Islam is the second largest religion in the world. It also remains the fastest-growing in terms of the number of membership and geographical scope. The […]
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Study: The Case of Virgin Births in the United States
Virgin births are best reserved for religious and cultural narratives. But there appears to be cases of similar miraculous births transpiring in modernity. Several women […]
Praise the Lard: The United Church of Bacon
Do not be fooled by its unserious name. The United Church of Bacon, a church based in Las Vegas named after the beloved breakfast food, […]
Corruption in the Philippines: Historical and Sociocultural Origins
In his journal article published in 2007 in the Philippine Review of Economics, economist Robert H. Nelson argued that the corruption in the Philippines is […]
Why Did Adolf Hitler Hate the Jews?
The persecution of the Jewish people in Europe during the Second World War was one of the most infamous and well-documented atrocities of Adolf Hitler. […]
Origins and Causes of Antisemitism
The term anti-Semitism or antisemitism was first introduced and used in Germany during the 1870s to describe the discrimination and aggression toward Jews living in […]
Origins of Israelites: Who Were They and Where Did They Come From
The Israelites are the pivotal characters in the Torah of the Hebrew Bible and the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. The biblical experiences of […]
Tracing the Origins of Israelis
Israelis are the citizens and nationals of the State of Israel. The Israeli people do not represent a single ethnic group. They also do not […]
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Explained: Origin and Causes
Israel and Palestine have been in political and military conflict since the start of the mid-20th century due to territorial claims and their respective assertion […]
Causes of the Iranian Protests Explained
What started as a localized public demonstration in Khuzestan Province in July 2021 turned into a widespread protest that swept across Iran, intensified further in […]