Immigration

An exhibit at LA's Skirball Cultural Center features photos that three photographers — Dorothea Lange, Ansel Adams and Toyo Miyatake — took at the Manzanar internment camp. Source: Photos: 3 Very Different Views Of Japanese Internment

Apprehension is growing over the arrival of thousands of Muslims raised in countries where anti-Semitism and anti-Israeli sentiment are virulent. Source: Migrant Influx in Germany Raises Fears of Anti-Semitism - The New York Times

A dozen congregations are harboring immigrants facing deportation. It echoes the sanctuary movement of the 1980s, when hundreds of churches sheltered Central Americans escaping war and violence. Source: U.S. Churches Offer Safe Haven For A New Generation...

(RNS) In his last State of the Union address, President Obama made an impassioned case against religious bigotry and cast other key issues in moral terms.They voiced support and criticism on issues ranging from religious inclusion to same-sex marriage to...

The first Arabic-language television talk show in Germany aims to help foster the integration of refugees from Arab countries with a simple message: "Follow the rules!" Source: German TV helps Muslim refugees understand secular law, religious freedom

Dearborn, Mich., has the largest proportion of Arab-Americans of any city in the U.S., including many who follow Islam. People there share reactions to the week's political rhetoric regarding Muslims. Source: Michigan's Arab-Americans Respond To Donald...

The angry back-and-forth highlighted how violence at home and abroad, rather than uniting the country, is escalating the fights over gun control, immigration, foreign policy and religion. Source: Mass Shootings Stoke Ideological Fighting in Congress

NPR's Audie Cornish talks to Rick Wilson, a former aide to Vice President Dick Cheney, and Matt Moore, a chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party, about Donald Trump's controversial proposal. Source: Republicans Denounce Donald Trump's Call To Ban...

Evidence is coming to light that Muslims not only lived in a downtown community near the turn of the 20th century, but worshiped there, too. Source: Record of Mosque Hints at Muslims’ Long History in New York - The New York Times

Buddhists priests and local wildlife rescuers partner to ensure a more responsible release ritual, in which rehabilitated animals are freed in their natural habitats. Source: A Rite to Improve Karma for Man, Creature and, Now, the Environment - The New...