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Islam April 29, 2019

Sri Lanka emergency law bans face coverings as church urges more vigorous crackdown on militants

Muslim women in Sri Lanka will no longer be able to cover their faces amid a new emergency law ordered by the president that bans all kinds of facing coverings that may conceal a person’s identity.

RELIGION April 29, 2019

Pakistan to bring religious schools under government control

Pakistan's military spokesman says authorities plan to bring over 30,000 religious schools under government control as part of their campaign against extremism.

VIDEO April 29, 2019

Are religious communities under attack?

Less than one week after the deadly Easter Sunday attack in Sri Lanka, a 19-year-old gunman opens fire on a Southern California synagogue claiming he was inspired by the New Zealand mosque attack.

RELIGION April 29, 2019

Church wants more vigorous crackdown on Sri Lankan Islamists

The Catholic church in Sri Lanka says the government should crack down on Islamists with more vigor "as if on war footing" in the aftermath of the Easter bombings.

World April 28, 2019

Sri Lankans attend Mass at home with churches shut down after bombings

With churches in Sri Lanka closed a week after suicide bombings killed more than 250 people on Easter, Catholics in the island nation celebrated Mass in their homes Sunday via a televised broadcast on Sunday.

VIDEO April 28, 2019

Rep. Debbie Lesko: Anti-Semitic behavior no matter who it comes from is not helping

Arizona Republican Rep. Debbie Lesko says there are a couple of members of Congress who continually make anti-Semitic remarks.

VIDEO April 28, 2019

Rep. Harley Rouda: We are consistently seeing domestic terrorism take place in our country

California Democrat Rep. Harley Rouda gives his condolences to those impacted by the Poway, California synagogue shooting.

VIDEO April 28, 2019

Poway, California synagogue shooting eyewitness: You saw the hate and you saw the murder in his eyes

A 19-year-old man has been charged with one count of murder and three counts of attempted murder in the Poway, California synagogue shooting.

US April 28, 2019

2 synagogue shooting victims escaped Gaza rocket attacks: ‘We came from fire to fire’

A family member of two injured victims in Saturday’s shooting at a synagogue in a San Diego, California city said his family had moved there from a town in Israel near the Gaza border amid constant rocket attacks.

Middle East April 28, 2019

Iraq: Yazidis to accept survivors of IS rape, not children

The spiritual council for Iraq's Yazidi community says it will not embrace the children of women raped by Islamic State group men, just days after it said it would accept "all survivors" of the extremist group's attempted annihilation of the minority community.