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What is salat? Daily prayer in Islam

What is salat? Daily prayer in Islam

We answer your questions about ritual prayer in Islam.
by Nancy Yang

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Friday Roundtable: Anger and kindness in America

How do anger and kindness shape a society? Three guests explore the roles that individual attitudes play in charting the course for our country.

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Exhibits ponder faith, gender in Black Lives Matter era

Exhibits ponder faith, gender in Black Lives Matter era

A seminary and a gallery joined their efforts to offer a pair of art shows in reaction to current events.
by Marianne Combs

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Listen: What it's like to be Muslim in Minnesota

Listen: What it's like to be Muslim in Minnesota

They are students, activists, welders and artists. They've lived in Egypt and Yemen and north Minneapolis. They are daughters and brothers and fathers. Here, they share their experiences of being Muslim in Minnesota.
by Doualy Xaykaothao and Mukhtar M. Ibrahim

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Humankind documentary: 'The Power of Nonviolence'

Humankind documentary: 'The Power of Nonviolence'

Concluding the week of Martin Luther King's birthday with a documentary called "The Power of Nonviolence." Mounting levels of violence here and abroad have been fueled by religious and racial tensions. After a mass shooting, So. Carolina church members offered forgiveness to unlock the vicious cycle of retaliation and revenge. The stories of peacemakers.

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Nienstedt leaves Michigan diocese after presence causes stir

Nienstedt leaves Michigan diocese after presence causes stir

The former Twin Cities archbishop is discontinuing his temporary work at a Battle Creek, Mich., church "in light of the unintended discord that his presence was causing."
by The Associated Press

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Aerial images show destruction of ancient Christian monastery in Iraq

Aerial images show destruction of ancient Christian monastery in Iraq

The new images obtained show the site of St. Elijah's Monastery in the ISIS-held city of Mosul. ISIS likely destroyed the monastery in the fall of 2014.

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