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Islamic group evangelizes The Prophet’s message on billboards in U.S. cities
By Reuters — June 19, 2015
Some signs invite viewers to explore the Muslim faith while others portray Mohammad as a supporter of women's rights and religious tolerance.
Quebec bills aim to prevent Islamic ‘radicalization,’ limit face-covering
By Ron Csillag — June 11, 2015
(RNS) Lawmakers seek a $2 million for an "anti-radicalization center" in Montreal, and limit public employees and people seeiking public services from covering their faces.
Despite Pakistan’s ‘third gender’ recognition, discrimination is widespread
By Yasir Habib Khan — June 8, 2015
LAHORE, Pakistan (RNS) Pakistan added a "third gender" option to national identity cards in 2009, but official recognition has not stopped discrimination against "khawaja saras," those who choose not to be identified as either male or female.
No images of Prophet Muhammad — or any issue ads — will run on D.C. transit
By Reuters — May 29, 2015
To legally avoid running an anti-Muslim group's proposed ads, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority has now banned all political, religious and advocacy ads.
Why Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s tale provides cover for US-led wars in the Muslim world (COMMENTARY)
By Usaid Siddiqui — April 16, 2015
(RNS) Media personalities, especially neoconservatives, have rushed to Hirsi Ali’s defense to legitimize their own anti-Islam bias and imperialist ambitions.
The Occasional Pilgrim: Sinan Pasha Mosque (Photos)
By Kimberly Winston — February 28, 2015
(RNS) Travel to the Sunan Pasha Mosque in the heart of Kosovo, the newest old country nestled in the heart of the Balkans in this slide show of a sacred place.
Is President Obama a Christian? It depends what you mean by ‘Christian’ (COMMENTARY)
By Justin Taylor — February 23, 2015
(RNS) When it comes to the question of who is and who is not a Christian, the governor should have remembered that clarity is often served by asking the questioner why the question is being asked.
Supreme Court upholds religious rights of prisoners
By Richard Wolf — January 20, 2015
WASHINGTON (RNS) The court came down decisively on the side of a Muslim prisoner whose beard had been deemed potentially dangerous by Arkansas prison officials. Growing a beard, the justices said, was a Muslim man's religious right.
GOP hopeful Bobby Jindal doubles down on Muslim ‘no-go zones’ in Europe
By Paul Singer — January 16, 2015
(RNS) When a Fox News "expert" claimed non-Muslims are not welcome in some European cities, Britain's prime minister "thought it must be April Fools' Day." But the Louisiana governor's planned speech repeats the charge.
France ponders its response to shootings: Will xenophobia or multiculturalism win?
By Elizabeth Bryant — January 12, 2015
PARIS (RNS) French leaders are echoing the message of inclusiveness. "France is not Houellebecq. It's not intolerance and fear," Prime Minister Manuel Valls said last week, referring to the controversial novelist Michel Houellebecq.
The ‘Splainer: blood libel and the synagogue massacre
By Lauren Markoe — November 19, 2014
(RNS) Hours after two Palestinians, armed with guns and hatchets, killed four Jewish worshippers and a Druze police officer at a Jerusalem synagogue Tuesday (Nov. 18), Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the attack a "blood libel." Why, and what did he mean?
Justices to take up Abercrombie & Fitch headscarf case
By Richard Wolf — October 3, 2014
WASHINGTON (RNS) The Supreme Court agreed to rule on a religious discrimination lawsuit filed by a Muslim girl who claimed she was not hired as a "model" by Abercrombie & Fitch because of her black headscarf.
Muslim inmate takes his case for a beard to the Supreme Court
By Lauren Markoe — October 1, 2014
WASHINGTON (RNS) Inmate Gregory Holt wants to grow a half-inch beard in observance of his Muslim faith. Arkansas prison officials say he can't. The Supreme Court will decide.
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.
On Supreme Court docket: beards, church signs, and, yes, Middle East peace
By Richard Wolf — September 23, 2014
WASHINGTON (RNS) In its upcoming term, the Supreme Court will consider a religion trifecta: One case focuses on prison inmates. Another deals with outdoor signs. The third affects Americans born in Jerusalem.
