Gaza
What’s happening at Columbia is monumental
By Omar Suleiman — April 24, 2024
(RNS) — Columbia’s students have a long history of protesting injustice — which the school has regretted squashing in the past. Will it make the same mistake?
Conservative faith leaders praise Johnson for House’s approval of foreign aid
By Adelle M. Banks and Jack Jenkins — April 22, 2024
(RNS) — Passage of the aid packages came in the wake of letters and last-minute lobbying from a spectrum of religious groups.
For Irish Muslims, Eid al-Fitr is a ‘mixture of happiness and sadness,’ as all eyes on Gaza
By Indy Scholtens — April 10, 2024
DUBLIN (RNS) — ‘The mind can never be clear from the sadness over what is happening in Gaza,’ said a spokesperson for the Islamic Cultural Centre of Ireland.
As a Ramadan like no other ends, Gaza’s shadow haunts Muslims young and old
By Dilshad Ali — April 10, 2024
(RNS) — Parents have few answers for children asking about what comes next for Muslims at home and abroad.
Avi Dabush survived Oct. 7; so did his commitment to peace
By Michele Chabin — April 8, 2024
JERUSALEM (RNS) — The longtime peace activist has ramped up his activism since the terror attack that threatened his family and killed 5 in his village.
Palestinian Christians make an Easter call for relief from war’s tightening grasp
By Mitri Raheb — March 29, 2024
(RNS) — An appeal to the world's Christians to pressure political leaders to find a way to peace.
A prayer for finding balance in the Holy Land
By Thomas Reese — March 26, 2024
(RNS) — Cease-fire now; release the hostages now.
The zone of indifference
By Joshua Hammerman — March 21, 2024
(RNS) — Elie Wiesel's creed of non-apathy demands that Jews open our eyes to the suffering of innocents on all sides, including Gazans.
All eyes on Rafah as Ramadan gets underway
By Omar Suleiman — March 13, 2024
(RNS) — Muslims have navigated war, famine and death in Ramadan, but we’ve never watched a genocide in real time.
Shaun King converts to Islam
By Jack Jenkins — March 11, 2024
(RNS) — The controversial activist cited Palestinian suffering in Gaza as part of the inspiration for his conversion.
Ramadan will be difficult for those in Gaza or other war zones – what does fasting mean for those who might be already starving?
By Mahan Mirza — March 11, 2024
(The Conversation) — Ramadan encourages acts of charity. This also poses a question for many Muslims as they consider what more could be done to feed the hungriest in the world, many of whom are in Gaza.
With war in Gaza, American Muslims plan Ramadan of protest and activism
By Rhonda Roumani — March 8, 2024
(RNS) — 'Ramadan is not the month of taking a break or relaxation. It is a month of action and organization for us as an organization and as a community,' said an activist. 'We hope Ramadan will be a reinvigoration of the work we have been doing over the last five months.'
Biden’s pier for food aid into Gaza is no substitute for a Ramadan cease-fire
By Daoud Kuttab — March 8, 2024
(RNS) — The prospects for peace diminish with every passing day of Ramadan that goes without a cease-fire.
Jerusalem Palestinians prepare for Ramadan amid holy month’s uneasy politics
By Michele Chabin — March 7, 2024
JERUSALEM (RNS) — Ramadan will be more modest this year for Muslims conscious of the deprivation in Gaza and the lack of money in their own wallets due to the war.
‘We can no longer be silent’: New York’s Latino faith leaders call for cease-fire in Gaza
By Fiona André — March 6, 2024
NEW YORK (RNS) — The community has avoided taking stances on the Israel-Hamas war for fear of altering the group’s strong relationship with the city’s Jewish community.
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