imams
Turkey will stop sending imams to German mosques – here’s why this matters
By Brian Van Wyck — February 16, 2024
(The Conversation) — The Turkish government started sending imams to Germany in the 1980s, but under a new agreement, imams will be trained in Germany instead.
Muslims in interfaith bonds are proliferating. Imams willing to marry them are not.
By Sara Badilini — January 10, 2022
(RNS) — One out of five Muslims is in an interfaith relationship, surveys suggest. But few imams are willing to conform the traditional Muslim wedding ceremony to their needs, couples say.
At Manhattan mosque, an imam eases a pandemic’s grief
By Selin Thomas — May 27, 2020
NEW YORK (RNS) — A spiritual leader reassures families that COVID-19 victims will be accepted into paradise despite restrictions that disrupt funeral traditions.
Stresses multiply for many US clergy: ‘We need help too’
By David Crary — February 19, 2020
(AP) — From anti-Semitic violence to Islamophobia to sex abuse fears to their own financial insecurity, rabbis, imams, priests and ministers face newly evolving stresses that compound the usual cares of clergy.
German military to appoint Jewish chaplains and open forces to Muslim imams, too
By Tom Heneghan — April 5, 2019
(RNS) — After the Holocaust, Jewish males born in postwar Germany were exempted from military service, but about 300 volunteers are now in uniform.
Italy uses imams in prisons to deter extremism among inmates
By Frances D'Emilio — July 12, 2017
(AP) — Italy has relied mostly on arresting and deporting suspected extremists to try to keep the country safe from terrorism. But the Italian government has come to embrace prevention, too, especially in the prisons it doesn't want to become training grounds for potential extremists.
A national campaign for ‘Islam a la Francaise’ takes root amid growing radicalization
By Elizabeth Bryant — April 6, 2015
LYON, France (RNS) The 24-week program includes classes on law, religion and how French principles of secularity are applied to daily life.
Pope Francis on free speech: ‘You cannot insult the faith of others’
By Josephine McKenna — January 15, 2015
(RNS) Pope Francis said there were limits to self-expression when it involved insulting or ridiculing people’s faith.
Can Jews and Muslims get along? 60 imams and rabbis meet in Washington to try
By Lauren Markoe — November 24, 2014
(RNS) Sixty imams and rabbis want to get on with the hard work of repairing the rift between Muslims and Jews.
U.S. mosques struggle with shortage of imams
By Tracy Simmons — January 14, 2013
SPOKANE, Wash. (RNS) The Spokane Islamic Center wants something mosques all across the country are seeking and can’t seem to find: an educated, bilingual, experienced imam who understands American culture. So far, the search has taken 18 months. By Tracy Simmons.
Pool of American imams too small to meet the demand
By Omar Sacirbey — June 25, 2012
SHARON, Mass. (RNS) It will be at least 5 to 10 years before the pool of American imams becomes large enough to meet demand from mosques. In the meantime, Muslim communities will continue to depend on imams from abroad -- and that creates challenges for a community that increasingly wants to assimilate. By Omar Sacirbey.
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