'Islamic Fashion' Creates Controversy In France
Some fashion houses have begun catering to Muslim consumers in Europe with loose-fitting, body-covering clothing lines that include head-covering scarves.
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Medical Marijuana: It's Kosher
Earlier this week ultra-Orthodox Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky ruled that marijuana is, in fact, kosher. That means that it can be consumed over the eight day celebration of Passover for medicinal purposes.
In Time Of Backlash, What It's Like To Be A Muslim In Idaho
Rachel Martin speaks with Fahim Rahim, a doctor in the largely Mormon town of Pocatello.
Timbuktu's 'Badass Librarians': Checking Out Books Under Al-Qaida's Nose
Librarian Abdel Kader Haidara organized a smuggling operation to keep centuries-old manuscripts out of the hands of al-Qaida. Joshua Hammer wrote about it in The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu.
I'm Not Sad About Prince, But Let Me Explain
NPR's Sarah McCammon grew up in a conservative evangelical home in the Midwest. When Prince died and purple filled her newsfeeds, she felt like an outsider watching a ritual she couldn't fully join.
Beans And Rice For Passover? A Divisive Question Gets The Rabbis' OK
For 800 years, Jews of European and Middle Eastern and Spanish ancestry have been split on the question of whether legumes, corn and rice are kosher for Passover. Rabbis have finally weighed in.
Missouri's Proposed Religious Freedom Amendment Sets Old Allies At Odds
The business community, including solidly GOP-leaning groups, oppose the bill, after seeing the effect of similar measures elsewhere. The blowback has surprised Christian conservatives in Missouri.
Why Is This Passover Different From Past Passovers?
That's not one of the four questions asked at the Seder, but it's a good question — and there's a timely answer.
'Man, Oh Manischewitz': When The Jewish Wine Was Big With Gentiles, Too
The wine associated with Jewish tradition was once a huge crossover success. At one point, the typical drinker was described as an urban African-American man.
'Flying While Muslim': Profiling Fears After Arabic Speaker Removed From Plane
Khairuldeen Makhzoomi was removed from a Southwest Airlines flight after another passenger overheard him speaking on his cellphone in Arabic. An advocate calls the incident "absurd and bewildering."