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Muslim Woman Says Company Didn't Hire Her As She Wanted To Pray At Work
Shahin Indorewala had a job working with children with autism, but she wanted to gain more experience in marketing. So she applied to Fast Trak Management, a small company that bills itself as "the number 1 marketing firm in the Northern Virginia Area."
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"Wipe Away Tragedy": Muslim Engineer Builds Chapel At 9/11 Pentagon Site
Eighteen years ago on a September morning she'll never forget, Manal Ezzat fled from the burning Pentagon building in such a panicked rush that her hijab fell off.
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Thousands Rally As Protest Of Trump's Immigration Policy Kicks Off In US
The rally began with drums and a reminder that the story of most Americans began somewhere else.
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Why Meghan Markle, Raised A Christian, Still Got Baptized Before Her Royal Wedding
In March, as royal wedding mania started heating up toward the fever pitch it has reached this week, the Daily Mail broke a surprising story: Two months before her wedding, Meghan Markle, England's new duchess-to-be, was baptized with holy water from the Jordan River in a very private ceremony conducted by the Archbishop of Canterbury.
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Uber Passenger Allegedly Pulled A Gun On Sikh Driver: 'I Hate Turban People'
A sheriff's office in Illinois is investigating an assault on an Uber driver that appears to have been based on the driver's ethnicity or religion.
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Donald Trump To Anti-Abortion Marchers: "We Are With You All The Way. May God Bless You"
Thousands of activists at the annual March for Life enjoyed a rare display of political firepower Friday, with addresses by the president, vice president and House speaker all celebrating gains the anti-abortion movement has made under Donald Trump. But the movement's elevated status comes at the price of much internal debate.
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Anonymous Donor Gave Everyone $100 In A US Church Resulting In 100 Good Deeds
On the first Sunday of December, the Rev. Ron Foster invited his congregants to step up to the altar to receive the bread and wine of Communion - and to receive a $100 bill.
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After Racist Fliers, Ravi Bhalla First Turbaned Sikh Mayor In New Jersey
Days before the New Jersey elections, someone distributed anonymous fliers around Hoboken. "Don't let TERRORISM take over our town," the fliers said, while featuring a photo of Ravinder Bhalla, wearing the turban that he always wears as a hallmark of his faith.
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He Was 12. He Had Just Moved To America. Then His Sikh Father Was Murdered.
Prabhjot Singh Rathor entered the sanctuary and bowed low toward the holy book at the front of the room.
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Top-Ranking Vatican Cardinal Charged With Sex Offenses In Australia
A cardinal in charge of the Vatican's finances has been charged with multiple sexual offenses by Australian police, in one of the most significant indictments against a top-ranking leader of the Catholic Church.
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'I Don't Want Any Family To Feel Like What I Feel Now:' Answers Sought After Muslim Teen Killed Near US Mosque
The horrific slaying of the South Lakes High School student reverberated beyond Virginia on Monday, as social media lit up with anger and grief, politicians expressed condolences and groups of various faiths condemned the violence.
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Man Charged With Murder Of US Teen Who Went Missing On Her Way To Mosque
Police said the missing teenager was assaulted and went missing overnight after leaving a mosque in the Sterling, Virginia, area, and a 22-year-old man has been charged with murder in connection with the case.
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Georgetown, A Jesuit University, Is The First US College With A Hindu Priest As A Chaplain
When Brahmachari Vrajvihari Sharan led his first worship service in his new job as a Hindu chaplain Sunday, he knew his audience.
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Leaders Of New York City Mosque Killed In Daylight Shooting
An imam and a second community leader were shot to death after leaving their mosque in Queens on Saturday afternoon.
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Never Wanted to be Gay: Christian Musician Comes Out in Moving Letter
"If this honesty with myself about who I am, and who I was made by God to be, doesn't constitute as the peace that passes all understanding, then I don't know what does. It is like this weight I have been carrying my whole life has been lifted from me, and I have never felt such freedom," Trey Pearson wrote
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Muslim Woman Says Company Didn't Hire Her As She Wanted To Pray At Work
Shahin Indorewala had a job working with children with autism, but she wanted to gain more experience in marketing. So she applied to Fast Trak Management, a small company that bills itself as "the number 1 marketing firm in the Northern Virginia Area."
