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Pakistani court sentences Christian man to death for posting hateful content against Muslims
By Asim Tanveer — July 3, 2024
MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — In August 2023, groups of Muslim men burned dozens of homes and churches after some residents claimed they saw two Christian men tearing out pages from Islam's holy book, the Quran.
The new hijabi-only beach in Montenegro is a welcome sign of inclusivity
By Anna Piela — July 2, 2024
In UK, Muslims threaten electoral damage on Labour Party over support for Israel
By Catherine Pepinster — July 1, 2024
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Custodians of the Hajj — who’s to blame for heat-related deaths?
By Dilshad Ali — June 27, 2024
(RNS) — One can’t sweep 1,300 deaths under the rug.
LA mayor considers buffer zones at houses of worship after protest at synagogue
By Alejandra Molina — June 27, 2024
LOS ANGELES (RNS) — An ordinance regulating masks at public demonstrations, however, would not ‘withstand judicial scrutiny,' the LA mayor said.
Harvard task forces find discrimination and harassment against Jews, Muslims
By Yonat Shimron — June 27, 2024
(RNS) — Their preliminary recommendations include more anti-harassment training and a high-profile series of talks that model respectful disagreement.
Why the swing state faith voters who really matter in 2024 aren’t evangelicals
By Bob Smietana and Jack Jenkins — June 25, 2024
(RNS) — MAGA evangelicals grab all the headlines. But it’s swing state faith voters — Catholics, mainliners and Black Protestants — who will likely decide the election.
More than 1,300 people died during Hajj, many of them after walking in the scorching heat
By Samy Magdy — June 24, 2024
CAIRO (AP) — More than 1,300 people died during this year’s Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia as the faithful faced extreme high temperatures at Islamic holy sites in the desert kingdom, Saudi authorities announced Sunday.
Hundreds died during this year’s Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia amid intense heat, officials say
By Samy Magdy — June 20, 2024
MECCA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia has not commented on the death toll amid the heat during the pilgrimage, required of every able Muslim once in their life, nor offered any causes for those who died. However, hundreds of people had lined up at the Emergency Complex in Al-Muaisem neighborhood in Mecca, trying to get information about their missing family members.
Pilgrims commence the final rites of Hajj as Muslims celebrate Eid al-Adha
By Samy Magdy — June 18, 2024
MINA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Masses of pilgrims on Sunday embarked on a symbolic stoning of the devil in Saudi Arabia under the soaring summer heat. The ritual marks the final days of the Hajj, or Islamic pilgrimage, and the start of the Eid al-Adha celebrations for Muslims around the world.
For Senegalese fishermen, Eid al-Adha is now a source of anguish, not a joyful occasion
By By Monika Pronczuk — June 17, 2024
THIAROYE-SUR-MER, Senegal (AP) — The upcoming holiday of Eid al-Adha should have been a joyful occasion for millions of Muslims in Senegal. But skyrocketing prices, record unemployment and growing inequalities have turned Tabaski — as the holiday is locally known — into a source of anguish for many in this West African nation.
Muslim pilgrims resume symbolic stoning of the devil as they wrap up Hajj pilgrimage in deadly heat
By Samy Magdy — June 17, 2024
MINA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — With the final days of the Hajj coinciding with Eid al-Adha, thousands of Muslim pilgrims used the early morning hours Monday to perform the second day of the symbolic stoning of the devil, as noontime summer heat caused heatstroke among many.
India slowly expands protections for ostracized interfaith, mixed-caste couples
By Priyadarshini Sen — June 14, 2024
MAHARASHTRA, India (RNS) — In 2018, India’s Supreme Court recognized honor killing as a serious problem and issued guidelines to prevent it, including setting up safe houses.
Reconciling the divide in Muslim life over when the moon appears
By Dilshad Ali — June 14, 2024
(RNS) — How do we reconcile the two methods of determining Islamic holy days? You don’t have to, said an imam.
Muslims start the Hajj against the backdrop of the devastating Israel-Hamas war
By Samy Magdy — June 14, 2024
MINA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — This year’s Hajj came against the backdrop of the raging war in the Gaza Strip between Israel and Palestinian militants, which pushed the Middle East to the brink of a regional war between Israel and its allies on one side and Iran-backed militant groups on the other.
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