Religion

Data privacy advocates fear a testing ground for mass religious surveillance.

Techniques honed in Xinjiang are being normalized against new targets.

It’s not easy to play identity politics with a religion ineradicably divided by caste.

With election results expected next week, the Indian prime minister is doubling down on anti-Muslim language.

Religions aren’t just spiritual communities. They’re also businesses.

Narendra Modi’s reign is producing a less liberal but more assured nation.

His critique of capitalism has incensed some church conservatives.

The Patriarchate of Moscow is trying to steal Orthodox believers to weaken Ukraine.

Why the Middle East conflict has been getting increasingly brutal—and increasingly hard to solve.

To some, Modi’s new temple embodies the revival of a Hindu golden age. To others, it symbolizes the waning of a pluralist nation.

Indifference to Palestinian suffering in Gaza is alienating moderates across the Islamic world and tarnishing the appeal of liberal democratic values.

Banning groups such as Hizb ut-Tahrir is not the answer.

An Indian state approved a bill that religious minorities say amounts to interference. National implementation could be next.

How a small town in an electorally significant state captured India’s imagination.

The massive publicity around the consecration of a temple to the Hindu warrior-king Rama further consolidates the Indian prime minister’s political dominance.