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As interfaith leaders, we are united to protect foreign assistance
By David Saperstein, Anwar Khan, and Eugene Cho — December 13, 2023
(RNS) — When so many foundational principles are under attack, we must retain our core character of generosity and compassion.
Muslim Leaders from swing states vow to drop Biden support in 2024
By Fiona André — December 8, 2023
(RNS) — Through the #AbandonBiden campaign, Muslim leaders hope to send a strong signal to the Biden administration: Siding with Israel’s deadly strikes in response to the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attacks comes with a high cost.
Muslim group files religious discrimination complaint against Maryland public schools
By Richa Karmarkar — December 8, 2023
(RNS) — El-Haggan's administrative leave comes at a time when public schools across the country reckon with free speech surrounding the ongoing conflict.
Anti-Zionism is not antisemitism
By Omar Suleiman — December 8, 2023
(RNS) — Equating the two is designed to stifle criticism and instill fear in those who speak out, Jews and non-Jews alike.
Denmark’s parliament adopts a law making it illegal to burn the Quran or other religious texts
By Jan M. Olsen — December 7, 2023
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — This year alone, activists have staged more than 500 protests, including burnings of the Quran, in front of embassies of Muslim countries, places of worship and in immigrant neighborhoods.
Votes on war force Washington Democrats to reckon with faith, conscience and politics
By Jack Jenkins — December 6, 2023
WASHINGTON (RNS) — ‘Did I want to take that vote? No,’ Rep. Greg Landsman said of his recent vote to censure Rep. Rashida Tlaib.
How the keffiyeh – a practical garment used for protection against the desert sun – became a symbol of Palestinian identity
By Armin Langer — December 5, 2023
(The Conversation) — The keffiyeh’s prominence soared in the 1970s when Yasser Arafat, leader of the Palestinian Liberation Organization, adopted and popularized the garment.
In US, some Muslim-Jewish interfaith initiatives are strained by Israel-Hamas war
By Mariam Fam and Luis Andres Henao — December 5, 2023
The war and its polarizing reverberations in America are testing and straining some interfaith relationships more than ever.
Opposing communities plan separate memorial services for Carlton Pearson
By Adelle M. Banks — November 29, 2023
(RNS) — ‘I want to show diversity,’ Pearson said in a recording near the end of his life, which has ended up being shown through the range of services.
In Gaza, the cease-fire accentuates the barbarity of the war
By Omar Suleiman — November 28, 2023
(RNS) — The relative quiet is only a reminder that the status quo in Gaza is cruelty.
In ‘Unapologetic,’ young Palestinian-Israeli podcasters advocate for a third narrative
By Kyle Desrosiers — November 27, 2023
(RNS) — In the podcast, launched amid the Israel-Hamas War, the co-hosts imagine a role in the peace process that is particular to the Arab community in Israel.
Fighting antisemitism and Islamophobia in one breath
By Elyse Wechterman — November 27, 2023
(RNS) — This is not a time to turn our back on interfaith and interethnic partnerships.
China is expanding its crackdown on mosques to regions outside Xinjiang, Human Rights Watch says
By Simina Mistreanu — November 22, 2023
(AP) — President Xi Jinping in 2016 called for the “Sinicization” of religions, initiating a crackdown that has largely concentrated on the western region of Xinjiang, home to more than 11 million Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities.
Demanding peace even in the absence of war in Israel and Gaza
By Russell P. Johnson — November 21, 2023
(Sightings) — For those not directly affected, direct violence shouts, while structural violence whispers.
Pope Francis to join other clergy at first ‘Faith Pavilion’ at climate summit
By Adelle M. Banks — November 9, 2023
(RNS) — ‘This demonstrates the significance of the interfaith movement in helping to tackle the climate emergency,’ said one faith leader about the pavilion.
