ISIS
That terror attack in Moscow: What the world does not realize
By Jeffrey Salkin — March 28, 2024
(RNS) — From Oct. 7 to Moscow: This is the real battle.
Germany player Rüdiger takes legal steps after Ramadan greeting prompts accusation of terror support
By Associated Press — March 27, 2024
BERLIN (AP) — Former Bild chief editor Julian Reichelt responded on X, formerly Twitter, with a series of posts accusing the player of “Islamism” and of showing the “ISIS-greeting of Islamists.
The UAE is restoring Christian life in the Persian Gulf
By Knox Thames — February 11, 2022
(RNS) — The tiny gulf nation is supporting religious and cultural restoration to spread tolerance in the Middle East.
Who is ISIS-K, the group officials blame for the Kabul airport bombings?
By Jack Jenkins — August 26, 2021
(RNS) — Initial reports are blaming the group for the twin bombings at the Kabul airport after US officials have for days warned of a potential attack by the group, which actively clashes with the Taliban.
German woman indicted over her time with IS in Syria
By Associated Press — July 28, 2021
BERLIN (AP) — The indictment of Leonora M., is the latest in a string of cases in Germany involving women who went to the area held by IS and were involved in holding women captured by the extremist group as slaves.
Suicide bomb hits Palm Sunday Mass in Indonesia, 20 wounded
By Yusuf Wahil and Niniek Karmini — March 29, 2021
MAKASSAR, Indonesia (AP) — Two attackers believed to belong to a network that pledged allegiance to the Islamic State blew themselves up outside a Roman Catholic cathedral during a Palm Sunday Mass.
‘You are not alone!’ Pope makes final appeal to Iraqi Christian community
By Claire Giangravé — March 7, 2021
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — On his last full day in Iraq, Francis told Christians to forgive their oppressors, the better to put their energy toward restoring their country.
‘Daughters of Kobani’ tells story of all-women Kurdish combat units who fought IS
By Joseph Hammond — February 16, 2021
(RNS) — 'This was a movement with religious freedom and multiethnic governance with women at the center,' said the book's author, Gayle Tzemach Lemmon.
For Iraqi priest, pope’s visit raises hope of restored trust between Christians and Muslims
By Claire Giangravé — February 4, 2021
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — The Rev. Karam Quasha, a parish priest in northern Iraq, says Francis can mend the ‘broken trust’ between the country’s ancient faiths.
How much longer will the Middle East celebrate Christmas?
By Knox Thames — December 24, 2020
(RNS) — The birthplace of Christianity may soon be uninhabitable for its believers without reforms to help them survive.
For one Afghan activist, her burqa is the shield allowing her to denounce corruption, Trump
By Claire Giangravé — December 9, 2019
VATICAN CITY (RNS) – In a school in downtown Rome on Friday (Dec. 6), the “bravest woman in Afghanistan” spoke to students about her faith, the Trump administration and the difficult legacy of four decades of war in her home country.
For our own sake, no one should ‘die like a dog’
By Jeffrey Salkin — October 28, 2019
(RNS) — How we deal with his death, and the postures that we bring to that death, shape the fate of our civilization and make it worthy of defense against the likes of ISIS.
Egyptian seminary renews its claim as arbiter of Islam’s true meaning
By Jacob Wirtschafter, J Wirtschafter, and Amr El Tohamy — March 28, 2019
CAIRO (RNS) — With Islam under global scrutiny and ISIS projecting power over the internet, Al-Azhar University's observatory has set out to counter terrorist messaging.
Nadia Murad’s Nobel win explained: Who are the Yazidis?
By Christine Allison — October 7, 2018
(The Conversation) — Nadia Murad's work against sexual violence, which has won her a share of this year's Nobel Peace Prize, came after suffering persecution by ISIS for being a Yazidi.
Rebuilding with US funds, Iraq’s minority religious communities still await security
By Jack Jenkins — July 13, 2018
(RNS) — U.S. evangelical leaders have applauded a move to fund the restoration of Iraqi religious minority communities through USAID. But most parties involved say the real vexing issue is security.
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