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New Louisiana law requiring classrooms to display Ten Commandments churns old political conflicts
San Francisco Chronicle· 2 days agoA bill signed into law this week makes Louisiana the only state to require that the Ten Commandments...
What's behind deaths at this year's Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia?
BBC News· 2 days agoHundreds of people are thought to have died during the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia - most of...
Salman Rushdie stabbing suspect expected to reject 20-year plea deal
The Independent via Yahoo News· 3 days agoIt was deemed offensive by some Muslims for its allegedly blasphemous depictions of the Prophet ...
Is Israel using ‘US-style’ torture on Palestinian prisoners?
Al Jazeera· 1 day agoWhen former Guantanamo detainee Asadullah Haroon looks at pictures of Palestinians being held in...
Acts of kindness
The Wenatchee World· 2 days agoBy actively supporting one another, Muslims demonstrate their faith and strengthen bonds within diverse communities, fostering understanding and...
Pilgrims begin final rites of Hajj as Muslims celebrate Eid al-Adha
Los Angeles Times· 7 days agoThe ritual marks the final days of the Hajj, or Islamic pilgrimage, and the start of the Eid al-Adha...
At least 14 Jordanian pilgrims have reportedly died from sunstroke during the Hajj pilgrimage
NBC NEWS· 7 days agoThe ritual marks the final days of the Hajj, or Islamic pilgrimage, and the start of the Eid al-Adha...
Pilgrims commence final rites of Hajj as Muslims celebrate Eid al-Adha
Euronews via Yahoo News· 7 days agoMost of the pilgrims then leave Mecca for the city of Medina, about 340 kilometres away, to pray in ...
Hundreds of Muslim pilgrims died in heat-stricken Hajj
NPR· 1 day agoHe suspects that the heat killed many people this year. He says he was hospitalized last weekend after spending a few hours in the sun trying to make it into the mosque where it's believed & ...
Today in History: Lizzie Borden found not guilty
Chicago Tribune· 3 days agoOn June 20, 1893, a jury in New Bedford, Massachusetts, found Lizzie Borden not guilty of the ax murders of her father and stepmother. In 1947, Gangster...