Religion

North Carolina girl, 17, who live-streamed fatal attack on California mosque, charged with murder

Sarah Lindsey Santiago was charged on Aug 31 with the murder of three men in a mosque in San Diego.

From prayer to care: Pilot scheme turns places of worship into ‘third spaces’ for seniors

(From left): Hamidah Wan, 57; Ramlah Rasul, 71; and Allkin’s senior social worker Suriani Umar, 41, at Masjid Al-Muttaqin on Aug 26.

AI is changing religion and religions are trying to change AI

Religious institutions and firms are scrambling to influence how AI is being developed and used to spread the faith.

Pilgrims seeking peace caught in deadly Nepal-Tibet floods

An area along the Trishuli River, near where buildings and bridges were swept away following flash floods and a mudslide, in Syapru Besi, Nepal.

Two pastors fined $920 each for disrupting South Korean flight with loud preaching

The pastors ignored repeated complaints and objections from crew and passengers, and the disturbance continued for about 13 minutes.

Families of detained Chinese Christians cling to faith in legal limbo

Ren Zhong shows a picture of his detained wife Wang Cong, a pastor at Zion Church, during an interview at his house in Beihai on July 29.

Texas seeks federal probe of airport washing facilities, Muslim group denounces move

The Texas Governor referred Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport and George Bush Intercontinental Airport to the federal authority and threatened to revoke their state funding.

Swiss tourist sentenced to prison after violating ‘Day of Silence’ in Bali

Photo of 26-year-old Swiss national Luzian Andrin Zgraggen, his face covered by a red cloth, being escorted from a courtroom in Denpasar, Bali on Aug 20.

Friday sermons at Singapore mosques temporarily shortened because of hot weather, haze

Instead of the usual six to seven pages for the first sermon, it will be under four pages for now, said MUIS in a social media post that day.

Singaporean man gets 14 days’ jail, fined $2.2k for insulting Islam in JB

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