Laila Tauqeer at Harvard University’s Smith Campus Center. RNS photo by Aysha Khan
Need to know: Monday, March 2, 2020
‘We’re going beyond identity’: Shiite students head to Harvard for first national conference
More than 270 Shiite undergraduate and graduate students and recent alumni are gathering at Harvard this weekend to discuss spirituality, sectarianism, activism and more at the sold-out Ma’rifa Conference.
Jehovah’s Witnesses complete entire Bible in American Sign Language
On Feb. 15, the last of the Bible's 66 books — the story of Job — was released in video on the Jehovah's Witnesses website, completing what a church spokesman said is the only complete Bible in ASL.
Federal court protects woman who took sanctuary in a church from deportation
A woman who fled Honduras after her partner stabbed her multiple times and has lived in church sanctuary for nearly two years is entitled to stay in the United States, a panel of federal judges ruled.
Wheaton College rescinds title from Gilbert Bilezikian amid new allegations
Wheaton College has rescinded the title of professor emeritus from Gilbert Bilezikian after an investigation into the longtime professor of New Testament turned up new allegations of “inappropriate and unprofessional conduct.”
Health care for all but the most vulnerable
In the latest example of our political incoherence, the party of ‘government staying out of health care decisions’ was blocked in its attempt to pass the Born Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act by the party of ‘health care for all’, writes Charles Camosy.
Inside Delhi: beaten, lynched and burnt alive
Violence in India’s capital has left more than 40 dead and hundreds injured after a Hindu nationalist rampage, stoked by the rhetoric of Narendra Modi’s populist government.
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In South Carolina, secular activists rival political might of black church
CHARLESTON, S.C. (RNS) — Democratic candidates here are as likely to rally behind groups such as Black Lives Matter as they are to make traditional Sunday appeals to African American voters.
Bernie Sanders makes his pitch at prominent NC black church ahead of Super Tuesday
The Democratic candidate spoke about how he would help the nation’s poor. But on the critical issue of race, Sanders offered few targeted solutions.
Russia’s human and religious rights record criticized at House hearing
Russia’s violations are spreading through the country and even across its borders, said a U.S. religious freedom policy expert.
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Trump poses a challenge for the US religious freedom commission
(RNS) — Trump supporters on the panel can't seem to muster criticism for the president's strongman allies.
Remembering Roy Larson, legendary religion journalist and teacher
(RNS) — The Chicago Sun-Times' longtime religion editor, who died this week at 90, taught us that we could be both hard-nosed reporters and decent people.
The left-handed Mormon’s dilemma
(RNS) — Now that it is official church policy, will I start taking the sacrament with my right hand?
