Why younger evangelical Christians are losing their faith in Israel
(RNS) — On Feb. 3, the night before his press conference with President Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with 14 prominent American evangelical Christian leaders at Blair House,...
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Faith groups’ environmental projects halted by Trump’s climate funding freeze
(RNS) — In the more than five years that Stillmeadow Community Fellowship in Baltimore has worked with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service to rehabilitate the 10-acre forest on its...
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Who are Ismaili Muslims and how do their beliefs relate to the Aga Khan’s work?
(The Conversation) — Prince Karim Aga Khan, who died on Feb. 4, 2025, served as the religious leader of Ismaili Muslims around the world since being appointed as the 49th hereditary imam in 1957. He...
View ArticleMuhsin Hendricks, ‘first openly gay imam,’ helped queer Muslims find their way
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (RNS) — The journalist in me habitually writes of the death on Saturday (Feb. 15) of Imam Muhsin Hendricks, “A motive has not been determined.” But Muhsin, a friend and...
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The streaming shows changing TV’s Muslim narrative
(RNS) — Seeing an actor perform salah — Muslim ritual prayer — on television is nothing new these days. But seeing someone who actually is Muslim uttering Muslim phrases or performing salah with a...
View Article60 years after Malcolm X’s killing, his message can’t be silenced or ignored
(RNS) — Sixty years ago today, Malcolm X (el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz) was gunned down in the Audubon Ballroom in Harlem, New York, at the age of 39. He had long known death was coming. He had seen the...
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Decline in American Christian observance has slowed, Pew study finds
(RNS) — The Pew Research Center Religious Landscape Study’s 2023-24 edition, released on Wednesday (Feb. 26), points at changes in American religious observance, including those identifying as...
View ArticleThailand deports 40 Uyghur men back to China after more than a decade in...
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A group of at least 40 Uyghur men detained in Thailand for more than a decade have been deported to China, Thai and Chinese officials said Thursday. The men made a public appeal...
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A Ramadan of resilience: Faith in a world on fire
(RNS) — Ramadan, which begins Friday night (Feb. 28) for most people, is the holiest month in the Islamic calendar, a time of fasting, prayer and reflection observed by nearly 2 billion Muslims...
View ArticleMillions of Muslims in Indonesia mark the start of the holy month of Ramadan
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Muslims in Indonesia are shopping for sweets and new clothes and taking part in traditional festivities as millions observe the holy month of Ramadan, which started on...
View ArticleSyrians begin fasting during first Ramadan without Assad family rule in decades
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Some restaurants and coffee shops in Syria were closed during the day Saturday while others opened as usual as observant Muslims began fasting during the holy month of Ramadan,...
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Saudis’ new Hajj system is making the pilgrimage safer, if less accessible
(RNS) — Hajj is too expensive. Hajj is too crowded. Hajj isn’t regulated well enough. The Saudi government isn’t measuring up as the custodian of the Hajj. Ask North American Muslims who have made the...
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Survey: US religious groups support LGBTQ+ rights, divide on medical care for...
(RNS) —Since coming into office, President Trump has signed a slew of executive orders that attempt to restrict the rights and care available to LGBTQ+ people and particularly transgender people. Among...
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Survey: Relations between Jewish and Arab Israelis continue to suffer amid war
JERUSALEM (RNS) — Trust and interpersonal relationships between Jewish and Arab citizens of Israel have further deteriorated in the past year as the war in Gaza continues, according to a recent survey....
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Why Muslim American nonprofits are taking steps to build trust with donors...
(The Conversation) — As Muslims fast from dawn to dusk during Ramadan, an important aspect of their faith is their role as stewards of God on Earth. One way Muslims do this is through the practice of...
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Ramadan behind bars should be a holy time, Muslim advocates say, not a fight...
(RNS) — For Muslims, the monthlong fast of Ramadan is an occasion to deepen one’s knowledge of Islam and congregate with loved ones to break fast at sunset. But for Muslims who are incarcerated, it can...
View ArticleIs taking Ozempic during Ramadan cheating?
(RNS) — Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro and Zepbound — all part of a class of drugs called GLP-1 medications — have been a gamechanger for people struggling with diabetes and obesity, and, as celebrities...
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Trump ‘slurred’ Schumer as a Palestinian. In most parts of the world, it’s a...
(RNS) — Last year, as I arrived in Ireland, the airport customs officer asked me where I was originally from. I told her, “Palestine.” She looked at me, smiled, and said, “Every true Irish person is...
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Every Ramadan, more US schools are embracing the needs of fasting Muslim...
(RNS) — On a Tuesday night at J.R. Tucker High School in Richmond, Virginia, parents and faculty guided students as they put final touches on simple tablescapes and two buffet tables. Last-minute...
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Nigerian faith leaders appeal to US to pressure their country on religious...
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — Nearly four years ago, the Biden administration removed Nigeria from a list of countries whose threats to religious freedom are of “particular concern,” but continued attacks on...
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