Anti-Semitism incidents resurge in the US
Editor’s note: This story pairs with “BYU students of other faiths learn tolerance through marginalization” and “My experience being Jewish in America today.” Hundreds of members and allies of Salt...
View ArticleMama Dragons empowers mothers of LGBT children
Meg Abhau said she isn’t a mama bear, but a mama dragon. This saying touched Jill Rowe, a fellow parent of an LGBT child. Later, when the two and a small group of friends decided to start a Facebook...
View ArticleUnity Gospel Choir brings faiths together in Christmas celebration
About 4,000 audience members were in the UCCU Center on Nov. 30 shouting praises and singing along with Loren Allred, best known as the voice behind Jenny Lind on “The Greatest Showman” and a 2012...
View ArticleNew rabbi brings energy to Salt Lake Jewish congregation
Silhouettes of dozens of college students preparing for Shabbat services filled the area as the sun set over the Congregation Kol Ami gardens in late August. Despite the event’s proximity to the...
View ArticlePope meets with Mormon leadership in Rome to dedicate temple
Pope Francis on Saturday met with the leadership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the first-such meeting of its kind, on the eve of the dedication of the church’s huge new temple in...
View ArticleStories of the victims of the New Zealand mosque attack
Fifty people were killed in a terror attack at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, on Friday. Some information on the victims who were lost: HUSNA AHMED Farid Ahmed refuses to turn his back on...
View ArticleNew Zealand leader vows to deny notoriety to mosque gunman
He took away New Zealand’s innocence, along with 50 precious lives. And in exchange, the country’s prime minister vowed to take away the one thing the gunman so clearly craves: fame. In a passionate...
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BYU law students connect through interfaith outreach
It started with a text on March 16: “You and I are taking flowers to the Al Sahaba Mosque today if Farah says it’s appropriate.” The text, sent from BYU law student Camille Bailey Aagard to her...
View ArticleUtah Valley Interfaith Association hosting National Day of Prayer
The Utah Valley Interfaith Association will host its annual National Day of Prayer on May 2, according to a press release. The event stems from the larger National Day of Prayer organization. The local...
View ArticlePrimary general president offers prayer at White House
Sister Joy D. Jones, Primary general president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, gave a prayer at the National Day of Prayer celebration at the White House on Thursday morning. Church...
View ArticleSpeakers explain unity, awareness are essential to religious freedom
Keynote speakers at the Religious Freedom Annual Review encouraged unity and awareness as solutions to fighting for religious freedom. The conference’s theme this year focuses on the rising generation....
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Education Week: Speaker encourages Latter-day Saints to learn from other...
BYU professor Alonzo Gaskill speaks at Education Week about the importance of making room for holy envy. (Addie Blacker) BYU Church history and doctrine professor Alonzo Gaskill said every religion...
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Education Week: Brad Wilcox discusses the role of Church members in the...
BYU professor Brad Wilcox discusses the gathering of Israel in a BYU Education Week session on Thursday. (Addie Blacker) BYU religion professor Brad Wilcox spoke in an Education Week session on...
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Education Week: Challenges to religious freedom and what can be done
Elizabeth A. Clark, associate director for the International Center for Law and Religion Studies, and Matthew K. Richards, a Salt Lake lawyer, discussed the challenges facing religious freedom during...
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Habitat for Humanity’s International Day of Prayer and Action inspires...
A group of volunteers pose for a photo while working at a Habitat for Humanity Work Site. (Habitat for Humanity) Habitat for Humanity builds homes, but this weekend they’re also building faith by...
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Habitat for Humanity event sparks interfaith interactions
People from various religions across Utah County filled the Provo Seventh-day Adventist Church on Sunday, Sept. 15 for Habitat For Humanity’s International Day of Prayer and Action. For many of the...
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India Fest strives to help visitors learn more about Indian culture
BYU students Lauren Crowley and Kirsten Van Dam walked by llama pens at the 35th annual India Fest as “dub-mantra” music played in the background and hundreds of visitors roamed the Sri Sri Radha...
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International journalists and researchers discuss challenges of religious...
Uday Basu, left, Indeewari Amuwatte, middle, and Roger Finke, right, answer questions at a panel on understanding religious biases in reporting organized by the International Association of Religion...
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BYU student and evangelical pastor debate nature of God
Kwaku El and Jeremy Howard debate the physical nature of the Christian God at Payson Bible Church Friday, Nov. 8. (Karina Andrew) Latter-day Saint BYU student Kwaku El and Evangelical Pastor Jeremy...
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Madeline Almeida Wanlass comes to BYU for tennis, finds love, new faith
Madeline Almeida Wanlass plays for BYU women’s tennis and was baptized into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and married in 2019. (BYU photo) Madeline Almeida Wanlass is a current...
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