Muslim | Sojourners: Celebrating 40 Years of Faith in Action for Social Justice

Results for Muslim

Study Says Gays Find Most U.S. Faiths Unfriendly Originally Posted: 06/17/2013 - 4:50pm | Type: Blog: Gay Americans are much less religious than the general U.S. population, and about 3-in-10 of them say they have felt unwelcome in a house of worship, a new study shows. Gay Americ ...
Religious Leaders Welcome FBI Hate Crimes Reporting Originally Posted: 06/07/2013 - 10:27am | Type: Blog: For Raed Jarrar, the FBI’s decision Wednesday to begin tracking hate crimes against Arabs is a battle won in a larger war. For Raed Jarrar, the FBI’s decision Wednesday to begin t ...
Citing Risk to Adoptions, Missouri Gov. Vetoes Anti-Shariah Bill Originally Posted: 06/05/2013 - 5:20pm | Type: Blog: Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has vetoed a bill that would have made his state the seventh in the nation to prohibit judges from considering Shariah, or Islamic law, and other “foreign laws” in their decisions. ...
A Holy Land Without Christians? Originally Posted: 06/12/2013 - 9:49am | Type: Magazine Article: Gregg Brekke Arab Christians are vital to a thriving Middle East - and their numbers are dwindling. LIKE MANY ...
Is Religious Freedom At Risk in U.S.? Originally Posted: 05/31/2013 - 9:45am | Type: Blog: The panelists who came to assess the state of religious freedom in the nation accepted the point that their various faiths might not stand together on anything beyond the need to protect religious freedom, and ...
Boston Mosque Says Bombing Suspect Had Outbursts But Wasn’t Violent Originally Posted: 04/23/2013 - 2:13pm | Type: Blog: Leaders at the Islamic Society of Boston‘s mosque in Cambridge say Tsarnaev, 26, who died early Friday after a shootout with police, “disagreed with the moderate American-Islamic theology” of the mosque, but t ...
Muslim Leaders: We Stand Against Terrorism Originally Posted: 04/19/2013 - 4:46pm | Type: Blog: As the manhunt intensified in and around Boston, Muslim leaders convened a press conference Friday to denounce the attacks and to urge the media not to link their faith with violent extremism. ...
U.S. Muslims Mobilize to Prevent Boston Backlash Originally Posted: 04/17/2013 - 11:06am | Type: Blog: It’s a familiar race against time for Muslim groups. Almost as soon as the smoke cleared around Copley Square, they knew from long experience that some would immediately point the finger of blame in their dire ...
VIDEO: People of Faith Tackle Climate Change Originally Posted: 04/29/2013 - 3:55pm | Type: Magazine Article: The Editors Rose Marie Berger writes in the May 2013 Sojourners magazine cover story, “ For God So Loved the World ,” that people of faith are key to reversing climate ch ...
North Carolina Minorities Remain Worried After Religion Bill is Pulled Originally Posted: 04/09/2013 - 4:08pm | Type: Blog: A resolution to allow North Carolina to defy the Constitution and establish a state-sanctioned religion may be dead in the state capitol, but minority faiths say there’s more than enough reason to remain nervo ...
Lego Says Its Jabba the Hutt Set Isn’t Anti-Muslim Originally Posted: 04/03/2013 - 1:43pm | Type: Blog: Lego is defending its “Star Wars”-based Jabba the Hutt toy set after a Turkish cultural group said it promulgates negative stereotypes of Muslims. Lego is defending its “Star Wa ...
On Maundy Thursday, Pope Washes Feet at Youth Prison Originally Posted: 03/28/2013 - 5:41pm | Type: Blog: Pope Francis on Thursday washed the feet of 12 young inmates, including two girls and two Muslims, during a Maundy Thursday Mass at a youth detention center in Rome. VATICAN CITY ...
One Woman’s Journey Out of Faith, Family, and Fear Originally Posted: 03/05/2013 - 9:00am | Type: Blog: There were at least 5,000 honor killings in 2000, according to a U.N. report. In 2010, a British newspaper estimated the number as high as 20,000. Most honor killings involve the murder of one family member — ...
Chicago is Ground Zero in U.S. Muslim Renaissance Originally Posted: 02/06/2013 - 11:42am | Type: Blog: Religious affiliation may be on the wane in America, a recent Pew study asserts, but you wouldn’t know it walking into the storefront near the corner of West 63rd Street and South Fairfield Avenue. ...
