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Women in Muslim countries prepare for ‘least, most’ Ramadan

By Beth Murphy — April 23, 2020
(RNS) — Three Muslim women living in conflict zones reflect on how the hardships of the current crisis have caused them to approach Ramadan this year. 

Tired of war, South Sudanese pray for latest peace deal

By Doreen Ajiambo — October 17, 2018
JUBA, South Sudan (RNS) — Thousands of Southern Sudanese are gathering in churches and mosques in cities and refugee camps to pray for the end of a civil war that has raged since 2013.

In Islam, ‘moderate rebels’ are extremists

By Tahir Nasser — January 4, 2017
(RNS) 'Moderate rebels,' a term often used to describe certain factions of anti-government fighters in the Syrian civil war, is an oxymoron as far as the Quran is concerned.

Religious conflict rips through Central African Republic

By Fredrick Nzwili — November 21, 2013
(RNS) A cycle of violence in the Central African Republic is quickly degenerating into a religious conflict between Christians and Muslims.
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