The DOJ is investigating Southern Baptists for mishandling sex abuse allegations
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Houston Chronicle reporter Robert Downen about the federal investigation of the Southern Baptist Convention.
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Why Salman Rushdie's work sparked decades of controversy
Indian-born British author Salman Rushdie was brutally attacked this week. He has been the subject of death threats since his book The Satanic Verses was published in 1988.
The DOJ is investigating Southern Baptists following sexual abuse crisis
Leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention, which has faced widespread sexual abuse problems, said several of the denomination's major entities are under investigation by the Department of Justice.
YouTube videos are helping reunite loved ones separated by the India-Pakistan border
Two Pakistani friends make videos in which those who lived through India's 1947 Partition describe loved ones they lost at the time. With viewers' help, siblings and others are reunited after decades.
A Sunni Muslim is held in connection with the killings of Shia men in New Mexico
NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with leaders of New York University's Muslim community about Shia and Sunni responses to the killings of Muslim men in Albuquerque, N.M.
Fear turns to shock among Albuquerque Muslims as police say the shooter is a Muslim
Businesses were closed and people skipped prayer services after the shooting deaths of four Muslim men, three of them in the past two weeks. Now, the fear has given way to confusion over a motive.
Remembering the Oak Creek killings, a harbinger of white supremacist violence
Ten years ago, seven people died when a white supremacist opened fire at a Sikh Temple in Oak Creek, Wisc. A decade later, hate crimes against South Asians and Sikhs are on the rise.
Community members remember the massacre at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin
It was 10 years ago that a white supremacist opened fire at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek. Seven people died. A decade later, hate crimes against Sikhs and other South Asians are on the rise.
A group of Orthodox Jews in Brooklyn is reviving the golden age of cantorial music
Musician Jeremiah Lockwood hopes to introduce the world to a new music scene bubbling in Brooklyn.
The pope visited Nunavut for the final apology of his Canadian tour
Pope Francis traveled to the edge of the Arctic to deliver an apology to the Inuit people for the "evil" of Canada's residential schools, wrapping up his week-long "penitential pilgrimage" to Canada.