Muslims packed the prayer hall in one the city’s oldest mosques, the Muslim Community Center, for Friday prayers in Chicago, on Friday, March 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Noreen Nasir)
Need to know: Friday, July 19, 2019
Muslim group launches campaign to take Fridays off for Jummah prayers
“Some weeks Friday passes and we don’t even realize it was the day of Jummah,” said Imam Azhar Haneef, missionary-in-charge of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA, during his Friday sermon at the group’s annual convention.
As religious freedom summit ends, State Department announces new alliance, sanctions
Many of the survivors of religious violence who spoke at the summit reminded attendees of those who remain persecuted for their faith across the world.
Nuns, other Catholics arrested protesting treatment of immigrant children
A campaigner for Faith in Public life said the group was there to denounce the detention of children at the border as well as other immigration policies.
Christian Book Distributors drops CBD initials to avoid cannabis confusion
Christian Book Distributors wants to make clear what it is the company is distributing. That’s why it's dropped the abbreviation and logo it's used for many years: CBD.
Spiritual adulting with author Alice Connor
Yeah, we screw up. In a wise and funny new book, author and campus minister Alice Connor says that is just part of the deal with being human, writes Jana Riess.
A closer look at how religious restrictions have risen around the world
Over the decade from 2007 to 2017, government restrictions on religion – laws, policies and actions by state officials that restrict religious beliefs and practices – increased markedly around the world.
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5 faith facts about the moon landing: Space Communion and a prayer league of its own
From the beginning of NASA's Apollo program, those inspired by the wonder of space travel determined to make their faith part of the journey to the moon.
In ‘Seculosity,’ David Zahl traces society’s search for righteousness outside of the church
You may not follow a religion, David Zahl says. But chances are your life — from your phone to your dinner plate to the way you raise your kids — is still ruled by some sort of a religious impulse.
Brunson at religious freedom summit: ‘It’s wonderful that I can be here in person’
Brunson said his detention in Turkey made him value his religious liberty more deeply. 'I was isolated. I was the only Christian there, so to be back with other Christians is so important.'
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Pope Francis gets it right on Curia reform and women
(RNS) — The appointment of women to the congregation is important because so far, progressive women have not been pleased with the pope's handling of women’s issues.
Don’t write off the State Department’s new Commission on Unalienable Rights just yet
The commission chair's view of human rights is not cramped, writes Mark Silk.
What it feels like to be told ‘Go back where you came from’
(RNS) — Divisive rhetoric is a serious threat to our dignity, but when people tell me to 'go back' to where I came from, my response is simple: I ask them what they have against Texans.
