Erika López Prater, a lecturer at Hamline University, showed a 14th-century painting of the Prophet Muhammad in a global art history class. Officials at the university in Minnesota subsequently decided to let López Prater go, stating that the incident was Islamophobic and that respect for the Muslim students should have...
More US Firms Are Boosting Faith-Based Support for Employees
NEW YORK — It has become standard practice for U.S. corporations to assure employees of support regardless of their race, gender or sexual orientation. There’s now an intensifying push to ensure that companies are similarly supportive and inclusive when it comes to employees’ religious beliefs. One barometer: More than 20%...
Trump Blasts Christian Magazine That Called for His Removal
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump blasted a prominent Christian magazine on Friday, a day after it published an editorial arguing that he should be removed from office because of his “blackened moral record.” Trump tweeted that Christianity Today, an evangelical magazine founded by the late Rev. Billy Graham, “would rather have a...
Muslim Youth Have a Place to Call Their Own at My Deen
Eighteen-year-old Salman Khan is outside shooting hoops with a handful of friends, some of them his buddies since elementary school. Like Khan, the other players are Muslim young men; their basketball "court" is in a parking lot behind My Deen (it's Arabic for "My Faith"), a nonprofit organization founded over a...
Mormons Repeal Ban on Baptisms for Children of Gay Parents
SALT LAKE CITY — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Thursday repealed rules unveiled in 2015 that banned baptisms for children of gay parents and made gay marriage a sin worthy of expulsion. The surprise announcement by the faith widely known as the Mormon church reverses rules...
Zakaria: Dems Face a Hard Sell in November
Democrats remain optimistic about their chances for retaking the House of Representatives in November's mid-term elections. The party's successes in last week's California primary election have buoyed their hopes further. "But they should take note of the bigger picture when it comes to left-right politics these days," warns Washington Post columnist...
Germans Rally to Jewish Community’s Defense
Weeks after the United States observed Holocaust Remembrance Day, residents of Berlin, Germany, are standing up to anti-Semitism in their city. It resulted from an experiment by an Israeli-Arab, who wore a kippa (or religious skullcap associated with Judaism) on the streets of Berlin. Adam Armoush hoped to demonstrate that...
Billy Graham's Legacy of Faith, Freedom and Free Enterprise
On Feb. 21, Billy Graham, the evangelical Christian minister who was widely regarded as “America’s pastor,” died at the age of 99. Graham is best known for his global “crusades” – rallies that attracted crowds in the millions – and for the spiritual counsel he provided to American presidents for...
Billy Graham's Legacy of Faith, Freedom and Free Enterprise
On Feb. 21, Billy Graham, the evangelical Christian minister who was widely regarded as “America’s pastor,” died at the age of 99. Graham is best known for his global “crusades” – rallies that attracted crowds in the millions – and for the spiritual counsel he provided to American presidents for...
Religion of Peace: Local Religious Leaders Discuss Their Common Vision
What do a rabbi, an imam, a pastor, and a nun have in common? They all want to live in a peaceful world where people sit down and negotiate their differences rather than resorting to violence. “I believe a prerequisite of peace is the skills of solving conflict in a...