Michigan
Judge dismisses charges tied to genital mutilation case
By Ed White — September 29, 2021
DETROIT (AP) — A judge dismissed a new batch of charges Tuesday in the government’s investigation of genital mutilation against girls in a Muslim sect, saying prosecutors in Detroit retaliated after major courtroom losses. It’s another blow for the government, which broke new ground in 2017 when it charged a Detroit-area doctor with performing genital […]
Organ experts try to get the music going again after flood
By Ed White — August 9, 2021
GROSSE POINTE FARMS, Mich. (AP) — An extreme storm flooded a suburban Detroit church with more than 7 feet of water, striking the boiler, electrical system, elevator and more.
Family loses appeal in lawsuit over priest’s funeral remarks
By Associated Press — July 12, 2021
TEMPERANCE, Mich. (AP) — A priest who criticized a teenager's suicide during his funeral is protected by the First Amendment.
A refugee agency rebuilds its pipeline after Trump: ‘We’re starting from scratch’
By Emily McFarlan Miller — June 7, 2021
GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan (RNS) — Hollowed out by four years of drastic cuts to the number of refugees allowed into the country, the faith-based agencies that resettle families in the U.S. are gearing back up.
Robert Saleh is the NFL’s first Muslim head coach
By Joseph Hammond — February 5, 2021
(RNS) — For Saleh, who went to a majority-Muslim public high school in Dearborn, Michigan, the Islamic faith and American football have always had a unique synergy.
Muslim voters doubled their turnout, turning a much-watched minority into an influential one
By Simran Jeet Singh — November 9, 2020
(RNS) — Many groups have made significant gains in their ability to deliver the vote in 2020, perhaps the most influential of which is the Muslim American bloc.
The GOP’s Catholic voter problem
By Ryan Burge — November 6, 2020
(RNS) — It’s no coincidence that three Rust Belt states with large populations of Catholics helped put the Democrats back in the White House in January of 2021.
White Catholics could be key to a Biden victory
By Mark Silk — October 11, 2020
(RNS) — For Biden, the swing shown in a new poll has everything to do with reconstructing the ‘blue wall’ that collapsed in 2016.
Police: No sign that Duluth synagogue fire was hate crime
By Associated Press — September 16, 2019
(AP) — Police are recommending that prosecutors charge Matthew James Amiot, 36, of Duluth, for arson in the fire that destroyed the 118-year-old Adas Israel Congregation last week.
Chaldean Christian deported by Trump administration dies in Iraq
By Jack Jenkins — August 8, 2019
(RNS) — A Chaldean Christian man from Michigan who was deported to Iraq has reportedly died because he was unable to obtain insulin to treat his diabetes.
5 former Michigan Catholic priests charged with sex crimes
By Paul O'Donnell — May 24, 2019
DETROIT (AP) — Four priests were arrested this week in Arizona, California, Florida and Michigan, and the fifth awaits extradition from India.
Michigan deal bars LGBT discrimination in state adoptions
By David Eggert — March 22, 2019
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — As of 2015, Catholic Charities and Bethany Christian Services were on average doing 25 to 30 percent of the state's foster care adoptions.
A preacher plumbs the art of the sermon by yielding the pulpit to passers-by
By Kayleigh Fongers — October 4, 2018
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (RNS) — A Michigan pastor has created 'The Preachers,' a performance art piece in which passers-by are encouraged to step up to a makeshift pulpit and preach for up to five minutes.
Tlaib wins Conyers’ seat; Congress to get 1st Muslim woman
By Corey Williams — August 8, 2018
DETROIT (AP) — Former Michigan state Rep. Rashida Tlaib won the Democratic nomination to run unopposed for the House seat long held by former Rep. John Conyers, setting her up to become the first Muslim woman elected to Congress.
Could it happen here? How churches are preparing for a mass shooting
By Emily McFarlan Miller — November 14, 2017
SCOTTS, Mich. (RNS) – The weekend after the deadliest church shooting in U.S. history, one small church in Michigan had security trainers teach congregants how to respond to an armed intruder.