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The scandal of Hasidic education — a cry from the heart
By Jeffrey Salkin — September 13, 2022
(RNS) — We are reeling from the report on Hasidic education. We needed to hear about this and we need to help repair it.
In India, wearing hijab bars some Muslim students from class
By Sheikh Saaliq — February 8, 2022
(AP) — As more schools have begun implementing a similar ban on hijabs, the southern Indian state of Karnataka’s top court has stepped in.
Reopening schools for all the wrong reasons
By Jim Wallis — August 3, 2020
(RNS) — Just like he turned mask-wearing into a political litmus test, Donald Trump is using our children’s futures as a political tactic to try to put the pandemic behind us, get the economy going again and help him win reelection.
Virus prompts churches meeting in schools to find new ways to preach, pray
By Adelle M. Banks — March 20, 2020
(RNS) — Pastors of newer churches are faced with the dilemma of figuring out how to reach and keep new members without ‘pressing the flesh,’ one expert said.
40% of Muslim students in CA report being bullied due to religion, according to survey
By Alejandra Molina — October 16, 2019
ANAHEIM, Calif. (RNS) — The report, 'Singled Out: Islamophobia in the Classroom and the Impact of Discrimination on Muslim Students,' is based on a statewide survey of about 1,500 Muslim students who are between 11 and 18 years old.
Muslim group launches campaign to take Fridays off for Jummah prayers
By Aysha Khan — July 18, 2019
HARRISBURG, Pa. (RNS) – “Some weeks Friday passes and we don’t even realize it was the day of Jummah,” said Imam Azhar Haneef, missionary-in-charge of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA, during his Friday sermon at the group’s annual convention.
Religion in the classroom: Where the faithful and the ACLU can agree
By Stephen Mansfield — June 7, 2019
(RNS) — A Pew poll from 2010 found that a majority of Americans cannot name the first book of the Bible but can provide the names of the four Beatles.
I was an expert witness against a teacher who taught students to question the Holocaust
By Jennifer Rich — May 30, 2019
(The Conversation) — When it comes to what a New Jersey teacher let or encouraged his students to believe when it comes to Hitler and the Holocaust, his lessons weren’t just wrong, they were dangerous.
Kenyan Supreme Court overturns ruling allowing hijab in Christian schools
By Fredrick Nzwili — January 30, 2019
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — The latest twist in a long-running debate over school dress codes has outraged Muslim parents in the predominantly Christian country.
Religious freedom advocate Charles Haynes: ‘It’s not a choice’
By Adelle M. Banks — October 19, 2018
WASHINGTON (RNS) — First Amendment scholar, to be honored after retiring from the Freedom Forum Institute’s Religious Freedom Center, talks about the state of religious freedom and his private faith.
Jewish teens enlisted to fight anti-Semitism in Germany
By Yonat Shimron — August 1, 2018
LUCKAU, Germany (AP) — With the number of survivors dwindling and schoolchildren today at least three generations removed from the Nazis, young Jews are being tapped to put a modern take on an old message.
As Gulen movement contracts in Africa, worry over who will fill the vacuum
By Lauren Markoe — August 30, 2016
(RNS) At Turkey's request, some African governments are closing Gulen-affiliated schools.
The ‘Splainer: Who is Fethullah Gulen?
By Lauren Markoe — July 20, 2016
(RNS) In 80 countries -- including the U.S. -- Gulenists are making their mark.
How schools overlook religious harassment and what to do about it (COMMENTARY)
By Linda K. Wertheimer — January 8, 2016
(RNS) Life for religious minority youths in America may be getting tougher. Teachers can do something about it.
British schools must root out extremists, prime minister says
By Trevor Grundy — June 30, 2015
CANTERBURY, England (RNS) Prime Minister David Cameron said he wants to wage a war aimed at making the British public “more intolerant of intolerance.”
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