Islamic terrorism

The war in Israel and Gaza challenges us to think compassionately and morally

By Brad Hirschfield — October 19, 2023
(RNS) — Our compassion for those suffering on both sides of this war doesn’t mean the two sides are morally equal.

Radical British preacher Anjem Choudary faces May trial on terrorism charges

By Associated Press — August 7, 2023
LONDON (AP) — Choudary, 56, is also charged with two other counts under the Terrorism Act: membership in a banned organization, the radical Muslim group al-Muhajiroun, and addressing meetings to encourage support for the organization over the past year.

Pope Francis condemns slaying of French priest

By Josephine McKenna — July 26, 2016
VATICAN CITY (RNS) The pope expressed his “pain and horror over this absurd violence" as armed men burst into the church in a small town in Normandy and slit the throat of the Rev. Jacques Hamel.

Arm yourselves against ‘Islamic terrorists,’ Liberty U. president tells students

By Reuters — December 5, 2015
Jerry Falwell Jr., the evangelical university president, said "good people" with concealed weapons could "end those Muslims before they walked in." He later tweeted he meant "Islamic terrorists."

The student behind viral #IStandWithAhmed: ‘I had to’

By Monica Hernandez — September 18, 2015
DALLAS -- The viral Twitter hashtag supporting the clock-making Texas teen arrested as a terror suspect was launched by a college student, Amneh Jafari.

Why conservatives want Obama to say ‘Islamic’ terrorism (COMMENTARY)

By Trevin Wax — April 13, 2015
(RNS) Many fear that our political correctness has run amok, to the point we look foolish.

How the “Islamic Antichrist” reflects our era’s anxieties

By Daniel Burke — February 6, 2013
Every age needs an Antichrist. For Protestant reformers, it was the papacy. For Cold War Christians, it was the Soviets. Now, a growing group of evangelicals say the Antichrist will be Muslim.
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