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Sikh Americans honor 10th anniversary of Oak Creek shooting
By Alejandra Molina — August 2, 2022
(RNS) — It remains the deadliest act of anti-Sikh hate in U.S. history — now Sikhs are standing in solidarity with other faith communities that have since fallen victim to violent hate crimes.
I forgive you. Especially you.
By Jeffrey Salkin — September 17, 2021
Why I am a Jew. It is about forgiveness. My Yom Kippur sermon.
Holocaust, climate change — when did we know, what did we do?
By Jeffrey Salkin — April 20, 2017
Climate change. Future generations will ask: When did we know? And what did we do about it?
Dylann Roof stopped at second church after 2015 massacre
By Reuters — February 23, 2017
(Reuters) Prosecutors say Roof intended to continue his racially motivated violence at another black church about 20 miles from Emanuel AME Church, where he killed nine people.
This New Year, ‘Make Emanuels out of all of us’
By Lauren Markoe — January 1, 2017
CHARLESTON, S.C. (RNS) As the trial of church shooter Dylann Roof moves into its sentencing phase this week, South Carolina's poet laureate recalls what she witnessed in the courtroom: devastation and heartache, bravery and grace.
Roof won’t offer defense during sentencing
By guest — December 28, 2016
(RNS) 'At this point I’m not intending to offer any evidence at all or call any witnesses,' Dylann Roof said, addressing a U.S. District Court judge.
Looking for hope after a year of heartbreak
By guest — December 23, 2016
(RNS) Anger and the lack of answers to troubling global trends of conservative nativism, social injustice, and widening economic disparity are more than enough to make me want to holler and throw up both my hands.
Charleston church shooting suspect found competent to stand trial
By Jerome Socolovsky — November 25, 2016
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) - Accused white supremacist Dylann Roof is mentally competent to stand trial for the shooting deaths of nine black parishioners at a South Carolina church last year, a federal judge rules.
Charleston ‘on eggshells’ on eve of two racially charged trials
By RNS staff — October 30, 2016
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) Two South Carolina shootings that rocked the country last year and raised questions about race in America are now headed for trial.
Sea level rise is a religious issue
By Jeffrey Salkin — October 23, 2016
The waters are rising. Global warming is real. What does God think of all this?
Jury selection begins in US case against Charleston church shooter
By RNS staff — September 26, 2016
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) Dylann Roof faces 33 counts of hate crimes, obstruction of religion and firearms charges in the shooting deaths of nine parishioners during a Bible study at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church.
Charleston church shooter seeks trial by court instead of jury
By RNS staff — June 10, 2016
(Reuters) The white man accused of killing nine black parishioners in a racially motivated attack at a church in South Carolina a year ago said he would like to waive his right to a jury trial, opting instead to be tried and sentenced by the court. The court filing on Thursday (June 9) said federal […]
How Southern delusions lie at the heart of the Charleston killings
By guest — June 8, 2016
(RNS) Hypnotized by the lost cause of the Civil War, those under its spell could not awaken without the shock of wanton cruelty. The murders at Emanuel AME Church provided that shock
U.S. to seek death penalty against accused church shooter
By RNS staff — May 25, 2016
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) Federal prosecutors will seek the death penalty for a white man accused of killing nine black parishioners in a racially motivated attack at a church in Charleston, South Carolina, last June.
Religion news in 2015: Terror, fear and forgiveness
By Jerome Socolovsky — December 28, 2015
(RNS) "Faith-based" cleansing of ancient lands, murder and forgiveness motivated by scripture, and religiously inspired concern for the poor and the environment were hallmarks of 2015.
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