A fabled Iranian TV spy thriller has resurfaced again, attracting the wrath of government officials and complaints from viewers.
Religion and Democracy articles on Democracy Chronicles
These articles on Religion and Democracy concern the relationship with the world's many organized collections of beliefs, cultural systems, and worldviews that relate humanity to the supernatural and spirituality. This section also includes our articles about how the relationship between secularism and atheism with democracy. Also check out our section on World Democracy.
Islamist-Arab Party Might Determine Who Governs Israel
Israel is currently in an electoral process. But the system in place could cause an Islamist-Arab party to determine who governs.
Impact Of Ranked Voting On NYC’s Orthodox Jewish Voting Bloc
Jews have been a deciding factor in New York mayoral elections. It will be interesting to see how ranked-voting affects this situation.
Criminal Conviction Of Saudi Women’s Rights Defender Upheld in Court
Loujain al-Hathloul is a human rights lawyer who should be respected for her nonviolent advocacy in Saudi Arabia, not labelled terrorist.
Georgia Republicans Take Aim at Role of Black Churches in Elections
Georgia Republicans are proposing new weekend voting limits, which could greatly limit political participation of black churches.
Faith Leaders Driven To Protect American Democracy
New report sheds light on aspirations of faith leaders as they consider values underpinning the faith community’s support of democracy.
The Right That Vanished from Algeria’s Constitution
Algeria’s constitution of November 2020 shows that authorities abolished freedom of belief, a constitutional fixture since independence.
Priest Ousted After Exorcisms Aimed at Overturning Election
Livestreamed exorcisms aimed at rooting out what he falsely claimed was widespread fraud in the Nov. 3 presidential election.
On The Dynamics of Abortion. And Argentina.
There’s big news from Argentina lately. By a fair margin abortion was finally legalized there last month after decades of grassroots activism.
Rohingya Arrested in Myanmar Just for Traveling
Myanmar continues to oppress the Rohingya Muslim, arresting members of the group just for traveling on grounds of COVID-19 restrictions.