Islam Archives - Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/category/faith/islam/ Driving essential conversation about how religion and beliefs shape us and our world. Fri, 06 Sep 2024 20:04:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 https://religionnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Favicon-100x100.png Islam Archives - Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/category/faith/islam/ 32 32 The pope urges Indonesia to live up to its promise of ‘harmony in diversity’ https://religionnews.com/2024/09/06/the-pope-urges-indonesia-to-live-up-to-its-promise-of-harmony-in-diversity/ https://religionnews.com/2024/09/06/the-pope-urges-indonesia-to-live-up-to-its-promise-of-harmony-in-diversity/#respond Fri, 06 Sep 2024 14:06:51 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4165167&preview=true&preview_id=4165167 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.”

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/09/06/the-pope-urges-indonesia-to-live-up-to-its-promise-of-harmony-in-diversity/feed/ 0 7 years after genocide, plight of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh is exacerbated by camp violence https://religionnews.com/2024/09/04/7-years-after-genocide-plight-of-rohingya-refugees-in-bangladesh-is-exacerbated-by-camp-violence/ https://religionnews.com/2024/09/04/7-years-after-genocide-plight-of-rohingya-refugees-in-bangladesh-is-exacerbated-by-camp-violence/#respond Wed, 04 Sep 2024 21:26:07 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4164705&preview=true&preview_id=4164705 (The Conversation) — Hundreds of thousands of minority Muslims fled Myanmar in 2017 amid a government crackdown. Seven years on, they remain in refugee camps.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/09/04/7-years-after-genocide-plight-of-rohingya-refugees-in-bangladesh-is-exacerbated-by-camp-violence/feed/ 0 A Pakistani religious leader is tried in his absence for allegedly threatening Geert Wilders https://religionnews.com/2024/09/04/a-pakistani-religious-leader-is-tried-in-his-absence-for-allegedly-threatening-geert-wilders/ https://religionnews.com/2024/09/04/a-pakistani-religious-leader-is-tried-in-his-absence-for-allegedly-threatening-geert-wilders/#respond Wed, 04 Sep 2024 21:07:50 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4164866&preview=true&preview_id=4164866 SCHIPHOL, Netherlands (AP) — “Every day you get up and leave for work in armored cars, often with sirens on, and you are always aware somewhere in the back of your mind that this could be your last day,” Geert Wilders, leader of the party that won last year's general election in the Netherlands, told the court.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/09/04/a-pakistani-religious-leader-is-tried-in-his-absence-for-allegedly-threatening-geert-wilders/feed/ 0 Montgomery County, Maryland, was most religiously diverse US county in 2023 https://religionnews.com/2024/08/30/montgomery-county-maryland-was-most-religiously-diverse-u-s-county-in-2023/ https://religionnews.com/2024/08/30/montgomery-county-maryland-was-most-religiously-diverse-u-s-county-in-2023/#respond Fri, 30 Aug 2024 21:58:26 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4164319 (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. 

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/08/30/montgomery-county-maryland-was-most-religiously-diverse-u-s-county-in-2023/feed/ 0 Bangladesh’s Hindu-Buddhist-Christian council pushes for secular state https://religionnews.com/2024/08/29/bangladesh-hindu-buddhist-christian-council-pushes-for-secular-state/ https://religionnews.com/2024/08/29/bangladesh-hindu-buddhist-christian-council-pushes-for-secular-state/#respond Thu, 29 Aug 2024 17:16:48 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4164113 (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.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/08/29/bangladesh-hindu-buddhist-christian-council-pushes-for-secular-state/feed/ 0 Taliban reject UN concerns over laws banning women’s voices and bare faces in public https://religionnews.com/2024/08/29/taliban-reject-un-concerns-over-laws-banning-womens-voices-and-bare-faces-in-public/ https://religionnews.com/2024/08/29/taliban-reject-un-concerns-over-laws-banning-womens-voices-and-bare-faces-in-public/#respond Thu, 29 Aug 2024 14:03:47 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4164108&preview=true&preview_id=4164108 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.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/08/29/taliban-reject-un-concerns-over-laws-banning-womens-voices-and-bare-faces-in-public/feed/ 0 Harris-Walz campaign hires the Rev. Jen Butler, longtime activist, to lead faith outreach https://religionnews.com/2024/08/28/harris-walz-campaign-hires-rev-jen-butler-longtime-religious-advocate-to-lead-faith-outreach/ https://religionnews.com/2024/08/28/harris-walz-campaign-hires-rev-jen-butler-longtime-religious-advocate-to-lead-faith-outreach/#respond Wed, 28 Aug 2024 21:42:41 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4163975 (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.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/08/28/harris-walz-campaign-hires-rev-jen-butler-longtime-religious-advocate-to-lead-faith-outreach/feed/ 0 The suspect in the Germany attack was motivated by Islamic State group ideology, prosecutors say https://religionnews.com/2024/08/28/the-suspect-in-the-germany-attack-was-motivated-by-islamic-state-group-ideology-prosecutors-say/ https://religionnews.com/2024/08/28/the-suspect-in-the-germany-attack-was-motivated-by-islamic-state-group-ideology-prosecutors-say/#respond Wed, 28 Aug 2024 14:38:23 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4163916&preview=true&preview_id=4163916 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.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/08/28/the-suspect-in-the-germany-attack-was-motivated-by-islamic-state-group-ideology-prosecutors-say/feed/ 0 In the face of Palestinian suffering, interfaith groups offer a protective presence https://religionnews.com/2024/08/27/in-the-face-of-palestinian-suffering-interfaith-groups-offer-a-protective-presence/ https://religionnews.com/2024/08/27/in-the-face-of-palestinian-suffering-interfaith-groups-offer-a-protective-presence/#respond Tue, 27 Aug 2024 22:36:11 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4163826 (RNS) — An interfaith delegation to Israel aims to provide support and accompaniment to Palestinians facing home demolitions, dislocation and violence from West Bank settlers.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/08/27/in-the-face-of-palestinian-suffering-interfaith-groups-offer-a-protective-presence/feed/ 0 Pakistan flies home the injured and the bodies of 28 Shiite pilgrims killed in a bus crash in Iran https://religionnews.com/2024/08/26/pakistan-flies-home-the-injured-and-the-bodies-of-28-shiite-pilgrims-killed-in-a-bus-crash-in-iran/ https://religionnews.com/2024/08/26/pakistan-flies-home-the-injured-and-the-bodies-of-28-shiite-pilgrims-killed-in-a-bus-crash-in-iran/#respond Mon, 26 Aug 2024 16:38:40 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4163529&preview=true&preview_id=4163529 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 […]

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