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A cross and Bible sculpture stand outside the Southern Baptist Convention headquarters in Nashville, Tenn., on May 24. The Executive Committee of the Southern Baptist Convention says that several of the denomination's major entities are under investigatio

The DOJ is investigating Southern Baptists following sexual abuse crisis

11:02am August 13, 2022

by The Associated Press

Leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention, which has faced widespread sexual abuse problems, said several of the denomination's major entities are under investigation by the Department of Justice.

Friends Nasir Dhillon (left) and Papinder Singh run a YouTube channel, Punjabi Lehar, that tries to heal the wounds of Partition through reuniting loved ones separated when British-ruled India was divided into two countries, India and Pakistan, 75 years a

YouTube videos are helping reunite loved ones separated by the India-Pakistan border

4:55pm August 12, 2022

Two Pakistani friends make videos in which those who lived through India's 1947 Partition describe loved ones they lost at the time. With viewers' help, siblings and others are reunited after decades.

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A Sunni Muslim is held in connection with the killings of Shia men in New Mexico

6:29am August 12, 2022

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with leaders of New York University's Muslim community about Shia and Sunni responses to the killings of Muslim men in Albuquerque, N.M.

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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."