by Keith Smith | Apr 5, 2013 | Opinion
Those who are worried about the future of religion in America (that is, whether religion has any future) need to read Frank Newport’s new book, “God Is Alive and Well.” According to this editor-in-chief of the Gallup poll, there is no reason to be...
by Tim Townsend | Jan 19, 2012 | News
ST. LOUIS (RNS) At just 27 years old, Asif Umar is the new imam of Daar-ul-Islam mosque, the largest mosque in the metro area. The son of Indian immigrants is devoted to the city’s sports teams, marking the end of Ramadan with a St. Louis Blues hockey game. He also...
by Haya El Nasser | Aug 31, 2011 | News
(RNS) Almost half the nation’s estimated 2.8 million Muslims fault their leaders for not speaking out against Islamic extremists, but a vast majority are far more satisfied than Americans overall with the way things are going in this country, according to a major...
by Omar Sacirbey | Aug 25, 2011 | News
(RNS) Under a cloud of suspicion and distrust after the 9/11 attacks, there were stories of men named Muhammad who started going by “Mo,” mosque leaders telling their flocks to lie low and women leaving their headscarves at home. And then there was Asma Mangrio. “My...
by Lauren Markoe | Aug 3, 2011 | News
(RNS) Ten years after the 9/11 attacks, an extensive new survey of Muslims finds them as optimistic as other Americans, even as large minorities of Christian Americans question Muslims’ loyalty to the United States. The survey, released Tuesday (Aug. 2) by the Gallup...
