“The date was chosen as a sign of the will to build life and fraternity where others sowed death and destruction,” said a communique by the Vatican press office Sept. 11.
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The overlooked wisdom of Arab women journalists in the middle east
Zahra Hankir has compiled a collection of gripping and illuminating essays by Arab women reporters who have worked in the Middle East and North Africa. Hankir’s goal was to bring attention to “underreported tales and the women who tell them.”
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Review: A lifetime of studying the three great monotheistic faiths
Patrick Ryan, S.J., has produced a book that is a word of culmination and ratification. It is a kind of extended amen at the end of a long life of scholarly faith and faithful scholarship.
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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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In northern Nigeria, Muslims and Christians take small steps toward reconciliation
Lately, Muslims have been reaching out to Christians in northern Nigeria to seek reunion and deliver a message of peace, hope and solidarity that all Muslims are peace-loving people.
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Cardinal Burke: Limiting Muslim immigration is patriotic
Cardinal Raymond Burke said during a pro-life, pro-family conference that limiting Muslim immigration is a “responsible” and “patriotic” act.
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How Mary can be a bridge between Christians and Muslims
In an era when Islamophobia is on the rise, it seems especially important for Catholic Christians to know that in addition to sharing our belief in the one God, Muslims also share a reverence for Mary.
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Farrakhan refers to ‘Satanic Jews’ in speech at Chicago Catholic Church
Farrakhan asserted people shouldn’t be angry with him if “I stand on God’s word,” also saying that he knows “the truth,” and “separate the good Jews from the Satanic Jews.”
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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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What Islam taught me about dying well
Accompaniment, not technology, might be the most caring thing we can offer those facing death.