Jacob Resneck
Jacob Resneck is an author at Religion News Service.
All Stories by Jacob Resneck
Condemnation swift in Muslim nations over new Charlie Hebdo cover
By Jacob Resneck — January 15, 2015
(RNS) "You're putting the lives of others at risk when you're taunting bloodthirsty and mad terrorists," said one Kuwaiti doctor.
Turkey’s ‘Rockin’ Imam’ gets green light from religious authorities
By Jacob Resneck — June 12, 2014
ISTANBUL (RNS) His case -- as far as anyone can tell -- is unprecedented. There have not been any -- to date -- public cases of Turkish imams forming rock bands.
Muslim cleric linked to Turkish corruption probe
By Jacob Resneck — January 17, 2014
ISTANBUL (RNS) Has a reclusive Turkish cleric exiled to Pennsylvania hatched a plot to bring down the government of his former ally?
Turkish leaders want to convert the Hagia Sophia back into a mosque
By Jacob Resneck — December 4, 2013
(RNS) Recent conversions of former Byzantine-era churches from museums into mosques, encouraged by religious and political leaders, have caused alarm among religious minorities and Turkey's Christian neighbors.
Anti-alcohol bill leaves many Turks dispirited
By Jacob Resneck — June 5, 2013
ISTANBUL (RNS) Turkey is about to enact the strictest alcohol laws in the republic's 89-year history in a move that some Turks complain is part of a creeping Islamist agenda.
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