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Muslims celebrate Eid al-Adha as pilgrims conduct hajj rites
By Associated Press — August 21, 2018
MINA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Muslims are celebrating Eid al-Adha as over 2 million pilgrims carry out the final rites of the hajj in Saudi Arabia.
Religion must obey Chinese law, paper says of mosque protest
By Sam McNeil — August 11, 2018
WEIZHOU, China (AP) — Thousands of Hui people gathered at the towering Grand Mosque on Thursday and Friday to prevent authorities from demolishing the structure.
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.
What Richard Dawkins doesn’t get about the Muslim call to prayer
By Rose Aslan — July 31, 2018
(The Conversation) — Richard Dawkins' tweets are not the first time the Muslim call to prayer has been misconstrued or that Muslims have been attacked for their prayer practices around the world.
Killings of Catholic priests in Africa raise fears that peacemakers are targets
By Fredrick Nzwili — July 9, 2018
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — Following the killings of several priests in the Central African Republic, Catholic officials worry that clergy are being targeted by armed groups for their peacemaking efforts.
10 months on, the babies of Rohingya rape survivors arrive
By Kristen Gelineau — July 5, 2018
UKHIYA, Bangladesh (AP) — More than 10 months have passed since Myanmar's security forces launched a sweeping campaign of rape and other brutalities against the Rohingya, and the babies conceived during those assaults have been born.
Indian women breaking down barriers to religious leadership
By Priyadarshini Sen — May 15, 2018
PUNE, India (RNS) — As ideas about gender equality spread in India, female clergy are slowly gaining acceptance in the country’s male-dominated religions, solemnizing marriage, birth and death ceremonies for Hindus and adjudicating religious matters for Muslims.
Kenyan Islamic leaders speak out against female genital mutilation
By Fredrick Nzwili — May 8, 2018
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — Muslim scholars emphasized that FGM is a cultural — not a religious — practice, and one that goes against Islamic teaching.
‘This is my real life’: Where Trump’s travel ban hits home
By Associated Press — April 21, 2018
(AP) — As the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to hear arguments next week on Trump’s travel ban, its effects are playing out for people from Manhattan to Minnesota to the Middle East.
Opposition to interfaith marriage in India puts many couples at risk
By Bhavya Dore — April 20, 2018
MUMBAI, India (RNS) — In India, interfaith and intercaste couples are increasingly facing bullying, harassment, familial opposition and even death threats.
End the Buddhist terror in Myanmar now
By Hozan Alan Senauke — April 11, 2018
(RNS) — Today, ultranationalist Buddhist monks stand behind the military and urge them on, sometimes participating in the violence themselves.
Settlement will prevent illegal NYPD surveillance of Muslims
By Lauren Markoe — April 5, 2018
(AP) — 'Today's settlement sends a message to all law enforcement: Simply being Muslim is not a basis for surveillance,' said Farhana Khera, executive director of Muslim Advocates, a legal advocacy and educational organization.
During Lent, a Christian tried praying 5 times a day
By Kate Chance — April 3, 2018
(RNS) — The more time I’ve spent around my Muslim friends, the more I’ve considered being more deliberate about my prayer life.
A new streetwear line for Muslim women takes the frills out of modest fashion
By Aysha Khan — March 19, 2018
(RNS) — Seek Refuge, a new crowdfunded streetwear brand for millennial Muslim women, issues a challenge to the traditional modest fashion industry — all while taking up the cause of refugees.
Saudi-backed interfaith center boosted by crown prince’s surprising reforms
By Tom Heneghan — March 9, 2018
VIENNA (RNS) — Change in the Desert Kingdom has helped establish it as a serious player in interfaith dialogue.
