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Power of Babel: Real-time AI translation may be coming to church near you
(RNS) — John Mehl, a teaching pastor at Colorado’s Timberline Church, and Miguel Flores Robles, the drummer in the worship band at Timberline’s Windsor campus, get along well, even though they don’t...
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The last 10 nights of Ramadan: Seeking light as Gaza is plunged into darkness
(RNS) — The last 10 nights of Ramadan are the most sacred of the year. They hold the promise of peace, of mercy, of divine closeness. They are the nights when the Quran was revealed, in which fate is...
View ArticleDOGE raids nonprofit advocating for peace, religious freedom
(RNS) — The U.S. Institute of Peace filed a lawsuit against the Department of Government Efficiency on Tuesday (March 18), one day after members of DOGE raided the Washington headquarters of USIP, an...
View ArticleAt the king of Jordan’s interfaith iftar, Orthodox and Catholic leaders...
AMMAN, Jordan (RNS) — King Abdullah II’s annual iftar has become a highly anticipated Ramadan event where members of the royal family, religious leaders and local notables, as well as Palestinian...
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For Muslims with eating disorders, Ramadan fasting can present health and...
(RNS) — Muslims around the world are celebrating Ramadan, the ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar and a time for spiritual reflection, humility and prayer. The holiday is marked by fasting from...
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Collapse of ceasefire in Gaza fractures a quiet Ramadan in holy month’s last...
AMMAN, Jordan (RNS) — Before sunset on Monday (March 17), Hiyam Issa Karsou spread a black plastic tablecloth on the floor of her home in Gaza City. The psychologist and mother of four set out the...
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Georgetown faculty call for solidarity after postdoc Badar Khan Suri’s detention
(RNS) — The faculty at Georgetown University’s center for Muslim-Christian understanding is protesting the detention of Badar Khan Suri, a postdoctoral fellow who has been detained by federal...
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‘Fear is definitely present’: Muslim students react to Trump campus detentions
(RNS) — A journalism student studying for her master’s degree at Columbia University, a young woman who asked to be identified simply as Elena, expected to be pushed by her professors to vigorously...
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In Dearborn, a Ramadan iftar for Muslim foster youth to break fast in community
DEARBORN HEIGHTS, Mich. (RNS and NPR) — Organizers and volunteers put the final touches to the iftar feast, adding plates of desserts, including knafeh and enormous Macadamia cookies, to an already...
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USCIRF report highlights little progress in religious liberty struggles globally
(RNS) — The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom has issued its annual list of countries it considers to be the most egregious violators of religious liberty and urged the new Trump...
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Brazilian Muslims seek return of enslaved uprising leader’s skull from Harvard
SÃO PAULO (RNS) — After more than two years of struggle, the Muslim community of Salvador, Bahia State, still waits for Harvard University to give back the skull of an enslaved African man who...
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Why Muslims trade sleep for serenity in the last 10 nights of Ramadan
(RNS) — It may seem strange to anyone unfamiliar with Ramadan that, in the final stretch of this already demanding month, Muslims intentionally make it harder. In the first 20 days of Ramadan, we fast...
View ArticleTurkey’s president arrested his top opponent. Here’s why it matters to the...
(RNS) — Earlier this month, the now-former mayor of Istanbul, Ekrem İmamoğlu, was arrested on corruption charges along with 100 other opposition leaders. The arrests have provoked massive...
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In Algiers, a youth-led gallery offers community through music during Ramadan
ALGIERS, Algeria (RNS) — Each weekend of Ramadan, in a former art gallery just minutes from the Grande Poste d’Alger in downtown Algiers, a group of around 10 young Algerians hosts a post-Iftar jam...
View ArticleNostalgia, relief and loss as some Syrians mark their first Ramadan back home...
DARAYA, Syria (AP) — When Mariam Aabour learned of the ouster of Syrian leader Bashar Assad, she shed tears of joy. But as the time came to return to her homeland from Lebanon – where she fled years...
View ArticleThe Taliban leader says there is no need for Western laws in Afghanistan
The Taliban leader said Sunday there was no need for Western laws in Afghanistan and that democracy was dead as long as sharia laws are in effect. Hibatullah Akhundzada made the comments in a sermon...
View ArticleEid-al-Fitr begins with the images of Gaza’s children dressed in death
(RNS) — Eid al-Fitr is supposed to be a day of joy marking the end of a month of spiritual striving, of fasting, prayer and giving. It’s the day when, after a month of self-denial, the entire community...
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Ohio group gathers personal letters to connect with Muslims in prison for Eid
(RNS) — Muslims in North America are celebrating Eid Al-Fitr, marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan. Around the world, people celebrate by donning their best attire, gathering for prayers and...
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Charlie Kirk doesn’t feel safe in Bethlehem. It’s his worldview that’s to...
(RNS) — During a recent campus Q&A, a Palestinian Christian student discussed U.S.-Israel relations with Charlie Kirk, executive director of evangelical Christian activist group Turning Point USA....
View ArticleDeclining Eid travel and spending in Indonesia and discrimination in India...
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — The usual festive mood of Eid al-Fitr holiday to mark the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan has been subdued in Indonesia this year as people grapple with soaring...
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