Religion

South Dakota Soon To Get Its First Rabbi For The First Time In A Generation

9:14am December 03, 2016

The state, home to fewer than 1,000 Jews, will have its only full-time Rabbi soon. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Mendel Alperowitz, who will be moving there with his wife Mussie and two children.

Massumeh Farhad points to one of the Qurans in the exhibition. As curator, she flipped through all of the books on display. "Every page is absolutely breathtaking," she says.

Quran Exhibition Shines A Light On The Holy Books' Dedicated Artists

10:16am December 02, 2016

by Steve Inskeep

The Smithsonian show isn't about the words of the Quran so much as the people who laboriously copied it, letter by letter. When they made a mistake, they fixed it with flourish — and sometimes gold.

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Crime scene investigators collect evidence following an attack on the campus of Ohio State University in Columbus.

Muslim Community Fears Backlash After Ohio State Attack

8:36pm November 29, 2016

by Esther Honig

"When I first heard that [the suspect] was Somali, I mean my stomach did fall," another Somali student said. "Not just because of what happened today, but because of what will happen tomorrow."

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Halima Aden wore a navy blue, embroidered burkini — a full-body bathing suit — during the swimsuit competition.

The Beauty Pageant Contestant Wore A Burkini

7:43pm November 29, 2016

by Riham Feshir

And a hijab, too. She wanted to be true to her Muslim values as she competed in the Miss Minnesota USA pageant.

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Hijab-Wearing News Anchor Makes History In Canada

10:01pm November 28, 2016

by Noor Wazwaz

Ginella Massa is the first person to wear a hijab, the traditional head covering worn by Muslim women, and anchor a major nightly newscast in Canada. She did it last week on Toronto's CityNews.

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Homeland Security officers walk outside the federal courthouse in Charleston, S.C. Jury selection in the case will resume Monday.

Dylann Roof Declared Competent To Stand Trial In S.C. Church Killings

10:56am November 25, 2016

by Laura Wagner

U.S. District Judge Richard Gergel announced his ruling after a two-day competency hearing that was closed to the public. The 22-year-old Roof is facing 33 federal hate crime charges.

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If You're Catholic And You've Sinned, There's An App For That

6:54am November 24, 2016

A Scottish archbishop designed the app. It helps you find the closest spot to go to confession and Mass. The head of the Vatican's Secretariat for Communication called the app "imaginative."

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Mohamed Gabril, a refugee who became an American citizen, works at a Somali-owned grocery in Utica, N.Y. He's convinced the U.S. Constitution will protect him from any backlash under Donald Trump.

In Upstate New York, A Refugee Haven Prepares For Trump Presidency

6:24pm November 22, 2016

by Brian Mann

Utica, N.Y., reshaped its culture and economy by opening the door to refugee immigrants. People in Utica are asking what happens to their experiment after President-elect Donald Trump takes office.

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Tonya Stands recovers from being pepper sprayed by police after swimming across a creek with other protesters hoping to block construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline, near Cannon Ball, N.D., on November 2.

The Standing Rock Resistance Is Unprecedented (It's Also Centuries Old)

3:41pm November 22, 2016

by Leah Donnella

Many say the Dakota Access Pipeline resistance is beyond anything they've experienced before. But there are preludes in Native American history, and you don't have to look too far back to find them.

During his campaign for president in March, Donald Trump spoke at the 2016 American Israel Public Affairs Committee Policy Conference in Washington, D.C.

Could A Trump Presidency Be Pro-Israel And White Nationalist At The Same Time?

3:48pm November 21, 2016

by Tom Gjelten

Donald Trump promises to be the most aggressively pro-Israel president ever. His embrace of an adviser whose media enterprise is tainted by anti-Semitism allegations has some Jewish leaders concerned.

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