by News Feed Editor | Mar 18, 2026 | Religion
(AP) – A federal judge on Tuesday ordered Texas to extend the application deadline for private school vouchers until March 31 due to the state’s exclusion of Islamic schools from the program. The extension comes after four Muslim parents and three Islamic private...
by News Feed Editor | Mar 18, 2026 | Religion
ST. LOUIS (RNS) — By day, he’s a third‑year medical student, hustling between operating rooms and cramming for exams. By night, he trades his scrubs for a thobe — an Islamic robe for men — and steps to the front of a carpeted prayer hall, leading rows of worshippers...
by News Feed Editor | Mar 17, 2026 | Religion
(RNS) — This week’s photo selection includes the final week of Ramadan, an attack on a Michigan synagogue and more. Article Attribution | Read More at Article Source
by News Feed Editor | Mar 17, 2026 | Religion
SÃO PAULO (RNS) — Once hailed by evangelical Christian leaders of different stripes for his support of their churches, Venezuela’s former President Nicolás Maduro, currently awaiting trial in a Brooklyn jail along with his wife, Cilia Flores, has apparently lost most...
by News Feed Editor | Mar 17, 2026 | Religion
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Italian Olympic speedskating champion Francesca Lollobrigida faced backlash for bringing her energetic 2-year-old son to interviews after her gold medal wins last month. But at the Vatican on Tuesday (March 17), officials held her up as a model of...
by News Feed Editor | Mar 17, 2026 | Religion
(RNS) — A Muslim woman who was the last pro-Palestinian protester still in immigration custody after the Trump administration’s 2025 campus crackdown walked free from a Texas detention center Monday (March 16). Leqaa Kordia, a 33-year-old Palestinian woman who has...
