A Muslim valedictorian is abandoned by her own university
By Dilshad Ali
(RNS) — The decision to bar Asna Tabassum from speaking shows academic institutions are failing to protect students equally.
What happens when most of the Catholic churches in Baltimore close?
By Mark Silk
(RNS) — The loss to local communities is likely to be substantial.
It’s not just young women who have a problem with Mormon temple garments. It’s young adults, period.
By Jana Riess
(RNS) — An LDS church leader recently said that garment rules were getting stricter because of the laxity of young women. Let’s expand that to ‘young people.’
New leader of Jesse Jackson’s civil rights organization steps down just months on the job
By Sophia Tareen
CHICAGO (AP) —Haynes, 63, said he felt it was “necessary” to move on in light of “challenges that continue to exist,” but declined to elaborate further.
Once a fringe Indian ideology, Hindu nationalism is now mainstream, thanks to Modi’s decade in power
By Sheikh Saaliq and Krutika Pathi
AHMEDABAD, India (AP) — Supporters and critics agree on one thing: Modi has achieved staying power by making Hindu nationalism acceptable — desirable, even — to a nation of 1.4 billion that for decades prided itself on pluralism and secularism
Israelis grapple with how to celebrate Passover, a holiday about freedom, while many remain captive
By Sam Mednick
JERUSALEM (AP) — This year, Alon Gat is struggling with how to reconcile a holiday commemorating freedom after his mother was slain and other family members abducted when Hamas attacked Israel.
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