Shots were fired at Masjid-E-Noor on May 24, 2020, in Indianapolis. Image via Google Maps
Need to know: Friday, May 29, 2020
Indianapolis Muslims call for hate crime investigation into mosque shooting on Eid
While there were no casualties in the shooting at Masjid-E-Noor, one bullet entered the mosque window and nearly struck the few worshippers within.
At Shavuot, 3 NC synagogues find unity in online Torah study
The six-hour online Torah-fest may be a harbinger of the kinds of creative changes in Jewish communal life resulting from the coronavirus pandemic.
Amid pandemic, the Wichita Kenyan community unites virtually through food and family
‘Every weekend, we are cooking to take food to socialize,’ Teresia Wambugu said. ‘Now, we’re not going anywhere. But for some people that’s good. We had forgotten about God. Families weren’t eating together. Now, they are home like a family.’
In the wake of yet more anti-Black violence: We must ‘fight the freeze’
I'm numb. The kind of numb that doesn't mean you can't feel anything but that you feel all the things at once and don't know how to name it or what to do about it, writes Jemar Tisby.
Walking back Metaxas’ tweet on Biden to blackface days
Biden’s comment was, as many have pointed out, inappropriate and offensive for its presumption to speak for African Americans. Metaxas’ tweet, however, was worse, writes John Fea.
On the Ground: Meet the Catholic grocer who helps Mexican Jews keep kosher
The 56-year-old, a native of the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca, was born and raised Catholic. He had never met a Jewish person in his life until he was 10, when he ventured off to Mexico City for work. There he got a job helping Jewish families with day-to-day needs, such as cleaning and cooking.
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What Muslim digital community organizers learned from a remote Ramadan
Re-creating the experiences of communal iftars and reflection circles virtually ended up adding something participants say they don’t want to forfeit when their mosques reopen.
United Methodists reschedule meeting — and decision on splitting — to 2021
United Methodists plan to head to Minneapolis for their General Conference in 2021, where they will discuss the denomination's future. The meeting was postponed for more than a year due to the coronavirus pandemic.
At Manhattan mosque, an imam eases a pandemic’s grief
A spiritual leader reassures families that COVID-19 victims will be accepted into paradise despite restrictions that disrupt funeral traditions.
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Lament: A day to mourn
As we mark the death of 100,000 people in the U.S. from COVID-19, an unprecedented group of 100 national faith leaders looks to elected officials to observe Monday, June 1, as a National Day of Mourning and Lament, writes Jim Wallis.
Before reopening, houses of worship should consider what their faith holds most dear
What makes the rush to reopen more curious is that it seems to go against the very notions of mutual care that our faith traditions teach us, writes Simran Jeet Singh.
Kneeling to venerate hate: The meaning of a police killing in Minnesota
When we see a white police officer kneeling on a black body, we are witnessing an act of worship honoring the demons of racism, writes Cheryl Townsend Gilkes.
