Islam Beyond Phobia Archives - Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/category/opinion/columns/islam-beyond-phobia-omar-suleiman/ Driving essential conversation about how religion and beliefs shape us and our world. Mon, 17 Jun 2024 14:02:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 https://religionnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Favicon-100x100.png Islam Beyond Phobia Archives - Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/category/opinion/columns/islam-beyond-phobia-omar-suleiman/ 32 32 In Mecca on Eid al-Adha, carrying the burden of those lost in Gaza https://religionnews.com/2024/06/16/in-mecca-on-eid-al-adha-carrying-the-burden-of-those-lost-in-gaza/ https://religionnews.com/2024/06/16/in-mecca-on-eid-al-adha-carrying-the-burden-of-those-lost-in-gaza/#respond Sun, 16 Jun 2024 16:57:35 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4153691 MECCA, Saudi Arabia (RNS) — In my kaffiyeh, I received prayers from random worshippers and even my taxi driver for the Palestinian people.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/06/16/in-mecca-on-eid-al-adha-carrying-the-burden-of-those-lost-in-gaza/feed/ 0 Netanyahu, an accused criminal at the Hague, becomes an invited guest in Washington https://religionnews.com/2024/06/11/netanyahu-an-accused-criminal-at-the-hague-becomes-an-invited-guest-in-washington/ https://religionnews.com/2024/06/11/netanyahu-an-accused-criminal-at-the-hague-becomes-an-invited-guest-in-washington/#respond Tue, 11 Jun 2024 14:00:20 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4152606 (RNS) — The fiction of a post-World War II Western rules-based, values-based world order is dead.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/06/11/netanyahu-an-accused-criminal-at-the-hague-becomes-an-invited-guest-in-washington/feed/ 0 What’s happening at Columbia is monumental https://religionnews.com/2024/04/24/whats-happening-at-columbia-is-monumental/ https://religionnews.com/2024/04/24/whats-happening-at-columbia-is-monumental/#respond Wed, 24 Apr 2024 21:25:52 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4144895 (RNS) — Columbia’s students have a long history of protesting injustice — which the school has regretted squashing in the past. Will it make the same mistake?

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/04/24/whats-happening-at-columbia-is-monumental/feed/ 0 All eyes on Rafah as Ramadan gets underway https://religionnews.com/2024/03/13/all-eyes-on-rafah-as-ramadan-gets-underway/ https://religionnews.com/2024/03/13/all-eyes-on-rafah-as-ramadan-gets-underway/#respond Wed, 13 Mar 2024 16:54:18 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4137517 (RNS) — Muslims have navigated war, famine and death in Ramadan, but we’ve never watched a genocide in real time.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/03/13/all-eyes-on-rafah-as-ramadan-gets-underway/feed/ 0 Israel’s crimes in Gaza may be condemned at the Hague. The real victory is already won. https://religionnews.com/2024/01/12/israels-crimes-in-gaza-may-be-condemned-at-the-hague-the-real-victory-is-already-won/ https://religionnews.com/2024/01/12/israels-crimes-in-gaza-may-be-condemned-at-the-hague-the-real-victory-is-already-won/#respond Fri, 12 Jan 2024 17:57:36 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4127664 (RNS) — After nearly 80 years, Israel is a defendant at the Hague.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/01/12/israels-crimes-in-gaza-may-be-condemned-at-the-hague-the-real-victory-is-already-won/feed/ 0 Anti-Zionism is not antisemitism https://religionnews.com/2023/12/08/anti-zionism-is-not-antisemitism/ https://religionnews.com/2023/12/08/anti-zionism-is-not-antisemitism/#respond Fri, 08 Dec 2023 20:21:29 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4123099 (RNS) — Equating the two is designed to stifle criticism and instill fear in those who speak out, Jews and non-Jews alike. 

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2023/12/08/anti-zionism-is-not-antisemitism/feed/ 0 In Gaza, the cease-fire accentuates the barbarity of the war https://religionnews.com/2023/11/28/in-gaza-the-cease-fire-accentuates-the-barbarity-of-the-war/ https://religionnews.com/2023/11/28/in-gaza-the-cease-fire-accentuates-the-barbarity-of-the-war/#respond Tue, 28 Nov 2023 19:27:07 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4120697 (RNS) — The relative quiet is only a reminder that the status quo in Gaza is cruelty.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2023/11/28/in-gaza-the-cease-fire-accentuates-the-barbarity-of-the-war/feed/ 0 I am a child of Palestinians. I could’ve been killed in Gaza. https://religionnews.com/2023/11/08/i-am-a-child-of-palestinians-i-couldve-been-killed-in-gaza/ https://religionnews.com/2023/11/08/i-am-a-child-of-palestinians-i-couldve-been-killed-in-gaza/#respond Wed, 08 Nov 2023 18:57:02 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4118135 (RNS) — You claim to care about us here, but are OK with us being killed there.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2023/11/08/i-am-a-child-of-palestinians-i-couldve-been-killed-in-gaza/feed/ 0 Don’t look away. Israel’s response is textbook ethnic cleansing.   https://religionnews.com/2023/10/31/dont-look-away-its-ethnic-cleansing/ https://religionnews.com/2023/10/31/dont-look-away-its-ethnic-cleansing/#respond Tue, 31 Oct 2023 19:01:34 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4116924 (RNS) — A leaked document shows Israel sees the war as an opportunity to push Palestinians into Egypt.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2023/10/31/dont-look-away-its-ethnic-cleansing/feed/ 0 For what crime did Wadea Al-Fayoume, a 6-year-old in Chicago, die? https://religionnews.com/2023/10/18/for-what-crime-did-wadea-al-fayoume-a-6-year-old-in-chicago-die/ Wed, 18 Oct 2023 23:26:47 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4115150 (RNS) — Every child should have the right to grow up with the compassion that Wadea Al-Fayoume expected.

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