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Is religious freedom really the answer to radicalism?
By Chris Stedman — November 14, 2014
True religious freedom won’t be accomplished by platitudes. It requires a comprehensive and balanced approach that’s all too often missing from the field.
Hashtag activists battle online anti-Muslim speech, but #DoesItWork?
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — November 13, 2014
(RNS) Clicktivism -- for good or for ill -- brings attention to online hate speech, and "attention is never powerless"'
What was missing from the Ben Affleck and Bill Maher Islam debate
By Chris Stedman — October 6, 2014
Ben Affleck, Bill Maher, and Sam Harris debated Islam over the weekend. But their debate was lacking something incredibly important: The voices and perspectives of Muslims and ex-Muslims.
Muslim scholars tell Islamic State: You don’t understand Islam
By Lauren Markoe — September 24, 2014
WASHINGTON (RNS) "Please stop calling them the 'Islamic State,' because they are not a state and they are not religious," said Ahmed Bedier, a Muslim and the president of United Voices of America.
‘In Defense of Christians’ seeks to protect brethren from Egypt to Iraq
By Lauren Markoe — September 10, 2014
(RNS) "In Defense of Christians," a Washington-based group, wants to press the point that Christianity is endangered in the Middle East -- its birthplace -- and that its survival is in the interests of all nations.
Regensburg Redux: Was Pope Benedict XVI right about Islam? (ANALYSIS)
By David Gibson — September 10, 2014
Now, with the Islamic State on the march in the Middle East, leaving a trail of horrifying brutality and bloodshed that has shocked the world, some of Pope Benedict’s allies on the Catholic right are saying, in effect, “He told you so.”
‘Duck Dynasty’ star on Islamic State: Convert ’em or kill ’em
By Ann Oldenburg — September 3, 2014
(RNS) Phil Robertson says his first choice would be to "have a Bible study with all of them and show them the error of their ways." But converting the terrorists, he acknowledges, "would be next to impossible."
Islamic extremists impose reign of terror on Iraq
By Anmar Al Shamary — August 4, 2014
BAGHDAD -- The Islamic State "behaved very nice at the beginning of the takeover of Mosul, but they start to uncover their ugly faces. They blew up three prophets' graves, which opened my eyes," said shopkeeper Omer Othman
Arabic Twitter avatar illustrates #WeAreN solidarity with Iraqi Christians
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — July 25, 2014
(RNS) It's the symbol for "Nazarene," or Christian, used by Islamists in Iraq to brand Christian properties as part of their effort to drive out an ancient Christian community.
With Mosul’s Christians gone, Islamic State troops take over 4th-century monastery
By Cathy Otten — July 24, 2014
ERBIL, Iraq (RNS) Faced with an ultimatum to convert to Islam, pay a religious tax or be killed, by Saturday (July 19), most of Mosul’s Christians had fled. The following day, militants descended on the fourth-century Mar Behnam Monastery on the outskirts of the city.
The ‘Splainer: Who is the new caliph on the block?
By Kimberly Winston — July 1, 2014
(RNS) The last caliph reigned from the seat of the Ottoman Empire -- that’s Turkey to you -- until he was deposed in1924. Since then many Islamic groups have called for the re-establishment of the caliphate. So how big is the new caliphate, and what does it all mean?
England’s Muslim leaders to media: Don’t inflame Sunni-Shiite tensions
By Trevor Grundy — June 20, 2014
LONDON (RNS) Leaders of the Shiite community in the United Kingdom, about 5 percent of the total Muslim community, are doing all they can to tone down tension with Sunnis.
ANALYSIS: Iraq’s Sunni insurgents listed their crimes in annual report
By Jim Michaels — June 18, 2014
WASHINGTON (RNS) The report doesn't trace violence only. It also tracks "apostates repented," a reference to winning over fellow Sunnis in areas that the group has seized.
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