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Ben Carson: Muslims unfit to be US president
By Reuters — September 20, 2015
GOP hopeful Carson overlooks Article Vl (no religious test for office), saying a U.S. president's faith should be "consistent with the Constitution" and Islam is not.
Poll: 29 percent still think Christian Obama is Muslim
By David Jackson — September 15, 2015
"Birthers" also hold sway with some. New survey finds 20 percent don't believe or are unsure Barack Obama was born in the U.S.
Crane crash at Mecca’s Grand Mosque kills 87, injures hundreds
By Reuters — September 11, 2015
(REUTERS) Al Arabiya television said the crane fell because of recent, strong sand storms. The accident happened just weeks before Mecca will be thronged with Haj pilgrims.
Europe’s Catholic parishes face refugee influx with fear, love
By Reuters — September 11, 2015
Catholic bishops coax reluctant parishes to step up to Pope Francis' call to take in Muslim refugee families.
Muslim-Jewish tensions grow at Jerusalem shrines
By Reuters — September 9, 2015
The Temple Mount is a focus of Palestinian statehood hopes that Jewish ultra-nationalists oppose. Israel has banned two Palestinian groups it said promote protests over Jewish prayers near the Muslim shrines.
Muslim flight attendant suspended for not serving alcohol
By Greg Toppo — September 8, 2015
Charee Stanley filed a discrimination complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, saying she wants to do her job without serving alcohol, as she was doing before her suspension, her lawyer said.
East-West Travelblog: Who owns the word ‘Allah’?
By Kimberly Winston — September 8, 2015
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (RNS) See this book? It was in my hotel room here in Malaysia. It’s in hotel rooms around the world. But here, this book is banned if it is written in Malay, the official language of the country’s 30 million people.
Muslim elected president of student wing of prominent pro-Israel group
By Lauren Markoe — August 25, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C. (RNS) Amna Farooqi, 21, a Pakistani-American and a senior at the University of Maryland, says she loves Israel, cares deeply about Palestinians and sees nothing contradictory about it.
India’s Muslim women seek marriage, divorce rights
By Reuters — August 22, 2015
Activists say current law in India's Muslim family courts discriminate against women. A study finds Muslim women overwhelmingly oppose polygamy, unilateral divorce and child marriage.
Slovakia prefers its desperate refugees to be Christians, please
By Reuters — August 21, 2015
As a record number people fleeing violence in Africa and the Middle East fill European refugee camps, Slovakia would prefer to take in only 200 and ideally Christians who will stay there, a ministry spokesman said.
Islamic experts’ declaration urges Muslims to fight global warming
By Reuters — August 18, 2015
"Excessive pollution from fossil fuels threatens to destroy the gifts bestowed on us by God, whom we know as Allah -- gifts such as a functioning climate, healthy air to breathe, regular seasons, and living oceans," they wrote.
How a proposed Muslim cemetery became a battleground for America’s soul (COMMENTARY)
By Ruth Nasrullah — August 10, 2015
(RNS) That's what Islamophobia is really about: You don't belong here. This is our land, our water, our beliefs, our country.
Islamic State abducts dozens of Christian families at Syrian churches and checkpoints
By Reuters — August 7, 2015
Human rights observers say 45 women and 19 children, including 11 families were taken Thursday. They are among hundreds of residents, Muslims and Christians, whose families have lost touch with them since the militants captured the area.
America welcomes Christians, Jews; atheists, Muslims not so much
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — July 29, 2015
(RNS) “When we ask people about what America thinks, what America is like, their answers are influenced by what is flashing in their minds. The news. The people they know. What they’ve seen themselves or what their friends experienced.”
Better than church? Religions’ social events have higher purpose
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — June 24, 2015
(RNS) People say these events strengthen their faith -- and folks with no religion like them, too, a new study finds.
