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Police arrest Polish teenager suspected of throwing firebombs at synagogue
By Associated Press — May 2, 2024
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Police in cooperation with the Internal Security Agency arrested the 16-year-old Polish male in Warsaw on Wednesday evening.
A gunman kills 6 worshippers inside a Shiite mosque in western Afghanistan, the Taliban say
By Associated Press — April 30, 2024
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Local media reports and a former president of Afghanistan said the mosque was targeted because it was a place of worship for the country’s Shiite Muslim minority.
Spain approves plan to compensate victims of Catholic Church sex abuse. Church will be asked to pay
By Associated Press — April 24, 2024
MADRID (AP) — The project will include free legal assistance for all victims of sexual abuse and it will reinforce the prevention supervision in schools.
Mandisa, Grammy-winning singer and ‘American Idol’ alum, dies at 47
By Associated Press — April 19, 2024
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A representative said the cause of Mandisa's death was not yet known.
A London court rules against a Muslim girl who wanted to pray at a school known for strict rules
By Associated Press — April 16, 2024
LONDON (AP) — The fight was over a rule put in place last year by the Michaela Community School after a small group of students who began praying in the schoolyard caused divisions at the school that spread to the community and led to a bomb threat.
Guilty plea by leader of polygamous sect near the Arizona-Utah border is at risk of being thrown out
By Associated Press — April 15, 2024
PHOENIX (AP) — Authorities say Bateman created a sprawling network spanning at least four states as he tried to start an offshoot of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
A bus carrying pilgrims crashes in southwest Pakistan, killing 17 people and injuring 16
By Associated Press — April 12, 2024
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) —The driver lost control of the bus in Las Bela district, just 25 kilometers from the shrine the pilgrims were heading to.
Anger in Malaysia over shoes bearing logo resembling Arabic word for God. Company head apologizes
By Associated Press — April 8, 2024
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) —The Islamic department said if evidence that the logo was deliberately created to mimic the word “God” in Arabic, legal action will be taken to prevent similar future incidents.
Pope shows off rosary of slain Ukrainian soldier, denounces ‘madness of war’
By Associated Press — April 4, 2024
ROME (AP) — Praying for the families of the seven World Central Kitchen workers killed, he called for humanitarian aid to reach Gaza's people and for all efforts to prevent the conflict from spreading.
Man pleads guilty to attacking Muslim state representative in Connecticut
By Associated Press — April 3, 2024
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Rep. Maryam Khan was attacked while attending a service at the XL Center arena in Hartford with her family to mark Eid al-Adha, the end of the Hajj.
Ships with a second round of aid for Gaza have departed Cyprus as concerns about hunger soar
By Associated Press — April 1, 2024
JERUSALEM (AP) — The United Nations and partners have warned that famine could occur in devastated, largely isolated northern Gaza as early as this month.
Germany player Rüdiger takes legal steps after Ramadan greeting prompts accusation of terror support
By Associated Press — March 27, 2024
BERLIN (AP) — Former Bild chief editor Julian Reichelt responded on X, formerly Twitter, with a series of posts accusing the player of “Islamism” and of showing the “ISIS-greeting of Islamists.
Feds say California’s facial hair ban for prison guards amounts to religious discrimination
By Associated Press — March 27, 2024
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The civil rights complaint filed Monday by the U.S. Justice Department says the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation's prohibition on facial hair denies on-the-job accommodations for officers of various religions.
Malaysian convenience store owners charged over ‘Allah’ socks that angered Muslims
By Associated Press — March 26, 2024
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Allah is an Arabic word for God, and many Malaysian Muslims found it offensive to associate the word with feet.
Thousands of Christians attend Palm Sunday celebrations in Jerusalem against a backdrop of war
By Associated Press — March 25, 2024
JERUSALEM (AP) —The annual celebration came as the Israel-Hamas war rages on in Gaza. However, the conflict appeared to have had little effect on the procession, which swelled to a similar size as last year.
