Religion

‘Sad and so unfair’: Palestinian Americans celebrate a painful Eid

The violence in Gaza and Jerusalem has made the conclusion to the Muslim holy month a somber event for many

Erum Salam in New York

15, May, 2021 @6:00 AM

The Guardian view on intercommunal violence in Israel: a dangerous development with deep roots | Editorial

Editorial: Political rhetoric has cultivated hatred. Both Palestinian and Jewish citizens are paying the price

Editorial

14, May, 2021 @5:30 PM

‘Hosnia had dreams’: grief in Kabul as girls’ school targeted

Hazara community in mourning but defiant after more than 60 people killed in school bomb blasts

Stefanie Glinski in Kabul

14, May, 2021 @6:00 AM

A giant ‘F you’ from the Anglo-Saxons? | Brief letters

Brief letters: 14-year-old Guardian readers | Cerne Giant | ‘Painting is dead’ | Peter Mandelson | Boris Johnson

Letters

13, May, 2021 @5:42 PM

Eid al-Fitr celebrations muted as UK mosques adapt to pandemic

Services marking end of Ramadan, in Manchester, Birmingham and Cardiff, guided by safety precautions

Alex Mistlin, Steven Morris and Jessica Murray

13, May, 2021 @4:44 PM

Defiance in the face of Israeli aggression gives Palestinians everywhere hope | Ziad al-Qattan

The violence in Jerusalem is part of a plan to repress Palestinian life in the city. Yet there is a refusal to be cowed, says Ziad al-Qattan of the Palestine Policy Network

Ziad Al-Qattan

11, May, 2021 @3:56 PM

‘We even performed it in front of the pope!’ – how we made Godspell

‘Religious groups didn’t like Jesus wearing a Superman shirt or the lack of a resurrection. So we told them the curtain call was the resurrection – when Jesus runs on and takes a bow’

Interviews by Chris Wiegand

10, May, 2021 @3:59 PM