Muslims are breathing a sigh of relief after President Joe Biden’s reversal of the travel ban, which has separated thousands of families since it was issued by former President Trump.
Aysha Khan - Religion News Service
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Boston College students and faculty push to reject Koch funding
“As a Jesuit institution, we have a moral duty to put the common good above all else, and we believe the acceptance of this grant would legitimize the past, self-interested actions of the Koch Foundation,” a petition read.
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Boston’s archdiocese is expanding efforts to digitize their archives
A major expansion of the project will effectively double the number of parishioners whose names will be indexed in the digital archives.
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Faith groups urge State Department to abolish new ‘unalienable rights’ commission
Some religious groups and religious liberty groups have applauded the commission including the Center for Family and Human Rights, a Catholic think tank.
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China is practicing child separation and organ harvesting against Uighur Muslims, new reports allege
Two new reports conclude that China is engaging in organ harvesting and a child separation campaign against the country’s Uighur Muslim minority.
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New hate crime reporting bill draws support from civil rights advocates and victims’ families
As researchers report a nationwide surge in hate crimes, a bipartisan coalition in Congress is giving law enforcement funding to adopt both stronger hate crime policies and more accurate data collection.
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Anti-Muslim hate is driven by politics, not faith — and it’s preventable, study suggests
Researchers say that anti-Muslim attitudes is influenced by a host of factors, from personal and national politics to how much a person knows about Islam itself — but not one’s own religious affiliation.
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On Capitol Hill, persecuted Muslims unite to protect religious minorities’ rights
On April 1st, members of the Ahmadi Muslim community traveled to Washington, D.C., to participate in its 9th annual “Day on the Hill” project, where they meet with legislators to encourage efforts to protect religious rights of minorities and to solicit support for the 2019 Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act.
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Civil rights experts question Supreme Court execution rulings
Does an inmate deserve to have a religious representative present during an execution?
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Jewish cemetery vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti in Massachusetts
A Jewish cemetery in Fall River, Mass. was vandalized on March 16-17, with headstones defaced with anti-Semitic messages, with numerous headstones pushed to the ground. The Anti-Defamation League of New England is offering a $1,500 award for any information involving the case. This latest incident reveals a disturbing trend in increasing anti-Semitic violence in the state of Massachusetts.