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Al Jazeera: Is Religion Really to Blame for Violence? [Video]

20 Jul 2016
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Alison Lesley

Al Jazeera interviews Karen Armstrong on religion and violence. Karen Armstrong is a British author, scholar, and former nun. She is the acclaimed author of the recent book Fields of Blood. Last week...

19 Jul 2016
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Derek Welch

American Muslims who believe in the Shari‘a law should be deported says Newt Gingrich. In the wake of the attack in Nice, France on Thursday, Newt Gingrich, the former American politician who served...

18 Jul 2016
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Kelly Frazier

Evangelicals recommitted to prayer and hope at a time of intense political and racial polarization at Together 2016. Together 2016, a Christian revival that was attended by thousands of evangelicals,...

Exiled Bangladeshi Author: “Do Not Say Islam is a Religion of Peace”

06 Jul 2016
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Nathan Glover

Exiled Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen lashes out at Islam on Twitter Taslima Nasreen, the Bangladeshi author who has been living in exile since 1994 due to death threats from radical Islamists,...

How an Imam is Attacking ISIS With Snapchat

29 Jun 2016
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Kelly Frazier

Snapchat Imam Suhaib Webb says it is an honor to be denounced by ISIL. Suhaib Webb is not a typical Imam. He is a blue-eyed, strawberry blonde white American. He is a Protestant-converted Muslim....

Obama Fires Back at Trump’s “Dangerous Mindset”

16 Jun 2016
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Corey Barnett

President Obama denounces Trump's Muslim ban. In the wake of the Orlando massacre, Donald Trump, the presumptive presidential nominee of the Republican Party, expanded his call for a ban on Muslims...

Samantha Bee’s Searing Response to the Orlando Shooting: Praying Isn’t Going to Fix This

16 Jun 2016
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Alison Lesley

"We pray after each mass shooting and yet they keep happening. Maybe we’re not praying right." -Full Frontal's Samantha Bee The Orlando massacre that happened last Sunday (June 12th) shocked and angered...

Horrified Pope Francis Condemns Orlando Shooter

14 Jun 2016
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Gary Nguyen

Pope lashes out over access to weapons in the United States. Sunda June 12, the United States witnessed the deadliest mass shooting by a single gunman in its entire history. The assailant, Omar Mateen,...

17 May 2016
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Gary Nguyen

Yazidi Christians call for international recognition of acts against Yazidis be declared genocide. The Yazidis are a Kurdish religious community recognized by the United Nations as a distinct ethnic...

29 Jan 2016
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Corey Barnett

To stop radicalization, France overhauls secularism teachings. A year post “Charlie Hebdo” attacks by terrorists, French officials are quick to accelerate efforts made to blot out violent...