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On Ashura, Muslims recall how faith in God overcomes tyrants
By Omar Suleiman — August 28, 2020
(RNS) — On Ashura, the promise of Paradise is divine assurance even when the world shows its vilest cruelty. No pharaoh, tyrant or terrorist can take any of those things away.
Report blames major US corporations for global spread of anti-Muslim violence
By Aysha Khan — November 6, 2019
(RNS) — The report calls companies including Facebook, Amazon, Fidelity, Goldman Sachs, iHeartMedia and Sinclair Broadcast Group 'the unindicted co-conspirators of the Christchurch shooter' who attacked two New Zealand mosques in March.
How ‘joke religion’ turns deadly serious when the online alt-right comes to life
By Tara Isabella Burton — May 14, 2019
(RNS) — The nihilism of today's alt-right is both a religion and a rejection of the transcendence that religion holds out as a balm.
Is there a war against Christianity?
By Jeffrey Salkin — April 24, 2019
Fewer people living with faith. More people dying for faith. A sacred paradox.
To Sri Lankan Christians, and all Christian friends: ‘May Christ rise for you’
By Jeffrey Salkin — April 21, 2019
(RNS) — When Easter Sunday becomes Good Friday, something is terribly wrong.
Lent is a season of stubborn hope
By Kate Bowler — March 25, 2019
(RNS) — Lent is the right time to sit with darker truths, a time to reflect on our limitations and to remind ourselves that none of us is immune to the universe.
It’s been a week since the New Zealand attack. Our leaders have a choice to make.
By Shaun Kennedy — March 22, 2019
(RNS) — I grew up in parallel with the Christchurch shooter, but our lives diverged because of the choices we made.
Are we witnessing the triumph of evil?
By Jeffrey Salkin — March 18, 2019
When the spirit of Amalek entered those mosques in Christchurch, NZ.
New Zealand shooting hits home for American Muslims
By Aysha Khan — March 15, 2019
(RNS) – The attacks left Muslims torn between seeking spiritual solace in prayer and protecting their personal safety.
Mosque attacks spark outrage, fuel concern over Islamophobia
By Mike Corder — March 15, 2019
BRUSSELS (AP) — Amid an outpouring of condolences, some Muslim countries' leaders said the mass shooting was evidence of a rising tide of violent Islamophobia.
Mass shootings at New Zealand mosques kill 49—1 man charged
By NIck Perry — March 15, 2019
Forty-nine people were killed in an attack in two mosques in New Zealand. The man who claimed responsibility for the shooting said he came to New Zealand only to plan and train for the attack, according to police.
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