Guantanamo

Religious groups mixed over Guantanamo closure plan

By Aysha Khan — February 23, 2016
(RNS) Groups in favor of the prison’s closure worry that detainees will continue to be held indefinitely, while those opposed say it will harm the nation's security.

2013: The top 14 Muslim news stories of the past year

By Omid Safi — December 30, 2013
2013 was a bloody, difficult, unraveling year for many Muslims around the world. May 2014 be a year that sees the discomforted comforted, the orphans cared for, the hungry fed, the naked clothed, the homeless provided with shelter. May there be a widening of the circle of compassion, may there be a real peace rooted in justice, and above all else, may all of us be participants in making it so.

COMMENTARY: A hunger strike to close Guantanamo

By Jerry Campbell — May 17, 2013
CLAREMONT, Calif. (RNS) "I don't know for how long I will do this," Timothy Murphy said of his hunger strike, "but if nothing else, I want the men in Guantanamo to know that myself and others care about their situation enough to act in support of them."
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