Muslims
Kenyan faith leaders condemn Nairobi attack as al-Shabab takes responsibility
By Fredrick Nzwili — January 16, 2019
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — Muslim and Christian clerics urged Kenyans to forge ahead together despite the militant Islamist group's attempt to use religion to put a wedge between them.
Women strive for larger roles in male-dominated religions
By David Crary — January 15, 2019
(AP) — In just over a year, the #MeToo movement has toppled powerful men around the world. Yet in most of the world's major religions, women are still relegated to second-tier status.
China’s repression of Uighurs won’t stop until the international community intervenes
By Jacob Lupfer — December 4, 2018
WASHINGTON (RNS) — The world at large needs to organize itself to address a crackdown on Muslim minorities whose heroic fight against repression we have so far comfortably ignored.
Three things we can learn from contemporary Muslim women’s fashion
By Liz Bucar — November 26, 2018
(The Conversation) — The recent interest in Muslim women’s style is challenging popular stereotypes about Islam.
Note to newspaper editors: Change ‘church’ to ‘hierarchy’
By Thomas Reese — November 26, 2018
(RNS) — Saying that the Catholic church did not protect children is wrong. We should not blame the the people of God for the sins of the hierarchy.
Khashoggi’s death is just one reason to boycott hajj. Every Muslim has reasons not to.
By Dilshad Ali — November 13, 2018
(RNS) — Some American Muslims are saying it's time to send a message to Saudi Arabia by boycotting the pilgrimage to Mecca. Why it's important to keep hajj a personal, not a political decision.
As refugee admissions drop, fewer persecuted Christians admitted to US: World Relief
By Emily McFarlan Miller — October 18, 2018
(RNS) — The drop comes despite President Trump’s pledge during his first week in office that helping persecuted Christians overseas would be a priority for his administration.
Trump White House faith outreach a picture of selective access
By Adelle M. Banks — October 5, 2018
WASHINGTON (RNS) — The White House says its administration 'continues to engage hundreds of faith leaders on various issues that directly impact their communities,’ but some say they’re not in that number.
India deports Rohingya Muslims to Myanmar
By The Associated Press — October 4, 2018
GAUHATI, India (AP) — They were arrested in 2012 for entering India illegally and have been held in prison since then.
Why evangelical Christians — and all of us — should stand up for the Uighurs
By Bob Roberts — September 10, 2018
(RNS) — Religious freedom isn’t just for your own faith. It’s for people of all faiths or it isn’t religious freedom at all.
PHOTO ESSAY: On Eid al-Adha, Muslims celebrate submission to God
By Aysha Khan — August 21, 2018
(RNS) — Muslims around the world are greeting one another with the Arabic phrase 'Eid Mubarak' to wish each other a blessed holiday.
Muslim pilgrims gather at Mount Arafat for hajj’s pinnacle
By Omar Akour — August 20, 2018
MOUNT ARAFAT, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Some 2 million Muslim pilgrims gathered on Monday in the valley of Mount Arafat in Saudi Arabia for a day of prayer that marks the pinnacle of the annual hajj.
What is the Hajj?
By Ken Chitwood — August 17, 2018
(The Conversation) — Nearly 2 million Muslim pilgrims are gathering in the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia for the Hajj, a once-in-a-lifetime obligation for all Muslims who are able to undertake the five-day pilgrimage.
Muslim women poised to change the next Congress
By Yonat Shimron — August 16, 2018
(RNS) — With their two primary wins, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan have made history not only for their faith but also their gender.
Clergy divided as Kenya moves to save forest, evict 40,000 settlers
By Fredrick Nzwili — August 15, 2018
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — Churches, schools and crops have been burned in a clearing process that government officials say will save the main water supply.
