UK’s largest Muslim event goes ahead with added security as hate crime rises
The UK’s largest Muslim convention, Jalsa Salana, is proceeding this weekend with enhanced security measures amid rising anti-Muslim hate crimes across Britain.
‘Free up the ganja’: Rastafarians in Kenya fight to decriminalise marijuana
Rastafarians in Kenya are mobilizing after a court dismissed their petition to decriminalize marijuana for spiritual use, with followers vowing to appeal the decision to a higher court.
Jerusalem’s most important Muslim religious site facing ‘imminent’ threat of Israeli takeover, says Jordan
Jordan convenes emergency meeting of Arab and Islamic foreign ministers over what it characterizes as an imminent threat to al-Aqsa mosque and Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem, citing Israeli incursions at the contested religious site.
‘A Bible-sized blind spot’: congressman sounds alarm on rising Christian nationalism
Congressman Jared Huffman, the only current member of Congress to publicly identify as non-religious, has published a book warning that Christian nationalism represents the greatest threat to American democracy and science.
DA says a teen who recorded San Diego mosque shooting livestream has been charged with murder
A 17-year-old North Carolina girl has been charged with murder for recording and distributing a livestream of a shooting that killed three people at a San Diego mosque in May.
He captivated millions on TV. Now Archbishop Fulton Sheen is one step closer to sainthood
Archbishop Fulton Sheen, a pioneering television priest who brought religious messages to millions in the 1950s, will be beatified on September 24, moving him one step closer to sainthood.