Emily McFarlan Miller / RNS For evangelical Christians, the importance of evangelizing is right there in the name. But it’s not the best approach to building relationships with Muslims and people of other faiths, according to Matthew Kaemingk, assistant professor of Christian ethics at Continue Reading
Leader of Fremont Muslim organization out after allegations of misconduct
Alejandro Serrano / San Francisco Chronicle A Muslim organization based in Fremont has severed ties with its founder after an internal investigation corroborated allegations of “professional misconduct” and other offenses, officials of the Ta’leef Collective said this week in a Continue Reading
Baghdadi’s successor likely to be Iraqi religious scholar
Paul Cruickshank and Tim Lister / CNN What remains of ISIS -- the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and Syria -- is yet to acknowledge the death of its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi who died in a raid by US forces in northern Syria on Saturday. At this early stage it's not clear who will succeed Continue Reading
Americans must search their conscience and ‘google Uyghurs’
Josh Rogin / Washington Post Spirits were high Wednesday night at Washington’s Capital One Arena, where a group of young Uighur activists — most of them U.S. citizens — came together at the Wizards’ home opener against the Houston Rockets to raise awareness of their peoples’ plight. But their Continue Reading