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NYPD’s Muslim surveillance extended well beyond New York
NEWARK, N.J. (RNS) New reports on the extent of surveillance of Muslim groups by the New York Police Department revealed the NYPD had been operating well outside its jurisdiction, cataloging Muslim communities on Long Island, New Jersey and campuses across the region. By David Giambusso and James Queally.
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For atheists of color, ‘coming out’ can be painful
(RNS) Many African-American atheists say that the act of "coming out" as nonbelievers in their community is to risk everything -- friends, family, business ties -- even their racial and cultural identity. By Kimberly Winston.
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Blacks say atheists were unseen civil rights heroes
Why is Martin Luther King, a Christian, remembered by so many for his contributions to the civil rights movement while A. Philip Randolph, an atheist, is honored by so few? That is a question many black nonbelievers are asking this Black History Month. By Kimberly Winston.
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FBI, Muslims report progress over training materials
(RNS) The FBI said it was willing to consider a proposal from a coalition of Muslim and interfaith groups to establish a committee of experts tasked with reviewing literature and videos used anti-terrorism training, but it had not yet received a plan to consider.
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Will the Mormon Church’s racial history be a problem for Mitt Romney?
(RNS) Until 1978, African-Americans were denied full membership in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Presidential candidate Mitt Romney has refused to say whether he thinks his church's racial policies before then were misguided. Daniel Burke explores Mormons' troubled history with race.
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NCC leader to step down
(RNS) The National Council of Churches announced on Wednesday (Nov. 9) that General Secretary Michael Kinnamon is resigning due to health reasons.
Kinnamon, 63, told the ecumenical group's governing board that he must "immediately and significantly" reduce his activity, especially the...
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Churches lose fight over Ala. immigration law
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (RNS) A federal judge jolted the national immigration debate on Wednesday (Sept. 28) by approving most parts of Alabama's aggressive immigration law that religious leaders had called the "meanest" in the nation.
In a ruling hailed by many state officials, U.S. Dis...
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Unitarian Universalist head convicted on protest charges
(RNS) The head of the Unitarian Universalist Association has been convicted on misdemeanor charges for participating in a protest rally against Arizona's controversial immigration law.
The Rev. Peter Morales, the first Latino president of the Unitarian Universalist Association, was fo...
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Israeli ambassador praises wartime pope
(RNS) In a conciliatory gesture regarding one of the most sensitive points of Jewish-Catholic relations, Israel's ambassador to the Vatican praised the controversial wartime Pope Pius XII for his "actions to save the Jews" during the Holocaust.
Mordechay Lewy made his remarks Thursday...
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Bishop calls Ala. immigration law nation’s ‘meanest’
(BIRMINGHAM) A new Alabama law that makes it a crime to offer rides to undocumented immigrants is the "meanest" immigration law in the country, according to a United Methodist bishop and respected theologian.
Bishop William Willimon of the North Alabama Conference called the bill, whi...
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