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Rebecca Todd Peters is on a mission to get churches to talk about abortion
By Yonat Shimron — July 13, 2023
(RNS) — A Presbyterian minister and scholar is working to shift the cultural paradigm that abortion is sin.
An Old World Torah scroll unites a North Carolina synagogue in a time of pandemic
By Yonat Shimron — May 5, 2020
(RNS) — Since the coronavirus pandemic began, the scroll has taken on a starring role on Zoom.
Muslim Americans reassure their children and prepare for a new day
By Yonat Shimron — November 11, 2016
RALEIGH, N.C. (RNS) Muslims here expressed shock and disappointment at Trump’s election, but they were neither panic-stricken nor despondent. Mostly they spoke of the need to build stronger coalitions with fellow minorities.
What the Chapel Hill murders reveal about the place of Muslims in American society (COMMENTARY)
By Anna Bigelow — February 16, 2015
RALEIGH, N.C. (RNS) Though Deah, Yusor, and Razan were achievers in every imaginable sense, it was not this that killed them. It was the ability to erase their achievements, their individuality, their humanity that made them easy targets for a person whose rage and frustration was well documented.
Obama denounces ‘outrageous’ murders of Muslim students as FBI opens probe
By Doug Stanglin — February 13, 2015
(RNS) "No one in the United States of America should ever be targeted because of who they are, what they look like, or how they worship," the president said.
Turkey’s Erdogan chides Obama for silence on N.C. Muslim murders
By Reuters — February 13, 2015
MEXICO CITY — "If you stay silent when faced with an incident like this, and don't make a statement, the world will stay silent towards you."
Three Muslim students shot dead near UNC campus
By Reuters — February 11, 2015
(Reuters) The police have offered no motive for the killings as the hashtag #MuslimLivesMatter trended nationally on Twitter.
An Assault on the American University
By Omid Safi — February 1, 2013
Our democracy is best served by sending a strong message to those behind the assault on our universities: We are not for sale.
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