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Religious views on female genital mutilation
Religious views on female genital mutilation, also known as Khifaḍ, cover the stances of Islam, Christianity, and Judaism toward the practice. No religious text condones it, yet many communities see it as a religious requirement.
Religious views on masturbation
Religious views on masturbation, also called religious perspectives on masturbation, are the teachings of Jewish, Christian, Muslim, Hindu, and other traditions on solitary sexual self-stimulation, which no Abrahamic scripture names directly.
Religious views on same-sex marriage
Survey of religious positions on same-sex marriage across Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism, with US and global opinion data, denominational splits, and legal conscience protections.
Religious views on suicide
Religious views on suicide: doctrinal positions of Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism, from condemnation in Mosaic religions to karma-based Hindu and Jain exceptions, plus empirical research on religion and suicide risk.
Religious violence
Religious violence, also called religion and violence or religiously-inspired violence, covers mob killings, insurgent campaigns, state repression, and destruction of houses of worship, though scholars dispute whether the category is coherent.
Religious violence in India
Religious (communal) violence in India: collective violence between religious communities, mainly Hindu-Muslim, from the 1946 Calcutta riots and 1947 Partition through Babri Masjid 1992, Gujarat 2002, and recent vigilante, anti-conversion-law, and Manipur-related violence affecting minorities.
Religious war
Religious war, or holy war, is armed conflict in which religion supplies cause, legitimacy, or division lines. Data show religion rarely the sole cause, though religious-issue conflicts rose 1975–2015.
Religious wars of Buganda
The religious wars of Buganda were a succession struggle fought from 1888 to 1892 in Buganda, in present-day Uganda, among Muslim, Catholic, and Protestant factions.
Religious Zionism (ציונות דתית)
Religious Zionism, also known as Tzionut Datit, is a movement within Judaism that sees Jewish settlement and statehood in the Land of Israel as religiously significant.
Religious Zionist Party
Religious Zionist Party (HaTzionut HaDatit), also called Religious Zionism, is Israel's far-right religious-nationalist party led by Bezalel Smotrich, successor to Tkuma, founded 2021, seven seats from the 2022 fourteen-seat alliance with Otzma Yehudit and Noam, governing coalition partner since 2022, running with Zehut in 2026.
Religious-order schools
Religious-order schools are schools founded by Catholic religious orders, each with its own educational style, such as the Jesuits, founded in 1540, and the Lasallians.
Religious-Philosophical Meetings
The Religious-Philosophical Meetings (Религиозно-философские собрания) were 22 closed sessions in St. Petersburg from 1901 to 1903, where secular intelligentsia met Orthodox clergy to discuss church renewal before Pobedonostsev stopped them.
Religulous
Religulous is a 2008 American documentary comedy film written by and starring Bill Maher and directed by Larry Charles, arguing that religious faith is irrational and dangerous.
Relikt
Relikt (Реликт) is a Russian third-generation explosive reactive armor developed as the successor to Kontakt-5, designed to reduce the penetration of shaped-charge and kinetic rounds, and installed on the T-80BVM, T-90M, and BMPT Terminator.
Reliquary
A reliquary, also called a philatory, is a container built to store and display a relic, the remains of a holy person or an object they touched.
Reliquary of Sainte-Foy
The Reliquary of Sainte-Foy, known as the Majesté de Sainte-Foy, is a gilded 9th-century statue-reliquary at Conques, France, enclosing the head of the child martyr Saint Foy.
Relizane Province
Relizane Province (غليزان), Algeria's wilaya No. 48 created in 1984 from Mostaganem, capital Relizane; 13 daïras, 38 communes; lower Chélif agro-industrial hub with Gargar and Sidi M'hamed Benaouda dams, citrus, and large tomato-processing industry; unchanged by the 2026 69-wilaya reorganization.
Relja Popović
Relja Popović (Реља Поповић), stage name Drima, born 1989 in Belgrade, Serbian rapper, singer-songwriter, and actor. Former member of Elitni Odredi (2005–2015), solo artist, Made In BLKN label co-founder, IDJ Show judge, Heart of Sarajevo-winning actor.
Relmacabtagene autoleucel
Relmacabtagene autoleucel (relma-cel, Carteyva, JWCAR029) is JW Therapeutics' autologous anti-CD19 4-1BB CAR-T therapy, first NMPA-approved September 2021 for r/r LBCL, later FL and MCL, with Macao approval in 2025.
Relmapirazin
Relmapirazin (MB-102, Lumitrace) is a 372 Da fluorescent pyrazine tracer, cleared solely by glomerular filtration, used intravenously with the MediBeacon transdermal system for point-of-care GFR measurement; FDA approved 2025, validated against iohexol (r²=0.99), also studied orally for gut permeability.
Reload (Metallica album)
Reload (ReLoad), Metallica's seventh studio album, released November 18, 1997; leftover songs from the Load sessions, produced by Bob Rock, debuted at #1 on Billboard, triple Platinum, remastered 2026.
Relocalization (robotics)
Relocalization is the process by which a robot re-establishes its pose within a known map after losing track of it, addressing the kidnapped-robot problem and enabling autonomous recovery without manual re-initialization.
Relocation (child custody)
Relocation, also called a move-away dispute, is a contested application by a separated or divorced parent to move a child's residence a substantial distance from the other parent.
Relocation of professional sports teams
Relocation of professional sports teams: franchise moves between cities in closed North American leagues (NBA 25 moves, NFL 24 since 1951), used as bargaining threats to extract stadium subsidies, unlike Europe's open club system.
Reloxaliase
Reloxaliase (ALLN-177) is an oral recombinant oxalate decarboxylase enzyme developed by Allena Pharmaceuticals to treat enteric hyperoxaluria; URIROX-1 showed reduced urinary oxalate, but the phase 3 URIROX-2 trial was terminated.
Rels B
Rels B, also known as Skinny Flakk (Daniel Heredia Vidal), is a Spanish rapper and singer from Palma de Mallorca whose song "A mí" has over one billion Spotify streams.
Reltecimod
Reltecimod (AB103, p2TA) is Atox Bio's synthetic CD28 receptor mimetic peptide for necrotizing soft tissue infections; its phase 3 ACCUTE trial (290 patients) missed the primary endpoint in the mITT population but improved organ dysfunction resolution; not approved.
Reltio
Reltio is a Redwood City, California software company, founded in 2011, selling a cloud-native master data management platform that unifies enterprise data; SAP acquired it in May 2026.
Relugolix
Relugolix (Orgovyx, Myfembree) is an oral nonpeptide GnRH receptor antagonist approved by FDA in December 2020 for advanced prostate cancer; HERO showed 96.7% castration vs 88.8% with leuprolide and 54% lower MACE risk, and combination therapy treats fibroid bleeding.
Rely (威麟) (marque)
Rely (威麟) is a marque of the Chinese automaker Chery, launched in March 2009 for business and mid-to-high-end vehicles and revived in 2025 as a global pickup brand.