Fiona Andre

1 week ago | religionnews.com | Fiona Andre

(RNS) — A partnership between St. John’s University in Queens, New York, and United States Customs and Border Protection to inaugurate an immigration enforcement training center has sparked tensions among the university community. A group of faculty, students and alumni argued in a May 16 petition that the collaboration threatens “the university’s Catholic and Vincentian mission.” As of Thursday (May 29), it has 901 signers, including 93 faculty across six schools and university libraries.

2 weeks ago | churchleaders.com | Fiona Andre

NEW YORK (RNS) — On Thursday (May 22), dozens of religious activists and war veterans gathered outside the United Nations headquarters in Manhattan to launch a 40-day fast protesting the humanitarian aid blockade in Gaza. The fast, initiated by Veterans for Peace, an anti-war organization, and a dozen Christian organizations, intends to raise awareness of the famine looming over Gaza.

2 weeks ago | religionnews.com | Fiona Andre

NEW YORK (RNS) — On Thursday (May 22), dozens of religious activists and war veterans gathered outside the United Nations headquarters in Manhattan to launch a 40-day fast protesting the humanitarian aid blockade in Gaza. The fast, initiated by Veterans for Peace, an anti-war organization, and a dozen Christian organizations, intends to raise awareness of the famine looming over Gaza.

2 weeks ago | washtimesherald.com | Fiona Andre

NEW YORK (RNS) — Participants are often surprised when Asad Dandia’s Muslim Harlem tour stops at JC Barbershop in Spanish Harlem — only until he explains it was the headquarters of the country’s first Puerto Rican Muslim organization, the AlianzaIslámica (the Islamic Alliance). A photo of the 1990s storefront in hand, Dandia lectures a tour group on a Saturday in April about the history of Latino Muslims in New York City.

2 weeks ago | msn.com | Fiona Andre

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