by Lauren Markoe | Jul 18, 2011 | News
(RNS) Abercrombie & Fitch violated civil rights law when the clothier refused to hire a Muslim woman because she wears a headscarf, a federal district court has ruled. “We were very excited to hear that the judge made the right decision in finding that Abercrombie...
by Lauren Markoe | Jul 7, 2011 | News
WASHINGTON (RNS) The Episcopal Church is rejecting charges that its top leader, Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori, mishandled the ordination of a former priest who is now accused of sexual abuse. Jefferts Schori has remained silent on the matter, which...
by Lauren Markoe | Jul 6, 2011 | News
(RNS) In a potential blow to the proposed San Francisco circumcision ban, the city’s top lawyer has concluded it is unconstitutional to ban the practice as a religious ritual, but allow it as a medical procedure. The measure, now headed toward the Nov. 8 ballot, would...
by Lauren Markoe | Mar 10, 2011 | News
WASHINGTON (RNS) As Congressional hearings on the radicalization of American Muslims get underway, a political science professor says research shows that affiliation with a mosque increases Muslims’ civic engagement. “The more religious American Muslims happen to be,...
by Lauren Markoe | Jan 11, 2011 | News
(RNS) Debbie Friedman, a composer and singer whose modern melodies updated the music in synagogue services worldwide, died of pneumonia Sunday (Jan. 9). She was 59. With her guitar, Friedman became famous for a folksy style that blended Hebrew and English, and...
