9/11
Farrakhan rekindles controversies about race, Jews, 9/11 in speech at Watergate Hotel
By Adelle M. Banks — November 16, 2017
WASHINGTON (RNS) — The 84-year-old Nation of Islam leader dove into all sorts of controversies – from slavery to the unhealthy water in Flint, Mich., to current reports of sexual harassment by national leaders and celebrities.
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks on clearing scriptural minefields and building interfaith friendships
By Yonat Shimron — March 28, 2017
DURHAM, N.C. (RNS) On a visit to Duke University, Rabbi Jonathan Sacks talks about how the West has forgotten what religious revolution looks like and why friendship among people of different faiths counts more than interfaith agreement.
9/11’s holiest stories
By Jeffrey Salkin — September 10, 2016
On 9/11, God started writing a scroll of new, sacred stories. Here are just a few of them.
15 years after 9/11, are congregations prepared for disasters?
By Adelle M. Banks — September 9, 2016
(RNS) Webinars and training sessions held across the country help faith leaders prepare for terrorism or natural disasters. But experts say more need to take them.
Remembering 9/11, a rabbi and imam nurture interfaith friendships
By Lauren Markoe — September 9, 2016
(RNS) At New York University, a rabbi and an imam model interfaith friendship for their students.
‘Small, still voice’ at the 9/11 museum
By Beth Kissileff — September 9, 2016
NEW YORK (RNS) An artist hopes his work will be a redemptive force that helps to heal.
Islamophobia diminishes the US and must be resisted
By Bob Roberts — September 7, 2016
(RNS) 'Terrorists speak for Muslims no more than the Ku Klux Klan speaks for Christians,' write the authors, an evangelical pastor from Texas and a retired Marine Corps commandant.
ISIS video linked to UK Muslim group that hailed 9/11
By Reuters — January 6, 2016
Al-Muhajiroun was founded by Syrian-born Islamist cleric Omar Bakri in the late 1990s and called for Shariah law in Britain. The group was banned under anti-terrorist laws in 2010.
Donald Trump cancels event with black pastors, stands by his 9/11 Muslim remarks
By Reuters — November 29, 2015
WASHINGTON — Trump came under fire last week after saying at a rally and on television that he had seen thousands of people in Jersey City cheer the collapse of the twin towers in Manhattan.
Cardinal Edward Egan, former New York archbishop, dies at 82
By David Gibson — March 5, 2015
NEW YORK (RNS) Cardinal Edward Egan was never beloved by priests or parishioners as were the men who preceded and followed him in office, but he also had a tough job to do.
Greek Orthodox launch rebuilding of St. Nicholas, the only church destroyed on 9/11
By Sarah Pulliam Bailey — October 20, 2014
NEW YORK (RNS) The church designed by renowned Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava will include an interfaith memorial for victims of the 9/11 attacks.
Ground Zero cross can stay at 9/11 museum, appeals court rules
By Sarah Pulliam Bailey — July 28, 2014
NEW YORK (RNS) Atheists said they suffered from both physical and emotional damages from the presence of the beamed cross at the official 9/11 museum, resulting in headaches, indigestion and mental pain.
COMMENTARY: 5 reasons the 9/11 museum should drop ‘Islamist’
By Faheem Younus — April 29, 2014
(RNS) Call them al-Qaida fanatics, Taliban lunatics or Muslim Brotherhood extremists. Just don't associate my faith with their actions.
What to call acts of terrorism committed by group of Muslims? Islamic? Islamist? Or something else?
By Omid Safi — April 19, 2014
By accurately labeling the terrorism associated with 9/11 as "Al-Qaeda terrorism", we avoid the dangers of legitimizing the terrorist organizations or demonizing an entire religious or ethnic block of humanity.
The 9/11 Memorial Museum at World Trade Center legitimizing claims of Al-Qaeda?
By Omid Safi — April 7, 2014
For the 9/11 Memorial Museum to use the language of “Islamic terrorism” is to bestow upon Bin Laden and al-Qaeda the religious legitimacy that they desperately craved—and do not deserve.