-
"Wipe Away Tragedy": Muslim Engineer Builds Chapel At 9/11 Pentagon Site
Eighteen years ago on a September morning she'll never forget, Manal Ezzat fled from the burning Pentagon building in such a panicked rush that her hijab fell off.
-
Thousands Rally As Protest Of Trump's Immigration Policy Kicks Off In US
The rally began with drums and a reminder that the story of most Americans began somewhere else.
-
Why Meghan Markle, Raised A Christian, Still Got Baptized Before Her Royal Wedding
In March, as royal wedding mania started heating up toward the fever pitch it has reached this week, the Daily Mail broke a surprising story: Two months before her wedding, Meghan Markle, England's new duchess-to-be, was baptized with holy water from the Jordan River in a very private ceremony conducted by the Archbishop of Canterbury.
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Uber Passenger Allegedly Pulled A Gun On Sikh Driver: 'I Hate Turban People'
A sheriff's office in Illinois is investigating an assault on an Uber driver that appears to have been based on the driver's ethnicity or religion.
-
Donald Trump To Anti-Abortion Marchers: "We Are With You All The Way. May God Bless You"
Thousands of activists at the annual March for Life enjoyed a rare display of political firepower Friday, with addresses by the president, vice president and House speaker all celebrating gains the anti-abortion movement has made under Donald Trump. But the movement's elevated status comes at the price of much internal debate.
-
Anonymous Donor Gave Everyone $100 In A US Church Resulting In 100 Good Deeds
On the first Sunday of December, the Rev. Ron Foster invited his congregants to step up to the altar to receive the bread and wine of Communion - and to receive a $100 bill.
-
After Racist Fliers, Ravi Bhalla First Turbaned Sikh Mayor In New Jersey
Days before the New Jersey elections, someone distributed anonymous fliers around Hoboken. "Don't let TERRORISM take over our town," the fliers said, while featuring a photo of Ravinder Bhalla, wearing the turban that he always wears as a hallmark of his faith.
-
He Was 12. He Had Just Moved To America. Then His Sikh Father Was Murdered.
Prabhjot Singh Rathor entered the sanctuary and bowed low toward the holy book at the front of the room.
-
Top-Ranking Vatican Cardinal Charged With Sex Offenses In Australia
A cardinal in charge of the Vatican's finances has been charged with multiple sexual offenses by Australian police, in one of the most significant indictments against a top-ranking leader of the Catholic Church.
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'I Don't Want Any Family To Feel Like What I Feel Now:' Answers Sought After Muslim Teen Killed Near US Mosque
The horrific slaying of the South Lakes High School student reverberated beyond Virginia on Monday, as social media lit up with anger and grief, politicians expressed condolences and groups of various faiths condemned the violence.
-
Man Charged With Murder Of US Teen Who Went Missing On Her Way To Mosque
Police said the missing teenager was assaulted and went missing overnight after leaving a mosque in the Sterling, Virginia, area, and a 22-year-old man has been charged with murder in connection with the case.
-
Georgetown, A Jesuit University, Is The First US College With A Hindu Priest As A Chaplain
When Brahmachari Vrajvihari Sharan led his first worship service in his new job as a Hindu chaplain Sunday, he knew his audience.
-
Leaders Of New York City Mosque Killed In Daylight Shooting
An imam and a second community leader were shot to death after leaving their mosque in Queens on Saturday afternoon.
-
Never Wanted to be Gay: Christian Musician Comes Out in Moving Letter
"If this honesty with myself about who I am, and who I was made by God to be, doesn't constitute as the peace that passes all understanding, then I don't know what does. It is like this weight I have been carrying my whole life has been lifted from me, and I have never felt such freedom," Trey Pearson wrote