A Kinder, Gentler, More Radical Monotheism? Originally Posted: 11/30/2012 - 5:16pm | Type: Blog: When we think of radical monotheism, we hear, “My god is bigger than your god. No, wait: Your god’s a fake!” But theologian H. Richard Niebuhr proposed a kinder, gentler, more generous idea of radical monothei ...
‘Choose love’: Pro-Muslim ads to appear in NYC subways Originally Posted: 01/11/2013 - 5:43pm | Type: Press: October 5, 2012 Sojo in the News Russia Today (RT) ...
Groups produce guide on U.S. Muslims Originally Posted: 01/14/2013 - 4:04pm | Type: Press: October 11, 2012 Sojo in the News First Amendment Center ...
Jesus didn't stipulate which neighbor to love Originally Posted: 01/16/2013 - 3:45pm | Type: Press: November 20, 2012 Sojo in the News Asbury Park Press ...
Jesus didn't stipulate which neighbor to love Originally Posted: 01/10/2013 - 5:00pm | Type: Press: September 20, 2012 Sojo in the News Courier-Journal.com ...
When myths take on an air of authenticity, society is in danger. Originally Posted: 01/16/2013 - 4:43pm | Type: Press: November 26, 2012 Sojo in the News Shelina Janmohammed ...
Evangelical Christian Leaders Hold Summit to Respond To Terrorism Originally Posted: 01/10/2013 - 3:53pm | Type: Press: September 12, 2012 Sojo in the News Dan Wooding ...
Billboard: 'Love Muslim Neighbors' Originally Posted: 06/10/2013 - 2:54pm | Type: Press: September 14, 2012 Sojo in the News Courier-Journal.com ...
Billboard encourages acceptance of Muslims Originally Posted: 01/09/2013 - 4:43pm | Type: Press: September 15, 2012 Sojo in the News Knox News ...
Billboard encourages acceptance of Muslims Originally Posted: 01/16/2013 - 3:56pm | Type: Press: November 15, 2012 Sojo in the News WPSD ...
Middle Tenn. billboard encourages acceptance of Muslims Originally Posted: 01/10/2013 - 5:37pm | Type: Press: September 15, 2012 Sojo in the News WBIR ...
New Congress More Religiously Diverse, Less Protestant Originally Posted: 11/19/2012 - 5:22pm | Type: Blog: Three Buddhists, a Hindu, and a “none” will walk into the 113th Congress, and it’s no joke. Rather, it’s a series of “firsts” that reflect the growing religious diversity of the country. ...
The Lord Says: “Love Thy (Muslim) Neighbor”: Jewish and Christian Groups reach out to Muslims Originally Posted: 01/11/2013 - 5:38pm | Type: Press: October 5, 2012 Sojo in the News Omid Safi ...
Beyond free speech vs. religion Originally Posted: 01/14/2013 - 3:46pm | Type: Press: October 16, 2012 Sojo in the News Rebecca Cataldi ...
Peace Ads Go Up Next to Anti-Islamic Ads Originally Posted: 01/11/2013 - 4:15pm | Type: Press: October 8, 2012 Sojo in the News The Associated Press ...
Buddhist, Hindu Make History in New Congress Originally Posted: 11/08/2012 - 10:09pm | Type: Blog: Congress will become a shade more religiously diverse this January, after Tuesday’s election of the first Hindu representative and first Buddhist senator. Tulsi Gabbard , a Democrat from Hawaii, will become the first Hindu-American congresswoman, ...
Study: Muslims and Hindus Less Likely to Have Premarital Sex Originally Posted: 10/29/2012 - 2:51pm | Type: Blog: With their “True Love Waits” jewelry, conferences and T-shirts, Christians may be the face of the abstinence movement, but Muslims and Hindus are more likely to abstain from premarital sex. ...
Weapons of Terror Originally Posted: 10/25/2012 - 9:42am | Type: Blog: Who would have thought that in the 21st century, the seeming weapon of choice would not be some sort of super-nuclear missile or an ultra-deadly biological toxin, but that it would, instead, be women? ...
The Growing Christian Movement Pushing Back Against Islamophobia Originally Posted: 01/14/2013 - 3:33pm | Type: Press: October 19, 2012 Sojo in the News Amy Sullivan ...
