The assignment on world religions that was handed out to students at Riverheads High School in rural Virginia seemed pretty simple, on its face. A teacher's printout explained why calligraphy was ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

For four years historic Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Syracuse, New York, stood empty – the victim of changing demographics and declining enrollment. In 2014, the church was sold to a Muslim group ...

Radical Islam has declared war on our nation, as well as Israel. That wasn’t covered. In the name of “jihad,” thousands of Americans have died, not to mention all of the thousands in their own ...

Small groups of teachers recently gathered, first in Los Angeles, then in Orange County, for workshops on topics such as Arabic music, the role of women in Islam and Islamophobia. The goal was to ...

The teaching of Islam has been limited to its religious practice. Its impact on the arts and culture, particularly in the United States, is seldom discussed. There has been much misinformation about ...

In recent weeks, fights have erupted in Georgia and Tennessee over how Islam is taught in public schools. Charges of “Islamic indoctrination” are countered by charges of “anti-Muslim bigotry” as ...

A few months ago, Azfar Quddus’ 12-year-old son came home from his Ventura County school with a handout from his teacher. “It had really horrible things written on it,” Quddus says. Some of the ...

Where's the line between teaching and preaching religion in school? It's a question that school districts are still litigating, like in a recent battle in a Texas middle school over whether or not a ...