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Aug. 24–Imam Mujahid Ramos wasn’t surprised to see more people show up this weekend for the daily prayers at the Masjid At-Tawheed mosque in York City. The same thing happens every year during Ramadan, a time of religious rejuvenation for Muslims, said Ramos, the mosque’s spiritual leader. “It’s just an amazing time of the year,”…

(UNDATED) After a long and contentious debate, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America voted Friday (Aug. 21) to drop a ban on partnered gay clergy and committed to let people in same-sex relationships serve as leaders of the church. The ground-breaking decision is a dramatic change for the nation’s largest Lutheran denomination, which previously permitted…

WASHINGTON (RNS) Orthodox, Conservative and Reform Jewish leaders warned the nation’s Catholic bishops that a June statement on whether Jews should convert to Christianity could make Jewish-Catholic dialogue “untenable.” In June, the bishops resurrected a 2002 statement on Jewish-Christian relations that they called “insufficiently precise and potentially misleading” about whether Christians should share the gospel…

(UNDATED) Yousef Abdallah’s annual Ramadan duties promise to be tougher than usual this year. The Islamic holy month starts Friday (Aug. 21) or Saturday (Aug. 22) night, depending on the sighting of the moon. Abdallah, a regional operations manager for Islamic Relief USA, one of the nation’s largest Islamic charities, and his staff are preparing…
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