Linah Mohammad

Oct 31, 2024 | npr.org | Rund Abdelfatah |Ramtin Arablouei |Julie Caine |Linah Mohammad |Casey Miner |Devin Katayama | +5 more

The question of settlements has loomed over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict for decades, and has only intensified in the past year. According to a UN report, since October 7, 2023, there has been a record surge in settlement activities and increased settler violence against Palestinians. Today on the show: how the settlement movement grew from a small religious mission to one of the central tenets of the current Israeli government.

Oct 24, 2024 | npr.org | Rund Abdelfatah |Ramtin Arablouei |Casey Miner |Julie Caine |Devin Katayama |Anya Steinberg | +5 more

Today on the show, two stories of building power in swing states: from the top down, and the bottom up. First, how a future Supreme Court justice helped launch a program to challenge voters at the Arizona polls in the early 1960s, in a county that's become a hotbed for election conspiracies in the decades since. Then, how a 1973 labor strike led by Arab Americans in a Michigan factory town sparked a political movement that could play a major role in the 2024 election.

Oct 10, 2024 | npr.org | Rund Abdelfatah |Ramtin Arablouei |Lawrence Wu |Julie Caine |Devin Katayama |Cristina Kim | +5 more

References to God and Christianity are sprinkled throughout American life. Our money has "In God We Trust" printed on it. Most presidents have chosen to swear their oath of office on the Bible. Christian nationalist beliefs are rooted in the idea that the United States was founded as a Christian nation, and that its laws should reflect certain Christian values. And versions of these beliefs are widely held by Americans of different ages, races, and backgrounds.

Oct 3, 2024 | npr.org | Ramtin Arablouei |Rund Abdelfatah |Lawrence Wu |Devin Katayama |Julie Caine |Casey Miner | +7 more

Today, the city of Jerusalem is seen as so important that people are willing to kill and die to control it. And that struggle goes back centuries. Nearly a thousand years ago, European Christians embarked on what became known as the First Crusade: an unprecedented, massive military campaign to take Jerusalem from Muslims and claim the holy city for themselves. They won a shocking victory – but it didn't last. A Muslim leader named Saladin raised an army to take the city back.

Jun 18, 2024 | newsbreak.com | Michael Levitt |Linah Mohammad |Mary Kelly

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