religion

Concerns After Texas School Opens 'Prayer Room' That's Attracting Muslim Students

6:27pm March 26, 2017

by Stella Chavez

The state attorney general has raised constitutional questions about a public school's move to establish a room to accommodate all students and their religions. The debate has embroiled the community.

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Author Finds A Counter-Narrative Of Equality In Adam And Eve Story

6:27pm March 26, 2017

Bruce Feiler speaks about his new book, "The First Love Story," and how the story of Adam and Eve is still important to relationships between men and women today.

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Seema Parveen, 42, has been divorced by three different men. In India's Muslim community, a husband can divorce his wife by uttering the word "talaq" — Arabic for divorce.

Muslim Women In India Ask Top Court To Ban Instant Divorce

10:59am March 26, 2017

by Julie McCarthy

To end his marriage, a Muslim man in India only needs to say 'talaq,' meaning divorce. A growing movement wants to change this practice.

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Imam Johari Abdul-Malik (center), of Dar Al-Hijrah Islamic Center in Northern Virginia, speaks alongside other leaders of the Muslim community during a December 2015 news conference in Washington, D.C., about growing "Islamophobia" in the United States.

Push To Name Muslim Brotherhood A Terrorist Group Worries U.S. Offshoots

8:35pm March 24, 2017

by Tom Gjelten

Some Islamic institutions in the U.S. were founded by brotherhood members or sympathizers. Community leaders say ties with the Islamist movement were cut long ago; conservatives suspect otherwise.

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Last Friday night, the Berlin bookstore Shakespeare and Sons hosted a Sabbath dinner as part of the pre-kickoff activities for Nosh Berlin, the German capital's first Jewish food festival. Guests at the bookstore included many non-Jewish Germans who purch

A Food Festival Celebrates The Rebirth Of Jewish Life In Berlin

2:46pm March 24, 2017

by Verónica Zaragovia

The German capital is experiencing growing Jewish immigration, despite a rise in anti-Semitism. Organizers of the city's first Jewish food festival are hoping it can help foster unity and pride.

Fatima Avelica, 13, daughter of of Romulo Avelica-Gonzalez, attends a rally with loved ones and supporters for his release outside U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) offices on March 13, 2017 in Los Angeles, California.

This Week In Race: ICE Sends Chills Across U.S., Kaepernick, Others, Write Big Checks

9:46am March 24, 2017

by Karen Grigsby Bates

While much of the focus has been on deportations of Latinx, other groups have been under increased scrutiny.

An 'Intimate Portrait' Of Dorothy Day, The Catholic Activist With A Bohemian Past

1:54pm March 23, 2017

Kate Hennessy drew from family letters, diaries and memories in writing Dorothy Day, a biography of her late grandmother. Day founded the Catholic Worker Movement and is now a candidate for sainthood.

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Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department K-9 officers search the Jewish Community Center of Southern Nevada after an employee received a suspicious phone call that led to the evacuation of about 10 people from the building on Feb. 27. A suspect in Israel

Israel Arrests Man Suspected In Wave Of Bomb Threats Against Jewish Centers

1:45pm March 23, 2017

by Camila Domonoske

The man in his late teens is the "primary suspect" in the case, according to authorities. Scores of bomb threats were phoned in to Jewish community centers across the U.S. over the past few months.

Nowruz, the Persian New Year, is a celebration of the start of spring marked through large parts of the Middle East and Central Asia. Above, a Nowruz haftseen table, laden with seven items meant to symbolize rebirth or renewal.

For Afghan Immigrants, Nowruz Celebrations Of Spring Are A Taste Of Home

2:01pm March 21, 2017

by Eileen Guo

Celebrating this ancient festival was banned under the Taliban. For refugees and immigrants in America, the holiday and the feasts that accompany it are an important cultural link to Afghanistan.

The Edicule in Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulchre is traditionally believed to be the site of Jesus' tomb. A $4 million restoration project, led by a Greek team, has cleaned and reinforced the structure.

Tomb Of Jesus Is Restored In Jerusalem

1:05pm March 21, 2017

by Daniel Estrin

Jesus' tomb has been freshened up in time for Easter. "This monument today is free," said Antonia Moropoulou, who led the Greek team that handled the renovations.

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