travel ban
As Trump cites ‘honor killings’ in new travel ban, UK debates banning the phrase
By Brian Pellot — March 10, 2017
(RNS) President Trump has called for a report on the number of ‘honor killings’ by foreign nationals in the U.S. Meanwhile, a Muslim member of the U.K.'s Parliament has introduced a bill to prohibit use of the term in official publications.
Trump travel ban orders a report on honor killings
By Kimberly Winston — March 6, 2017
(RNS) Civil liberties experts say the focus on honor killings is another attempt to target Muslims.
Trump issues revised travel ban for six majority-Muslim countries
By Yonat Shimron — March 6, 2017
(USA Today) The order no longer gives immigration preference to "religious minorities," such as Christians who claim they are persecuted in mostly Muslim countries.
The key to understanding evangelicals’ upside-down support for the travel ban
By Tom Krattenmaker — March 3, 2017
(RNS) Despite their carefully cultivated image as the people who are most committed to following the Bible, when it comes down to it, white evangelicals are strongly influenced by nonbiblical factors.
Christians in the pew and pulpit diverge over Trump policies on refugees
By Emily McFarlan Miller — February 23, 2017
(RNS) The divide between the people in the pews and those in the pulpit and other leadership positions isn’t new, but it has been notable throughout Trump’s campaign and in the first month of his presidency – especially among white Protestant Christians.
His fellowship cut short by travel ban, Iranian dissident returns to US
By Yonat Shimron — February 17, 2017
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (RNS) Mohsen Kadivar is no stranger to political turmoil. As an outspoken critic of Iran’s hard-line clerical leadership, he spent 18 months in Tehran’s infamous Evin Prison. But he didn't expect such turbulence in the United States.
Muslim students join lawsuits against Trump
By Zachary Siegel — February 16, 2017
LOS ANGELES (RNS) For Hadil Mansoor Al-Mowafak, a 20-year-old international affairs student at Stanford University, the president’s executive order meant that if she went to see her husband in Yemen, she risked not being able to return.
Christian aid group lays off staff in wake of Trump’s executive order on refugees
By Emily McFarlan Miller — February 15, 2017
(RNS) World Relief is one of nine private agencies contracted with the U.S. government to resettle refugees.
Collecting human rights prize, Yazidi lawmaker calls travel ban ‘unfair’
By Adelle M. Banks — February 8, 2017
WASHINGTON (RNS) 'Iraqis are not terrorists,' said Vian Dakhil as she received a human rights prize. 'We are friends and allies.'
Literary agents ISO Muslim authors
By Lauren Markoe — February 7, 2017
(RNS) 'Literary agents are in a unique position to help contribute to bringing more empathy, compassion, understanding and tolerance into this world through books,' the agents explain.
Yazidi human rights leader won’t be able to pick up her award
By Josephine McKenna — February 1, 2017
(RNS) Vian Dakhil worked tirelessly on behalf of up to 700,000 Yazidis threatened by the Islamic State group's ethnic-cleansing campaign. But President Trump's travel ban prevents her from coming to the U.S.
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