Mohamed Khairullah, the longest serving Muslim mayor in the U.S., thought he had finally resolved years of airport searches and border interrogations in 2021, when his name appeared to be removed from the government’s secret terror watchlist.
Bible debates, ancient and modern: Why did early church choose only four Gospels?
Early Christians dismissed what they judged to be “apocryphal” texts, meaning of doubtful authenticity, and recognized only the familiar quartet of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John as authoritative and eventually included in what became the New Testament.
March for Our Lives, faith leaders call on Florida lawmakers to ‘cease and desist’
On Friday (Sept. 15) in Florida’s capital, a phalanx of college students will venture to the Statehouse to deliver a letter that, in part, protests the murder of three Black patrons by a white gunman last month at a Dollar…
Survivors Of The Birmingham Church Bombing Say GOP Culture War Bills Are Trying To Erase Their History
Lisa McNair drove from her home in Birmingham to Alabama’s state legislature in Montgomery last year for a forum about “divisive concepts” legislation being pushed by state Republicans. The GOP bill would have severely limited how educators could teach about race and racism.
Let’s Have A Look At Education And Religious Attendance
Here’s why I started this Substack — to allow me to fully expand on some graphs that I post on social media that get all kinds of backlash.
Her plans to play the piano and sing with the choir were interrupted by the news that the nearby 16th Street Baptist Church had been bombed.
Before she became known for R&B, soul and dance music, singer Candi Staton was a musician in an Alabama church. On a Sunday in the middle of September, 1963, she accompanied her church’s minister when he was invited to preach…
Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur are times for soul-searching, but not on your own – community has always been at the heart of the Jewish High Holidays
Starting the evening of Sept. 15, 2023, and again the evening of Sept. 24, Jews around the world will be filing into synagogues to mark their “Days of Awe” – the High Holidays of Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur.
Wheaton College Releases Report on Its History of Racism
Wheaton College embraced racist attitudes that “created an inhospitable and sometimes hostile campus environment for persons of color,” according to a 122-page review of the school’s history released by trustees today.
Catholics in Ukraine struggle as Pope Francis’ approval rating is at an all-time low
Pope Francis’ efforts to keep dialogue open with Russia to achieve peace have frustrated the credibility of the Greek Catholic Church in Ukraine, where approval ratings for the pontiff are at a historical low, local church representatives said on Thursday…