Dr. Suzan Johnson Cook, who was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on April 14 as Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom at the Department of State’s Senate Foreign Relations Committee, will be sworn-in May 11. The first woman and person of African-American descent to hold this position, Johnson Cook was appointed by President Barack Obama, and […]
Category: Religion
Posted inAfro Briefs, Religion
DOJ Files Lawsuit on Behalf of Muslim Woman
The Justice Department’s involvement in a lawsuit against an Illinois school district on the grounds that the school system violated the civil rights of a Muslim woman has triggered a debate among lawyers and legal scholars about whether the administration is taking the proper role in the dispute. . Safoorah Khan, a teacher in the […]
Posted inReligion, Washington D.C. News
Local Islamic Leaders Call Congressional Hearing a ‘Witch Hunt’
The athan, a Muslim call to prayer, sounded throughout Masjid Muhammad in the Washington, D.C.’s northwest as it has for decades to a quiet group of predominantly African Americans. “Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar (God is great. God is great),” the melodious chant would begin. It was time for Jumah, Friday congregational prayer, the gathering that […]
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iPhone App Exists for Catholic Confessions
Need to prepare for confessional or study the sacrament? Now, there’s an app for that. The mobile applications company Little iApps has teamed with two Catholic priests to create “Confession: A Roman Catholic App.” The app, now available for download on iTunes, does not absolve users from guilt itself. Rather, it’s designed to be used […]
Posted inNational News, Religion
Freshman Fla. Rep. West Stirs Controversy over Anti-Islamic Comments
Newly-seated Congressman Allen West (R.-Fla.) is facing a controversy following abrasive comments about the Islamic religion. The Tea Party-backed conservative, in an interview on “The Shalom Show,” a public affairs program airing on the JLTV cable channel, told producer Richard Peritz that Islam was the “antithesis” of America’s founding principles. At the outset of the […]
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Raynard Jackson…The Flag of Hypocrisy
I am amazed that the controversy surrounding the proposed Muslim mosque and community center in New York City at ground zero is still going strong. America has turned into a country where if you don’t agree with someone, you are painted as a bad person. This is exactly what is going on in New York […]
Posted inBaltimore News, Religion
New Shiloh Pastor Talks Faith, Future
When he has a spare minute he reads MacLean magazine. When he needs to hear good preaching he leans toward “country” preachers who have a certain bent toward the basics, what he calls “raw religion.” And every chance he gets he enjoys a hearty laugh from a good joke and he doesn’t think people know […]
