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Critics of Berlin ‘Safe Zone’ for Women Say It Discriminates Against Muslims
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Tunisia Outlaws Letting Rapists Escape Punishment By Marrying Victim; Other Arab Muslim Countries Urged To Do the Same
In several predominately Muslim Arab countries a rapist can escape punishment if he marries the victim. But human rights advocates want those…
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Twenty-Five Things To Know About Islam: Part 3: Muhammad’s Conduct; Endless Conflict
8. The Sunna – essentially, the manners and customs of the Arabs in the days of Muhammad – matters to most Muslims as much…
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SPLC adds rights activist Ayaan Hirsi Ali to list of anti-Muslim extremists
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Southern Poverty Law Center, the nonprofit legal advocacy group noted for its work fighting organizations like the Ku Klux…
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Facebook bans respected journalist for mentioning the threat of Islam
Facebook recently banned the profile of respected journalist and academic Jonathan Spyer for mentioning the threat radical Islam poses to Europe, then…
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Like many Islamic terrorists, Bangladesh attackers well-educated, well-off
(CNSNews.com) – In the aftermath of a deadly terrorist attack on a restaurant in the Bangladeshi capital's diplomatic quarter, the…
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Q&A: Meet first Jewish American ambassador to Muslims
Bob Silverman, a Jew who spent most of his diplomatic career in Muslim-majority nations, will now reach out to Muslims in…
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Indonesian Islam as the Islam of the modern world
Over at the Arc of the Universe blog, my friend Daniel Mark ponders why Indonesia is not perceived to represent the Islamic…
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Sexual identity vs. (Islamic) conscience
In my last post I commented on an attempt by the Justice Department to conceal the pro-sexual-identity message of vandals…
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ISIS briefly takes center of Libyan city, beheads 12
CAIRO (AP) — Islamic State affiliates in Libya briefly took over the security headquarters in the western city of Sabratha, killing and beheading…
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Despite apology, professor Larycia Hawkins leaves Wheaton College
Wheaton College professor Larycia Hawkins, who faced termination from her tenured post at the evangelical school for publicly saying Christians and Muslims…
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West Point cadets fight ISIS with Facebook
WEST POINT – Last fall, 16 West Point cadets — none of them Muslim — signed up for an elective on counterterrorism and created a…
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ISIS-claimed blast kills 45 amid shaky start to Syria talks
GENEVA (AP) — A triple bombing claimed by the extremist Islamic State group killed at least 45 people near the Syrian capital of…
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Wheaton College and doctrinal purity
(RNS) — The uproar over Wheaton College's recent decision to begin termination proceedings for a tenured professor was oh-so-predictable.…
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Cultural cleansing in Mosul and Nineveh
Since their occupation of Mosul in 2014, ISIS militants have destroyed priceless museum artifacts, burned thousands of books, bulldozed churches and mosques,…
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Teen attacks French-Jewish teacher with machete
MARSEILLE, FRANCE – A Jewish man was attacked with a machete by a teenager in Marseille, France, on Monday in an apparent anti-…
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Police: Gunman said he shot Philadelphia cop in Islam’s name
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A man using a gun stolen from police said he was acting in the name of Islam when he ambushed…
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Saudis cut diplomatic ties with Iran amid uproar over cleric’s execution
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Saudi Arabia announced Sunday it was severing diplomatic relations with Shiite powerhouse Iran amid escalating tensions over the Sunni…
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The American religious muddle
The First Amendment famously guards against a government "establishment of religion," while simultaneously protecting "the free exercise thereof."…
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Virginia district cancels school over Islamic lesson anger
VERONA, Va. (AP) — Schools in a Shenandoah Valley county in Virginia were closed Friday and a weekend holiday concert and athletic events…
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Obama convenes a discussion of religious pluralism
WASHINGTON – During debates about immigration, extremist ideologies and diversity of beliefs in the U.S., religious pluralism will take center stage at…
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Muslim clerics must reject notions of non-Muslim inferiority
(RNS) — After the Paris attacks and mass shooting at San Bernardino, the debates on Islam have predictably intensified, feeding hysteria and Islamophobia.…
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American mosques trying to protect bodies and spirits from hate
(RNS) — Following a surge of attacks on mosques and Muslims — a backlash against recent extremist attacks in Paris and San Bernardino — Islamic…
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PA’s Abbas calls Palestinian terror attacks ‘justified popular uprising’
(JNS.org) — Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said that the ongoing wave of Palestinian terror attacks in Israel is a "justified…
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Mass. court to decide whether Islam-education order went too far
BOSTON (AP) — After a landlord was convicted of pushing her Muslim tenant down a flight of stairs, a judge ordered her to…
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When religious fashion invites suspicion
When I was a girl, graduating from Old Testament and Hebrew language studies at a conservative synagogue, I wore a white robe,…
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The problem with pluralism
Whittaker Chambers wrote that "the crisis of the Western world exists to the degree in which it is indifferent to God.…
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Religious liberty in the workplace on land and in air
An Atlanta-based airline company suspended a Muslim flight attendant Aug. 25 for refusing to serve alcohol, which she says is against…
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In Yom Kippur, a time to fast and reflect
Starting at sundown on Tuesday, much of Boston's Jewish population will begin to celebrate the holiest day of the year…
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Religion of peace?
All of a sudden, George W. Bush is being held up as a role model for Republicans by Democrats. What did Bush…
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Officials: Suspected Paris mastermind, cousin died in raid
PARIS (AP) — The Belgian jihadi suspected of masterminding deadly attacks in Paris died along with his cousin in a police raid on…
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Mass. Muslims push agenda with first ‘Day on the Hill’
STATE HOUSE — The Bay State Muslim community on Thursday sought to assert itself at the State House in the areas of housing,…
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Judge to rule on female guards touching Muslim detainees
(RNS) — How far does the U.S. military have to go to provide religious accommodations for locked-up al-Qaida terrorism suspects?…
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Saudi blogger awarded EU’s human rights prize
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Saudi blogger Raif Badawi, who has been sentenced to 1,000 lashes and 10 years in jail for insulting Islam…
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With secret prayers, Jews challenge ‘status quo’ at Jerusalem holy site
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – As the group of Orthodox Jews came near the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem's Old City, one…
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Religious freedom is a woman’s right, too
There's a debate about religious freedom raging among our neighbors to the north. Last week, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper,…
