East African city-states (Kilwa, Mombasa, Zanzibar) developed thriving maritime trade across the Indian Ocean from the 7th century onward. These city-states featured cosmopolitan cultures blending ...

In the 12th century, the archipelago was conquered by the Arabs, who established the Sultanate of Kilwa in the east of the Black Continent ... on the islands (not counting Mayotte). The official ...

It is that Barack Obama describes this choice of religious faith as the way in which his half-brother ... and after taking control of Kilwa [half way down the coast to present-day Mozambique] in the ...

The court, which has been receptive to claims from religious groups, particularly Christian ones, will hear three major cases in the coming weeks. By Adam Liptak Reporting from Washington It has ...

One of the alums, in his late 40s then, came to us and professed the benefits of religion and spirituality to us. We were 25 then and thought that the man had lost his senses. We wished him well.

Throughout this report, religious switching refers to a change between the religious group in which a person says they were raised (during their childhood) and their religious identity now (in ...

(RNS) — The religious freedom watchdog urged the new Trump administration to appoint a new ambassador-at-large to address religious restrictions and persecution around the world. (RNS ...

On March 25, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) held a launch event for its annual report. The event, held in a Senate office building on Capitol Hill, featured 10 current ...

Like most states, Wisconsin’s unemployment benefits law also contains an exemption for church-run nonprofits that are “operated primarily for religious purposes.” The state’s supreme court ...

And our commitment to religious freedom must be unshakeable. The principle that people of all faiths are welcome in this country and that they will not be treated differently by their government ...