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A new effort hopes to take more Muslims from the teebox to the green. The Muslim Golf Association was founded by Amir Malik who has big plans to bring the sport of Golf to Muslims in the United Kingdom, the […]

NEWS STORY
RNS-Muslim-Golf: A new initiative aims to bring Muslims to the golf course
(RNS) — A new effort hopes to take more Muslims from the teebox to the green. The Muslim Golf Association was founded by Amir Malik who has big plans to bring the sport of Golf to Muslims in the United Kingdom, the United States and around the world. Malik started golfing in 2015 as a member of a family with age gaps as much as 15 years between sibling. Golf’s ability to appeal across many ages made it uniquely appealing. By Joseph Hammond. 917 words. (category: a)

COMMENTARY
RNS-Salkin-Oped: A modern heroine fights antisemitism
(RNS) — If you are like me, you like to see good people getting their just rewards. That was how I felt the other day upon hearing President Biden had nominated Deborah Lipstadt, Emory University Holocaust historian, to be the State Department’s special envoy to combat antisemitism. We could not ask for a better ambassador for Jewish and human interests — a woman who has already proven herself to be one of the great moral leaders of our time. By Jeffrey Salkin. 1,143 words. (category: k)