During WWII, Albania defied the Nazis, sheltering Jews and preserving its tradition of hospitality. Discover how this ...

When Jews are excluded from a right every other significant ethnic or religious minority has, and when we’re talking about ...

The State Department has resettled some 200,000 Afghans in the U.S., but whistleblowers point to corruption and lax security ...

Daniel Kochis testifies before the House Foreign Affairs Europe Subcommittee on reviewing and reforming for the State Department.

Indian Muslims for Secular Democracy (IMSD) condemns civilian massacres in Syria by Islamist forces targeting Alawites, Christians, and Shias. IMSD ca ...

Material grievances—especially high youth unemployment—are a far greater breeding ground for extremism than religious or ...

The recent trends of religious conversion have not rattled Kosovo’s politicians. Kosovo has been long seeking membership into the European Union, selling itself to the world as a multi-ethnic and ...

Albania’s Orthodox Church has elected Joan Pelushi as its new leader following the death in January of Archbishop Anastasios, who had revived the church after the fall of communism in 1990.

A massive fire in a nightclub in North Macedonia’s eastern town of Kocani has killed 59 people and injured more than 150 ...

Figures may not sum to 100% due to rounding. Explore charts about: Explore charts about: Search by region, state, or metro area Recommended citation: Pew Research Center. 2025. “2023-24 U.S. Religious ...

What’s the line between a religion and a cult? It involves money, no doubt. And control over who you can see and what you can say. And a narcissistic leader too. But the line still can get fuzzy ...