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Father of boy accused of stabbing 2 Sydney clerics saw no signs of extremism, Muslim leader says

By Mark Baker and Rod Mcguirk — April 17, 2024
SYDNEY (AP) — Kheir is among several community leaders who have accused police of unnecessarily raising community tensions with a premature declaration on Tuesday that the attack at Christ the Good Shepherd Church fit the definition of a terrorist act.

Note to newspaper editors: Change ‘church’ to ‘hierarchy’

By Thomas Reese — November 26, 2018
(RNS) — Saying that the Catholic church did not protect children is wrong. We should not blame the the people of God for the sins of the hierarchy.

Why we should call Chris Harper Mercer by his true title — a terrorist (COMMENTARY)

By Simran Jeet Singh — October 5, 2015
(RNS) In our modern world, “terrorist” is a racially coded word we have reserved primarily for describing Muslims engaged in acts of violence.

British schools must root out extremists, prime minister says

By Trevor Grundy — June 30, 2015
CANTERBURY, England (RNS) Prime Minister David Cameron said he wants to wage a war aimed at making the British public “more intolerant of intolerance.”

How Pakistan’s unregulated madrassa system sows division and religious strife

By Naveed Ahmad — December 22, 2014
ISLAMABAD (RNS) Two attempts have been made since Sept. 11, 2001 to regulate the country's seminaries. Both have failed.

ANALYSIS: Iraq’s Sunni insurgents listed their crimes in annual report

By Jim Michaels — June 18, 2014
WASHINGTON (RNS) The report doesn't trace violence only. It also tracks "apostates repented," a reference to winning over fellow Sunnis in areas that the group has seized.
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