How does India’s Sadhan village continue to resist religious polarization?
AGRA, India (RNS) — For 83-year-old Riyaz Ahmed Khan, the ivory-white Taj Mahal is more than a symbol of love. The monument, to him, mirrors his village, Sadhan, located about 25 miles from the...
View ArticleA man wielding an axe wounds 3 people at the Assyrian Christian new year...
DOHUK, Iraq (AP) — The annual parade by Assyrian Christians in the Iraqi city of Dohuk to mark their new year was marred Tuesday when an axe-wielding man attacked the procession and wounded three...
View ArticleHarvard Divinity School pauses religion and conflict educational initiative,...
(RNS) — Harvard Divinity School announced last week it was pausing its Religion, Conflict and Peace Initiative, a program that focused on Israel-Palestine as a case study. On Wednesday (April 2), it...
View ArticleFaith communities are setting a courageous example for standing up to Trump
(RNS) — In the few weeks since the inauguration of President Donald Trump, there have been a distressing number of American institutions and corporations that have “obeyed in advance,” to borrow a...
View ArticleIndia’s parliament passes bill that would change Muslim land endowments
SRINAGAR, India (AP) — India’s parliament passed a controversial bill moved by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist government to amend laws governing Muslim land endowments while Muslim...
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