This month my son Ismael turned one. For his birthday, I wrote him a letter in which I tell him we named him after Prophet Ishmael in the Qur'an and Bible. But when he gets this letter, will he care that his name means something in the Abrahamic faiths? Frankly, I sometimes wonder if he will care about religion at all.
Current trends would have us believe that he might not. For the first time ever, more Americans identify as having "no religion" than any other group. Generation Z appears to be the least religious generation. That's good news, experts tell us: these kids might not be religious, but they'll be more tolerant.
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