The Covid vaccine: why are so many conspiracies religion-based?

Exploring how religious belief can motivate suspicion of the Covid-19 vaccine in many different ways.
Factsheet: Hanukkah

Hanukkah is an annual eight-day Jewish religious festival which commemorates the rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem more than 2,000 years ago
Religion news 10 December

Places of worship gear up for vaccination roll out; Religious ideas manipulated against Covid-19 vaccine; Edict to impose IHRA antisemitism definition prompts fierce debate; France to outlaw polygamy and forced marriage
Williamson under fire over ‘strong-arm’ tactics to impose antisemitism definition

A heated debate has broken out over the education secretary’s attempt to force universities to adopt the IHRA definition of antisemitism.