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After Trump's Election, A Nonpracticing Muslim Returns To Prayer

3:14pm January 18, 2017

by Zahra Noorbakhsh

Comedian Zahra Noorbakhsh often jokes about being a "pork-eating, alcohol-drinking, married-to-an-atheist" Muslim. But lately she finds herself wanting to connect with her religious traditions.

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Muslim NYPD Chaplain On Faith, Fear And Getting Stopped By Airport Security

2:41pm January 18, 2017

Imam Khalid Latif is one of the people profiled in The Secret Life of Muslims, a digital series about Islamophobia. He is also the first Muslim chaplain at New York University.

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The Lincoln Bible is part of the collection at the Library of Congress.

Trump Will Be Sworn In With Same Bible As Lincoln And Obama

3:32pm January 17, 2017

by Brian Naylor

The Lincoln Bible was purchased for the 1861 inauguration by Supreme Court Clerk William Thomas Carroll.

How Mormon Polygamy In The 19th Century Fueled Women's Activism

1:43pm January 17, 2017

Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Laurel Thatcher Ulrich says that for Mormon women living in 19th century Utah, "plural marriages" were empowering in complicated ways.

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Democratic members of Congress address the worshipers at the Dar al-Hijrah Islamic Center after Friday prayers on Dec. 4 in Falls Church, Va.

Muslim-Americans Remain Anxious About Trump Administration

10:15pm January 16, 2017

by Tom Gjelten

In one community where many emigrated from harsh nations, the president-elect's rhetoric brings worries of renewed repression. Cabinet nominees' opposition to a registry hasn't erased those concerns.

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Atlanta Megachurch Pastor Bishop Eddie Long Dies At 63

6:05pm January 15, 2017

Bishop Eddie Long built New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, one of the nation's largest churches with some 30,000 members. The Atlanta megachurch pastor has died at age 63.

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English Cathedral Welcomes Visitors With Unexpected Message

8:02am January 15, 2017

Visitors to Coventry Cathedral in England are met with a heartwarming message. Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with the Rev. Kathryn Fleming about how it came to the cathedral.

Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the archbishop of New York, will be one of six faith leaders to pray at Donald Trump's inauguration.

With His Choice Of Inauguration Prayer Leaders, Trump Shows His Values

10:46am January 13, 2017

by Tom Gjelten

The clergy speaking at Donald Trump's inauguration have mostly non-mainstream theological or political positions. No Muslim or mainline Protestant will speak, but the prosperity gospel will be heard.

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For Gabriel Otero, the Catholic Mission San Xavier del Bac in Tucson, Ariz., is a sacred place. Indigenous people, Latinos and people of European ancestry all worship there.

In Tucson, Ariz., Cultures Combine At 300-Year-Old Catholic Mission

5:31pm January 11, 2017

by NPR Staff

There's a place in Tucson, Ariz., where many cultures combine. The Catholic Mission San Xavier del Bac is over 300 years old, and white and Latino Catholics as well as two native tribes call it home.

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Father Argues Against Radicalism In 'Letters to a Young Muslim'

4:38pm January 09, 2017

NPR's Kelly McEvers talks to author Omar Saif Ghobash, who wrote the book, Letters to a Young Muslim.

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