The Eid al-Fitr holiday marking the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan is being celebrated by Muslims with family reunions, new clothes and sweet treats. In Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim nation, nearly three quarters of people were travelling for the annual homecoming known locally as “mudik” that is always welcomed with […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — The Eid al-Fitr holiday marking the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan was celebrated by Muslims on Wednesday with family reunions, new clothes and sweet treats. In Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim nation, nearly three-quarters of the population were traveling for the annual homecoming known locally as “mudik” […]
Fox News contributor Kellyanne Conway said Democrats are losing minority voters partly because the left is “openly hostile to religion,” as evidenced by white people “jogging and having brunch” on Sunday instead of going to church. (Watch the video below.) But that may not have been the most noteworthy of Conway’s comments on Wednesday. During […]
JERUSALEM (AP) — The first Friday prayers of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan passed without violence at the revered Al-Aqsa mosque under tight Israeli restrictions, amid fears the ongoing war Israel-Hamas war would spark clashes in Jerusalem’s Old City. Hamas militants have called on Palestinians to rise up and challenge tight Israeli restrictions on […]
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. (KFOR) — As a Mustang High School student remains in a coma, his family and friends are asking anyone and everyone for their prayers. 18-year-old Zach Doran was in the middle of an MMA sparring session on Sunday, March 2nd, when he suddenly collapsed to the ground. Zach’s father, Jason Doran says […]
Dozens of people have been shot dead at a mosque on the same day that a church was attacked, say the authorities in Burkina Faso. It was during early-morning prayers that the gunmen surrounded the mosque in Natiaboani town. “The victims were all Muslims, most of them men,” a local resident told the AFP news […]
Two squad cars and an ambulance were parked in silent memorial to the Burnsville officers and firefighter who lost their lives in the line of duty — and people came to pay their respects by leaving flowers and posters on the vehicles, putting their hands on the vehicles’ hoods and hanging their heads. An estimated […]
Residents arrived to honor the children, reflecting on their own children and grandchildren at home. Monique Moody was feeling the return of emotions from when her friend lost his own daughter in a house fire years ago. “They shouldn’t have been here,” Monique Moody said. “It’s not their fault that they were, but the fact […]
DES MOINES, Iowa — A different kind of political speech is taking center stage at the rallies of former President Donald Trump: the opening prayer. The invocations have become their own political call to action, sometimes punctuated with applause lines and partisan language, invoking the same falsehoods and vindictiveness that Trump himself spreads. At a […]
By Gram Slattery and James Oliphant SIOUX CITY, Iowa (Reuters) -A school shooting in Iowa, where Republican nominating contests begin next week for the U.S. presidential election, prompted prayers from among those wanting to be the party’s candidate, but elicited no substantial policy proposals among the top contenders. The incident saw a sixth-grade student killed […]
It’s been a long day. Homework stuffed into backpacks, dinner plates thrown in the sink, teeth half-brushed. “OK, time for family prayers,” mom tells her boys, pulling out a phone so dad can join over FaceTime from his Washington, D.C., office. So repeats the end-of-day ritual Rep. Blake Moore has developed with his young family […]
“The 360” shows you diverse perspectives on the day’s top stories and debates. What’s happening A high school football coach’s postgame prayers at the 50-yard line have inspired a legal dispute that could prompt the Supreme Court to redraw the lines that dictate what kinds of are allowed by public school employees. The First Amendment […]