by Jodi Mathews | Oct 30, 2001 | News
American women have won their way into voting booths, corner offices, government positions and pulpits, while many of their Afghan sisters are desperate for the right to leave their houses without escorts. When the Taliban took control of Afghanistan on Sept. 26,...
by Jodi Mathews | Oct 30, 2001 | News
Afghan women were fighting for democratic rights even before the Taliban arrived. But now the women are fighting for their lives. One group, the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA), founded in 1977 by Afghan feminist poet Meena Keshwar Kamal,...
by Jodi Mathews | Oct 17, 2001 | News
As American patriotism swells, pastors face a new challenge of balancing God and country. “The role is difficult, demanding and thrust upon us,” said Heather Entrekin, senior pastor at ABC-affiliated Prairie Baptist Church, Prairie Village, Kan. “The...
by Jodi Mathews | Sep 25, 2001 | News
Ask people how they feel about the Sept. 11 attacks on America and their response now–14 days later–is bound to vary from their initial response. That is because public opinion is not static. “People’s views about an issue can develop and...
by Jodi Mathews | Sep 14, 2001 | News
Anger over the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on America has delivered a double blow to one group of Americans–Muslim-Americans. With blame continuing to point to militant Muslims linked to Saudi-born terrorist Osama bin Laden, Muslim-Americans have already suffered...
