How 9/11 taught us to find sparks in ashes
(RNS) — If you are looking for a spark, sift through the ashes. And perhaps find some hope as well.
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As Rosh Hashanah nears, a rabbi invites Jewish skeptics to ‘Pretend You Believe’
(RNS) — The leader of an innovative San Francisco synagogue called The Kitchen counsels skeptical Jews to put aside the question of belief and enter into the experience first.
Religion News Service•Yonat Shimron11 Sept
The post-9/11 infrastructure of Islamophobia
(RNS) — For US Muslims, the legacy of Sept. 11 is not confined to a terrible morning. It includes the institutions, organizations and assumptions that took shape afterward.
Religion News Service•Omar Suleiman10 Sept
Islamophobia goes back decades, before 9/11, a new book argues
(RNS) — Journalist Rozina Ali argues that there has been little reckoning with the War on Terror and the lasting effects of post- 9/11 surveillance policies targeting American Muslims, in 'Seasons of Fury: Four Families and the Rise of Islamophobia in America.'
Religion News Service•Ulaa Kuziez10 Sept
Some critics cite Mamdani’s Muslim faith in demanding he skip 9/11 anniversary ceremony
NEW YORK (RNS) — The mayor — who released 170,000 documents incriminating past city officials for improperly assessing health risks after 9/11 — still plans to attend the ceremony.
Religion News Service•Fiona André10 Sept
What an Illinois village says about the US 25 years after 9/11
(RNS) — This anniversary finds the United States still unable to defend the American way that the Sept. 11 terrorists attacked.
Religion News Service•Kerry Staurseth10 Sept
What the AfD’s victory means for German churches’ influence
WITTENBERG, Germany (RNS) — The Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) Party scored a pivotal victory for the far-right in Germany, an outcome churches fiercely fought to prevent. Their inability to stop it and the spread of the party’s anti-immigrant agenda expose a deeper rift in communities in which churches were a check on right-wing extremism.
Religion News Service•Kerry Staurseth10 Sept
A journalist coined ‘the Bible Belt’ 100 years ago – it’s been oversimplifying the South ever since
(The Conversation) — ‘The Bible Belt’ has been used for a century to describe religion and politics in the South. But it captured just some of life in the region then – and doesn’t capture what’s going on today.
Religion News Service•Susanna Granieri10 Sept
A chapel near ground zero was a relief center after 9/11. Now, an exhibit honors its victims.
NEW YORK (RNS) — A new origami installation strings 2,977 paper cranes: one for each person killed in the attacks. The 'Ever Present' exhibition also features artifacts left there in the months after 9/11.
Religion News Service•Amanda Koehn9 Sept
In direct appeal to Trump, Catholic bishops’ president urges end of mass deportations of Haitians
(RNS) — The letter marks a shift toward a more direct and pointed tone in challenging President Donald Trump’s immigration policy.
Religion News Service•Aleja Hertzler-McCain9 Sept
The RSS’s interfaith photo op tried to hide the truth
(RNS) — Oneness is not a word you say but a record you build.
Religion News Service•Harman Singh and Sunita Viswanath9 Sept
One year after Charlie Kirk’s death, can faith hold Turning Point together?
(RNS) — ‘All of you in this room are those people who I am so proud to have in my army as I go through this battle against Satan,’ Erika Kirk said to student Turning Point leaders in July.
Religion News Service•Amanda Koehn9 Sept
TheSinging.Bible Website Surpasses One Million Song Plays Within Two Weeks of Launch
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Religion News Service•RNS Press Release Distribution Service9 Sept
Photos of the Week: Orthodox Christian youth, Pentecostal pushback on immigration
(RNS) — This week’s photo selection includes Orthodox Christian youth gathering, Pentecostal pushback to ICE and more.
Religion News Service•Kit Doyle9 Sept
25 years of reporting on the state of American Muslims
(RNS) — During Trump’s second term, we're seeing the emergence of a doggedly stronger and more unapologetic ownership of what it means to be American Muslim.
Religion News Service•Dilshad Ali9 Sept