The War Between the Civilized Man and Pamela Geller Originally Posted: 01/14/2013 - 3:43pm | Type: Press: October 18, 2012 Sojo in the News Lizzy Ratner ...
A (Possibly) Significant Development in Muslim-Christian Relations Originally Posted: 10/19/2012 - 9:06am | Type: Blog: A possibly significant development in Muslim-Christian-Jewish relations is being spear-headed by the Islamic Scholars of North America (ISNA). A possibly significant development i ...
Religious Groups Counter Anti-Muslim Ad Campaign In DC Originally Posted: 01/14/2013 - 4:01pm | Type: Press: October 11, 2012 Sojo in the News Hayes Brown ...
Christian Group Buys Metro Ads Opposing Anti-Muslim Campaign Originally Posted: 01/14/2013 - 4:09pm | Type: Press: October 10, 2012 Sojo in the News Benjamin Freed ...
As Hateful Ads Expand to D.C., So Does Sojourners’ Response Originally Posted: 10/10/2012 - 7:11pm | Type: Blog: Responding to attacks on Muslims, Sojourners has been placing ads around the country with a simple reminder of Jesus' command to love our neighbors. The billboards and subway ads read: “Love Your Muslim N ...
Faith groups launch campaign to counter controversial 'Defeat Jihad' ad Originally Posted: 01/11/2013 - 4:18pm | Type: Press: October 6, 2012 Sojo in the News Kristina Sgueglia ...
Canada Cuts All Non-Christian Prison Chaplains Originally Posted: 10/08/2012 - 12:07pm | Type: Blog: The Canadian government is canceling the contracts of all non-Christian chaplains at federal prisons. TORONTO — The Canadian government is canceling the contracts of all non-Chr ...
Sojourners Expands Billboard Campaign in Response to Toledo Mosque Arson Originally Posted: 01/11/2013 - 4:20pm | Type: Press: October 5, 2012 Sojo in the News Michael Gryboski ...
Decent Human Beings Spreading Subway Love for Muslims Originally Posted: 01/11/2013 - 5:46pm | Type: Press: October 4, 2012 Sojo in the News Joe Coscarelli ...
Pro-Muslim Subway Ads to Hang Near Anti-Jihad Ads Originally Posted: 01/11/2013 - 5:45pm | Type: Press: October 4, 2012 Sojo in the News Ashwaq Masoodi ...
The Lord Says: 'Love Thy (Muslim) Neighbor': Jewish and Christian Groups Reach Out to Muslims Originally Posted: 10/05/2012 - 1:14pm | Type: Blog: The racist, anti-Muslim ad in the New York Subway that used the language of civilized and savages has more than met its match. A large group of Jews and Christians have countered that hateful message by tappin ...
Mosque in Toledo, Ohio Scorched by Arson Originally Posted: 10/03/2012 - 11:24am | Type: Blog: Muslim worshippers are reeling from an arson fire at the Islamic Center of Greater Toledo, but are grateful for an outpouring of support from the local interfaith community. TOLED ...
Up Close: Subway Ad Originally Posted: 01/11/2013 - 5:51pm | Type: Press: September 30, 2012 Sojo in the News Diana Williams ...
Judge Orders Man to Study Hinduism After Hate Crime Conviction Originally Posted: 09/28/2012 - 2:34pm | Type: Blog: A man who assaulted two men because he thought they were Muslims and was then ordered to write a report on the cultural contributions of Islam has a new assignment — to write a report on the history of Hinduis ...
The Big Something: When A Campaign Gets Personal Originally Posted: 09/28/2012 - 10:49am | Type: Blog: Our world is a powder keg, and Geller flagrantly lit a blowtorch with these ads, which, in case you were wondering, are protected fully under the Constitution. They may be legal, but they're not moral. ...
Vatican Walks a Fine Line on Trying to Combat Blasphemy Originally Posted: 09/27/2012 - 6:12pm | Type: Blog: Just one week after Pope Benedict XVI ended his successful visit to Lebanon, the country's most senior Catholic leader called for a United Nations resolution “that will ban denigrating religions.” ...
'Love your Muslim neighbors' billboard erected in Murfreesboro Originally Posted: 01/10/2013 - 4:44pm | Type: Press: September 24, 2012 Sojo in the News Lauren Murphy ...