Islam
Muslim advocacy group denounces stabbing of 23-year-old Palestinian American
By Fiona André — February 7, 2024
(RNS) — The assault was ‘bias-motivated and will be reviewed by the Hate Crimes Review Committee,’ wrote the Austin Police Department in its statement.
In search of peace in the Holy Land
By Bridget Moix — February 7, 2024
(RNS) — Gaza is the epicenter, but a broader war was unfolding all around us.
At National Prayer Breakfast, Biden speaks of praying, working for peace
By Adelle M. Banks — February 1, 2024
(RNS) — ‘We're all blessed to live in a nation where we can practice our many faiths and practice them freely,’ Biden said at the U.S. Capitol’s Statuary Hall.
‘Genius: MLK/X’ docudrama depicts the personal lives of the two civil rights activists
By Adelle M. Banks — February 1, 2024
WASHINGTON (RNS) — The series includes scenes of Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, and Malcolm X and Betty Shabazz, at home with their families and discussing their faith.
Terror attack strikes Istanbul Catholic church known for its welcome
By David I. Klein — January 29, 2024
ISTANBUL (RNS) — Two gunmen shot and killed a member of a minority Muslim sect who was among a diverse congregation. Though Sunday’s attack came as a shock to many of Istanbul's Catholics, it's not without precedent.
France’s biggest Muslim school went from accolades to defunding – showing a key paradox in how the country treats Islam
By Vincent Geisser, Françoise Lorcerie, and Carol Ferrara — January 29, 2024
(The Conversation) — Some of the measures the French government has taken to fight radicalization can do the opposite, three social scientists argue.
Muslims and Jews in Bosnia observe Holocaust Remembrance Day and call for peace and dialogue
By Sabina Niksic — January 29, 2024
SREBRENICA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — The event on Saturday underscored the message that the two communities share the experience of persecution and must stay united in their commitment to peace.
Uyghur Youth Initiative video on genocide goes viral
By Kathryn Post — January 26, 2024
(RNS) — Filmed by youth activists following a recent pro-Uyghur protest in Munich, the video has since had over 3 million views on TikTok and 7.5 million hits on Instagram.
Saudi Arabia opens its first liquor store in over 70 years as kingdom further liberalizes
By Jon Gambrell — January 25, 2024
JERUSALEM (AP) — Saudi Arabia remains one of the few nations in the world with a ban on alcohol, alongside its neighbor Kuwait and Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates.
Umrah diary: Crossing into Jerusalem, looking Muslim
By Dilshad Ali — January 24, 2024
(RNS) — Making a pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia with two of our kids, we stopped to pray at the third-holiest site in Islam.
Muslim and Arab American voters part ways with President Biden over his foreign policy
By Fiona André — January 19, 2024
(RNS) — Among Muslim and Arab American voters, this disapproval of President Biden’s foreign policy has taken the form of an active campaigning against his reelection.
Two Malaysian filmmakers are charged with offending the religious feelings of others in banned film
By Associated Press — January 18, 2024
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — The film, which debuted at a regional film festival in 2021, revolves around a young Muslim girl who explores other religions to figure out where her ailing mother would go when she dies.
MLK summit for Gaza highlighted historic ties between civil rights and Palestinian liberation
By Ben Norquist — January 17, 2024
CHICAGO (RNS) — Civil rights icon Jesse Jackson and his longtime friend and collaborator James Zogby helped convene the gathering of nearly 2,000 faith leaders over MLK weekend.
After 20 years, Terry Mattingly bids farewell to GetReligion
By Bob Smietana — January 17, 2024
(RNS) — Religion reporting still matters, Mattingly says, but the internet’s ‘preaching to the choir’ algorithms have won out.
UK government says the lslamist group Hizb ut-Tahrir is antisemitic and moves to ban it
By Associated Press — January 16, 2024
LONDON (AP) — The group, which is based in Lebanon but operates in more than 30 countries, including the U.S. and Canada, has organized rallies in London alongside pro-Palestinian marches in recent weeks, following the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war.
