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Religious leaders laud King in memorial service
WASHINGTON (RNS) An earthquake and a hurricane may have interrupted plans to honor the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in the nation's capital but religious leaders and civil rights veterans on Saturday (Aug. 27) said King's legacy is unshakable.
The interfaith service was the last offici...
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Report details roots, funding of Islamophobia machine
(RNS) A small number of conservative foundations are propelling a handful of anti-Islamic activists who are fueling rising levels of Islamophobia, according to a report issued Friday (Aug. 26) by the left-leaning Center for American Progress.
The 130-page report identifies seven conse...
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9/11 gave birth to aggressive, unapologetic `New Atheists’
(RNS) In September 2001, Sam Harris was an unknown doctoral student who didn't believe in God.
But after the World Trade Center crumbled on 9/11, he put his studies aside to write a book that became an instant best-seller -- and changed the way atheists, and perhaps Muslims, are perce...
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9/11 gives birth to new generation of assertive Muslims
(RNS) Under a cloud of suspicion and distrust after the 9/11 attacks, there were stories of men named Muhammad who started going by "Mo," mosque leaders telling their flocks to lie low and women leaving their headscarves at home.
And then there was Asma Mangrio.
"My husband was nervou...
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After 9/11, curiosity over Islam leads to conversion
BOSTON (RNS) Like a lot of other people in the haze and confusion of the 9/11 attacks, Johannah Segarich asked herself: "What kind of religion is this that could inspire people to do this?"
She had studied other religions, but never Islam. So she bought a copy of the Quran, wondering...
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10 years later, Muslims divided on improving negative image
(RNS) After all the books, speeches, seminars, Facebook posts and mosque open houses to teach Americans about Islam in the wake of 9/11, Americans say they now know more about Islam than they did 10 years ago.
The problem, pollsters say, is that Americans don't seem to like what they'...
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Tuesday’s Religion News Roundup
Ramadan helps Libyan and Syrian rebels, by encouraging the sort of thoughtful mindset it takes to carry out regime change, and providing the social gatherings rebels need to organize their government-toppling efforts, according to CNN.
Sri Lanka is conducting its first census of wild...
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9/11 marked crucial turn in Vatican-Muslim relations
VATICAN CITY (RNS) A few weeks after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Pope John Paul II invited Muslim leaders to an interfaith prayer summit in Assisi, Italy, the site of a dramatic interreligious peace gathering he had hosted 15 years earlier.
In the shadow of 9/11, John Paul said, the w...
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American politics more religious than American voters
(RNS) Has America gotten more religious, or just American politics?
The country has grown less religious since the 1970s, while frequent churchgoers are now much more likely to vote Republican or support the Tea Party, according to recent studies.
As a result, faith-filled rhetoric an...
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Illinois Catholics lose fight over adoptions, foster care
(RNS) An Illinois judge has ruled that the state can terminate adoption and foster care services with Catholic Charities, saying the church-run agency has no "recognized legal right" to a state contract.
Circuit Judge John Schmidt ruled Thursday (Aug. 18) that state officials can canc...
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