Faith Archives

Faith, World — March 6, 2015

Muslims Participate in Lent

Young British Muslims are showing solidarity with their Christian friends and colleagues by giving up something for Lent, an international campaign started on social media. … [Read more...]

Faith, World — March 6, 2015

New York Times takes a look at a Muslim chaplain who feels he is stuck between two worlds working in a French prison. On the one hand, he’s there to offer spiritual advice and help to the Muslim … [Read more...]

Faith, National — March 5, 2015

Happy Eid For New York City Schools

Calling it a “matter of fairness,” Mayor Bill de Blasio has added two Muslim holy days -- Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha – to the New York City school calendars. A watershed moment for the … [Read more...]

Faith, National — March 5, 2015

Virginian Imam Talks ISIS

Imam Mohamed Magid of Northern Virginia talks to PRI about counseling Muslim youth at risk of being wood by extremists like ISIS, finding that most of these young men do not go to mosque. "They are … [Read more...]

Culture and Lifestyle, Faith, World — March 4, 2015

“Meet A Muslim Family”

“Meet a Muslim Family” is a campaign in Canada where Muslim families invite people of different faiths into their homes and mosques, sharing their traditions and culture, with the hope that experience … [Read more...]

Business, Tech & Science, Faith, National — March 4, 2015

Justices Argue Abercrombie & Fitch Case

Last week, a Muslim woman named Samantha Elauf took Abercrombie & Fitch all the way to the Supreme Court, after she was denied a retail position due to her appearance (she wears the hijab). New … [Read more...]

Faith, World — March 2, 2015

A Mosque For Marseille

There are 250,000 Muslims in Marseille, France, of which almost a third are practicing yet there are no established places of worship and plans for a proposed Mosque of Marseille have stalled. PRI … [Read more...]

Faith, World — February 23, 2015

‘Ring Of Peace’ In Norway

Chanting “No to anti-Semitism, no to Islamophobia” more than a thousand of Norway’s Muslims gathered over the weekend to form a "ring of peace" around a synagogue in Oslo – as a direct response to the … [Read more...]

Faith — February 23, 2015

Cherry Picking Religious Text

Religious author Zack Hunt raises the timely (and important) question, if one cherry-picks verses from the Bible, like many do with verses from the Quran, would the same conclusions about Christianity … [Read more...]

Faith, World — February 19, 2015

Norway’s Muslims Support Jewish Community

In the aftermath of the Copenhagen synagogue shooting, many Norwegian Muslims are planning to form a “ring of peace” around an Oslo synagogue this weekend as a symbolic show of support. As their … [Read more...]