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Participants in an interfaith memorial ceremony enter the New Mexico Islamic Center mosque to commemorate four murdered Muslim men, hours after police said they had arrested a prime suspect in the killings, in Albuquerque, N.M., on Tuesday.

Fear turns to shock among Albuquerque Muslims as police say the shooter is a Muslim

9:49pm August 10, 2022

by Becky Sullivan

Businesses were closed and people skipped prayer services after the shooting deaths of four Muslim men, three of them in the past two weeks. Now, the fear has given way to confusion over a motive.

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Wake Forest Baptist Church votes to dissolve

8:22pm August 08, 2022

by David Ford

Members of Wake Forest Baptist Church have voted to dissolve following years of declining and aging membership, limited financial resources, and a new rental policy by the school.

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Police guard the front of the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin where at least one gunman fired upon people at a service August, 5, 2012 in Oak Creek, Wis. Six people were killed when a shooter, who was later shot dead by a police officer, opened fire on congregan

Remembering the Oak Creek killings, a harbinger of white supremacist violence

10:04pm August 05, 2022

by Sandhya Dirks

Ten years ago, seven people died when a white supremacist opened fire at a Sikh Temple in Oak Creek, Wisc. A decade later, hate crimes against South Asians and Sikhs are on the rise.

Community members remember the massacre at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin

5:12am August 05, 2022

by Sandhya Dirks

It was 10 years ago that a white supremacist opened fire at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek. Seven people died. A decade later, hate crimes against Sikhs and other South Asians are on the rise.

A group of Orthodox Jews in Brooklyn is reviving the golden age of cantorial music

5:11am August 03, 2022

by Jon Kalish

Musician Jeremiah Lockwood hopes to introduce the world to a new music scene bubbling in Brooklyn.

Pope Francis meets young people and elders at Nakasuk Elementary School Square in Iqaluit, Canada, on Friday.

The pope visited Nunavut for the final apology of his Canadian tour

6:11am July 30, 2022

by The Associated Press

Pope Francis traveled to the edge of the Arctic to deliver an apology to the Inuit people for the "evil" of Canada's residential schools, wrapping up his week-long "penitential pilgrimage" to Canada.

Pope Francis speaks to journalists aboard the papal flight back from Canada on Saturday.

Pope says he'll slow down or retire: 'You can change a pope'

5:58am July 30, 2022

by The Associated Press

Pope Francis, 85, acknowledged he can no longer travel like he used to because of his strained knee ligaments, saying his weeklong Canadian pilgrimage was "a bit of a test."

Indigenous peoples react to the pope's apology for Canada's residential schools

4:41pm July 29, 2022

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Stephanie Scott, executive director of the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation, about the pope's apology to Indigenous peoples for Canada's residential schools.

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Wisconsin's Sikh community a decade after fatal temple shooting

5:14pm July 28, 2022

by Rob Mentzer

In 2012, seven members of a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wis., were killed by an avowed white supremacist. As the community prepares for the anniversary, members describe how they've moved forward.

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A woman prays after offering a bouquet of flowers at the memorial area set up for former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

Shinzo Abe's assassination spotlights Unification Church links to Japan's politics

12:11pm July 28, 2022

by Anthony Kuhn

The assassination, allegedly motivated by a grudge Abe's suspected killer held against the Unification Church, has put the relationship between Japan and the church under a new spotlight.

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