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Pope Francis to visit Turkey in November
By Josephine McKenna — September 9, 2014
VATICAN CITY (RNS) The Middle East is high on the pope’s agenda and Francis has been particularly outspoken about worsening violence in Syria and Iraq and the persecution of Christian minorities in both countries.
Civil rights groups to feds: Purge your anti-Muslim training materials
By Lauren Markoe — August 14, 2014
(RNS) Civil rights and religious groups are asking the Obama administration to rid federal agencies of anti-Muslim bias.
FEATURED VIDEO: Atrocities in Myanmar
By Sally Morrow — August 14, 2014
"Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, continues to experience the violent persecution of its minority population of Rohingya Muslims. Muslims are being attacked by mobs of extremist Buddhist factions, despite Buddhist principles of nonviolence."
Party ties, not religious ones, drive down Obama’s approval rating
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — July 11, 2014
(RNS) The newest Gallup poll finds most Christians don’t approve of President Obama and most Muslims do.
Breaking the Ramadan fast in the company of Jews
By Lauren Markoe — July 10, 2014
(RNS) Muslim-Jewish iftars are popping up across the nation, bringing together dozens and sometimes hundreds of people for a celebratory Ramadan meal at which both faiths can forge a deeper interfaith understanding.
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?
Southern Baptists’ Paige Patterson apologizes for Muslim student as other schools work across faiths
By Adelle M. Banks — June 12, 2014
BALTIMORE (RNS) While the move to admit a Muslim student at a leading evangelical seminary shocked some Southern Baptists, observers say students from other faiths at other Christian seminaries typically don't get much notice.
Muslim and anti-Muslim bus ads battle heads to Round 3
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — June 11, 2014
WASHINGTON (RNS) Brace for more bus ads as advocates seek PR mileage praising or decrying Islam and the Quran.
Was World War I a religious crusade? An interview with Philip Jenkins
By Jonathan Merritt — May 22, 2014
A distinguished historian argues that The Great War was also a holy war that reshaped every major religion of the 20th century.
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary admits its first Muslim student
By Greg Horton — May 19, 2014
(RNS) The presence of a Muslim student on the campus of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary has touched off a controversy within the Southern Baptist Convention.
New organization unites American Muslims in one coalition
By Amanda Murphy — March 14, 2014
WASHINGTON (RNS) The new U.S. Council of Muslim Organizations says its first charge is to conduct a census of Muslims in the U.S. to get a better handle on what issues Muslims care about ahead of the 2016 elections.
A new look at Giving Tuesday: More give to religion than realize it
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — December 2, 2013
(RNS) The “Connected to Give” report also cites generosity thriving among people who claim no religious identity: 34 percent of these “nones” nonetheless give to religiously identified organizations.
American Jews say others face more discrimination
By Lauren Markoe — October 24, 2013
(RNS) American Jews say they face discrimination in the U.S., but they see Muslims, gays and blacks facing far more.
CAIR taps Jewish filmmaker to lead Philadelphia chapter
By Omar Sacirbey — October 17, 2013
(RNS) Jacob Bender is the highest ranking non-Muslim in the Washington-based organization, and the first to lead one of its chapters.
Abercrombie & Fitch to change ‘look policy,’ allow hijabs
By Omar Sacirbey — September 23, 2013
(RNS) Abercrombie & Fitch settled a three-year legal battle with two Muslim women out of court.
