to read about Islam

Islam |  On Friday, WORLD will publish an article showing how the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is using taxpayer funds to send books promoting Islam to…

A Saudi woman attends a traditional Arda dance, or War dance, during the Janadriyah Festival of Heritage and Culture.

Saudi Christian convert’s helpers beaten and jailed

Religious Liberty |  Saudi Arabian officials have sentenced two men to flogging and prison for helping a women convert to Christianity and escape the country. The uproar started…

More good reading on Islam

More good reading on Islam

Islam |  Alvin Schmidt, a retired Illinois College professor, has written How Christianity Changed the World (Zondervan, 2004), a terrific history, and The American

Good reading on Islam

Good reading on Islam

Islam |  On Friday, WORLD Magazine will publish an article detailing how the National Endowment for the Humanities is using taxpayer funds to promote Islam in the…

Pakistani soldiers patrol during elections in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Saturday.

Democracy without liberty is tyranny

Pakistan |  Pakistan’s election today reminds me that the United States made a big mistake in Iraq and Afghanistan by pushing democracy rather than liberty. As the…

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