Anna Piela
Anna Piela is an author at Religion News Service.
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Will Tim Walz help Democrats win back Muslims? Unlikely, these leaders say.
By Anna Piela — August 12, 2024
(RNS) — The majority of American Muslims see America’s role in the war in Gaza as their top concern in the US presidential election.
The slow fade of denominational publishing
By Anna Piela — August 1, 2024
(RNS) — Shrinking churches means the market for Christian print resources diminishes, too.
The new hijabi-only beach in Montenegro is a welcome sign of inclusivity
By Anna Piela — July 2, 2024
(RNS) — Discrimination against Muslim women at beach resorts and pools has become rife across Europe.
Calling a Black female leader, American Baptists offer a home for progressive Baptists
By Anna Piela — January 31, 2024
(RNS) — The ABCUSA has an opportunity at a time when major shifts are taking place in Baptist faith at large.
How the Catholic Church’s crash in Poland brought down the Law and Justice party
By Anna Piela — October 18, 2023
(RNS) — With an exodus of young people, the Polish church may be facing the ‘Irish scenario.’
History tells us that burning sacred texts and other books never ends well
By Anna Piela — August 29, 2023
(RNS) — Those whose books are burned or banned are often erased from a country’s life and history.
Sinead O’Connor was a rock star and a Muslim. Why did obituaries miss this?
By Anna Piela — August 8, 2023
(RNS) — Obscuring O’Connor’s faith is a missed chance to fight Islamophobia.
How many times do hijab-wearing Muslim judges in America need to break the glass ceiling?
By Anna Piela — May 9, 2023
(RNS) — We’ve passed the point where the appearance of a Muslim judge in hijab is remarkable in itself.
Can ecumenism survive some Orthodox churches’ resistance to ordained women?
By Anna Piela — April 13, 2023
(RNS) — The issue of female ordination is threatening to define the future of ecumenism and Orthodoxy at large.
One year on, Muslim women reflect on wearing the niqab in a mask-wearing world
By Anna Piela — February 3, 2021
(The Conversation) — Women reported decreased levels of the kinds of prejudice they experienced before the pandemic.
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