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Global Plus: Breaking barriers, increasing understanding, one joke at a time
Lina Molokotos-Liederman, a researcher in sociology of religion in London, writes about the many connections between humor and religion. All of us feel…
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IARJ@Work: IARJ board member advises on challenges in coverage of migration at European interreligious conference
IARJ European board member María-Paz López takes us inside a conference exploring the role journalists can play in…
Global Plus: Hindu nationalists use sacred animal to maintain power, demonize minorities
A Global Plus report on the use of cows as religious symbols by Hindu extremists to pursue their nationalist cause, sometimes with violence as a…
Religious freedom and civility are at heart of struggle for democracy in Asia
In this news-analysis, IARJ co-founder David Briggs explores the crucial issue of Islam and democracy—the global debate over whether these two traditions, one…
IARJAsia: Indonesian journalism conference highlighted ideas, peers, way forward
Our Indonesian conference beautifully accomplished one of the key goals of our organization, which is to work with global peers to raise awareness of the…
IARJ@Work: 2018 Fellows Describe Hopes for Interreligious Dialogue
IARJ member Bhavya Srivastava, a journalist from India, is a 2018 KAICIID Fellow. He writes about the hopes for peacemaking among his colleagues in a recent training…
IARJ@Work: Top IARJ journalists share reporting ideas in international seminar
Two of IARJ's most active members, Executive Director Endy Bayuni from Indonesia and Waqar Gillani from Pakistan, met with journalists from the tiny Asian nation…
IARJAsia: Video of IARJ leaders talking about our Asia conference
Here is a six-minute video of IARJ conference participants from 15 countries visiting one of Indonesia's distinctive Muslim boarding schools on the final day of our 2017…
IARJAsia: Conference concludes with visit to one of Indonesia’s distinctive Muslim boarding schools
IARJ Chair Douglas Todd reports on a visit to one of Indonesia's distinctive Muslim boarding schools by participants at the IARJ's 2017…
IARJAsia: Getting Religion Right—the challenges of covering minority religions
IARJ member and contributing writer Rachel Kohn, an Australian journalist, reports on a fascinating panel featuring representatives of minority religious…