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The pope urges Indonesia to live up to its promise of ‘harmony in diversity’
By Edna Tarigan and Nicole Winfield — September 6, 2024
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Pope Francis compared Indonesia's human diversity to the archipelago’s 17,000 islands. He said each one contributes something specific to form “a magnificent mosaic, in which each tile is an irreplaceable element in creating a great original and precious work.”
7 years after genocide, plight of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh is exacerbated by camp violence
By Nasir Uddin — September 4, 2024
A Pakistani religious leader is tried in his absence for allegedly threatening Geert Wilders
By Mike Corder — September 4, 2024
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Montgomery County, Maryland, was most religiously diverse US county in 2023
By Aleja Hertzler-McCain — August 30, 2024
(RNS) — Beyond the religiously unaffiliated, which represent slightly less than 2 in 10 (17.8%) residents, the largest religious group in the county was Black Protestants, who make up 10% of the population.
Bangladesh’s Hindu-Buddhist-Christian council pushes for secular state
By Rishabh Jain — August 29, 2024
(RNS) — Amid a government shake-up and rising violence against minorities, an interfaith council is pushing for the country to remove Islam as the state religion.
Taliban reject UN concerns over laws banning women’s voices and bare faces in public
By Associated Press — August 29, 2024
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers on Wednesday issued the country’s first set of laws to discourage vice and promote virtue. They include a requirement for a woman to conceal her face, body and voice outside the home. They also ban images of living beings, such as photographs.
Harris-Walz campaign hires the Rev. Jen Butler, longtime activist, to lead faith outreach
By Jack Jenkins — August 28, 2024
(RNS) — A familiar face among Washington’s faith-based activists, Butler said she brings ‘a broad set of relationships that I think can help, very quickly, pull a broad coalition together’ in a foreshortened Harris campaign.
The suspect in the Germany attack was motivated by Islamic State group ideology, prosecutors say
By Daniel Niemann and David Mchugh — August 28, 2024
SOLINGEN, Germany (AP) — The attack comes amid debate over immigration before regional elections on Sept. 1 in Germany’s Saxony and Thuringia regions where anti-immigration parties such as the populist Alternative for Germany are expected to do well.
In the face of Palestinian suffering, interfaith groups offer a protective presence
By Yonat Shimron — August 27, 2024
(RNS) — An interfaith delegation to Israel aims to provide support and accompaniment to Palestinians facing home demolitions, dislocation and violence from West Bank settlers.
Pakistan flies home the injured and the bodies of 28 Shiite pilgrims killed in a bus crash in Iran
By Munir Ahmed — August 26, 2024
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan brought home Friday the bodies of 28 Shiite pilgrims killed in a bus crash in Iran this week while heading to Iraq for a pilgrimage. A Pakistani military aircraft also flew back 23 pilgrims injured in the accident, officials said. Earlier in the day in Iran, officials handed over the bodies […]
In Chicago, ‘Little Palestine’ adds its voice to roar of the Democratic convention
By Reina Coulibaly — August 23, 2024
CHICAGO (RNS) — With the DNC happening in their backyard, many residents came straight from work or school to participate in the protests.
Palestinian allies make last-ditch push for speaker on the DNC stage
By Yonat Shimron — August 22, 2024
(RNS) — The DNC has so far denied a request to allow Americans to hear the stories of Palestinian people in Gaza whose lives have been upended by Israel’s massive military.
Parallel to DNC, a Chicago interfaith vigil mourns the loss of life in Gaza
By Bob Smietana and Reina Coulibaly — August 21, 2024
(RNS) — Activists who have been protesting at the Democratic National Convention over the war in Gaza took time out to mourn and draw strength from their varying faiths.
Faith abounds at the Democratic National Convention, but don’t be surprised
By Jack Jenkins — August 20, 2024
(RNS) — Trump staffers have called the left ‘godless,’ but this year’s DNC painted a very different picture.
War in Gaza casts a shadow over DNC opening
By Yonat Shimron — August 19, 2024
(RNS) — On Monday, protesters had begun gathering in Union Park in Chicago, about a half-mile from the DNC headquarters, with 'Abandon Harris ’24' signs.
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