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Muslims Come to Times Square to Take Stand Against Extremism

Muslims showed up at the NYC New Year's celebration to denounce extremism, answer questions, and call for peace between religions in 2016.

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Muslims Protect Christmas Mass After France Heightens Security at Churches

After France called for strengthening security during Christmas worship services, a group of 12 Muslim men stood outside one church offering protection.

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Muslims Give Strangers Holiday Roses, Responding to Hate with Love

A rose by any other name would be as sweet – just like the Muslims handing out flowers to strangers in downtown Disney.

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Spiritual Leaders Unveil Action Plan to Combat Violent Extremism

In a two-day conference over the weekend, Muslim, Jewish and Christian religious leaders from around the world gathered in Abu Dhabi to discuss the challenges of violent religious extremism and identify ways to combat it. Organizers announced a "10-point action plan that they will initiate over the next three years.

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20,000 Muslims Gather for Peace

Dec. 5, 2005 — We need to be reminded again and again that mainstream Muslims are not like their fanatical brothers in terror. In Britain, families traveled to London to be counted as the peaceful majority of Islam, able to stand against terrorism yet speak out in the face of unfairness. Let's collect here on the […]

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In Historic Easter First, Pope Includes Women in Foot Washing Ritual

Pope Francis delighted many when he included women, and Muslim and Hindu refugees, in a Holy Week ritual that once barred anyone but Catholic men.

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Israeli Women Tear Down Centuries Old Gender Barrier at the Western Wall

Men and women will finally be allowed to pray alongside one another at Jerusalem's Western Wall, Judaism's holiest site.

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Christians Protect Mosques on Fri., Muslims Guard Churches on Sunday

Christians and Muslims unite to protect each other from attacks by Boko Haram terrorists.