By Eric Marrapodi, CNN Belief Blog Editor (CNN)–Dwight K. Shrute was many things: paper salesman, beat farmer, lovable dork. Though he came from Amish stock, Shrute showed more interest in martial arts than Bibles and buggies. But the man who played Shrute for nine years calls religion central to his life, and as Rainn Wilson […]
By Eric Marrapodi, CNN Belief Blog Editor (CNN) – Dwight K. Schrute was many things: paper salesman, beet farmer, lovable dork. Though he came from Amish stock, Schrute showed more interest in martial arts than Bibles and buggies. But the man who played Schrute for nine years calls religion central to his life, and as […]
By Eric Marrapodi, CNN Belief Blog Editor (CNN)–Dwight K. Shrute was many things: paper salesman, beat farmer, lovable dork. Though he came from Amish stock, Shrute showed more interest in martial arts than Bibles and buggies. But the man who played Shrute for nine years calls religion central to his life, and as Rainn Wilson […]
Editor’s Note: Qasim Rashid is a national spokesperson for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA. Follow him on Twitter @MuslimIQ. By Qasim Rashid, Special to CNN (CNN)–My New Year’s resolution is to not die for my faith. I’d hoped that 2012 would bring a revolution among Muslims and Muslim-majority nations to free oppressed minds. Yet I [...]
Editor’s Note: Qasim Rashid is a national spokesperson for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA. Follow him on Twitter @MuslimIQ. By Qasim Rashid, Special to CNN (CNN)–My New Year’s resolution is to not die for my faith. I’d hoped that 2012 would bring a revolution among Muslims and Muslim-majority nations to free oppressed minds. Yet I [...]
Editor’s Note: Qasim Rashid is a national spokesperson for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA. Follow him on Twitter @MuslimIQ. By Qasim Rashid, Special to CNN (CNN)–My New Year’s resolution is to not die for my faith. I’d hoped that 2012 would bring a revolution among Muslims and Muslim-majority nations to free oppressed minds. Yet I [...]
By Kocha Olarn, CNN (CNN) – Fresh sectarian clashes in Myanmar's western state of Rakhine killed three people and left more than 400 houses, a monastery and a mosque burned to the ground, authorities said Tuesday. The clashes began Sunday night and spread to four townships, said state Attorney General Hla Thein. Rakhine is home [...]
By Richard Allen Greene, CNN What really enrages Muslims? Having a really good hair day – but no one knows because you wear a hijab. Not being able to say "Hi" to your friend Jack in a plane – or to call out for your nephew when he gets lost in an airport because his [...]
Editor's Note: Stephen Prothero, a Boston University religion scholar and author of "The American Bible: How Our Words Unite, Divide, and Define a Nation," is a regular CNN Belief Blog contributor. By Stephen Prothero, Special to CNN (CNN)–Like many Americans, I reacted to the murders at the Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, with horror, [...]
By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN)–Immediately after the September 11, 2001, terrorist acts, Sikhs came under attack. Mistaken for Muslims for their beards and turbans, they became ripe targets for zealots seeking revenge. The first person murdered in retaliation for the 9/11 attacks was a Sikh – a gas station owner in Mesa, Arizona, named [...]
By Steve Almasy, CNN (CNN)–Sikhism, the world's fifth most popular religion, is a monotheistic faith that believes in equality and service to others, Sikh officials say. "Everyone is the same," says Raghunandan Johar, president of the Guru Nanak Mission of Atlanta. "There is no distinction, no caste system." Navdeep Singh, a policy adviser to the [...]
By the CNN Wire Staff Jos, Nigeria (CNN) – A string of bombs struck churches in five Nigerian cities Sunday, leaving dozens dead and wounded on the holiday, authorities and witnesses said. The blasts mark the second holiday season that bombs have hit Christian houses of worship in the west African nation. In a statement [...]
By the CNN Wire Staff Jos, Nigeria (CNN) – A string of bombs struck churches in five Nigerian cities Sunday, leaving dozens dead and wounded on the holiday, authorities and witnesses said. The blasts mark the second holiday season that bombs have hit Christian houses of worship in the west African nation. In a statement [...]
By Chris Welch, CNN Bergholz, Ohio (CNN) - Aden Troyer hasn't figured out precisely how he'll tell his daughters – now 4 and 5 years old – why they're growing up without a mother. "I've kind of held back a little bit because they are so young, and I do not want to depress them," he [...]
From Mohamed Fadel Fahmy, For CNN Cairo (CNN) – The number of dead in clashes between the army and pro-Coptic Christian protesters in Egypt over the weekend rose to at least 25, with at least 272 wounded, a Healthy Ministry official told CNN Monday. But conflicting reports from the two sides indicated the death toll [...]
