Philip Marcelo
Philip Marcelo is an author at Religion News Service.
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New York inmates are suing to watch the solar eclipse after state orders prisons locked down
By Philip Marcelo — April 3, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) — The suit filed Friday in federal court in upstate New York argues that the April 8 lockdown violates inmates' constitutional rights to practice their faiths by preventing them from taking part in a religiously significant event.
Mosques in NYC struggle to house and feed an influx of Muslim migrants this Ramadan
By Philip Marcelo — April 2, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) — Islamic institutions in the Big Apple are struggling to keep up with the needs of the city's migrant population as an increasing number of asylum seekers come from Muslim-majority African countries.
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