Saudi Arabia again leads interfaith understanding — this time on its own soil

Participants attend the “Common Values Among the Followers (RNS) — Until recently the recognition of any religion other than Islam in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was rare, and anyone practicing another faith was “vulnerable to detention, harassment and, for noncitizens, deportation,” according to the U.S. Office of International Religious Freedom.

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‘A long time coming’: These Muslims are bringing sex abuse by sheikhs out of the shadows

Women in MosqueOver the past two to three years, scholars and advocates say, North American Muslims have risen up in an unprecedented movement to openly confront sexual and spiritual abuse perpetrated by Muslim religious leaders.

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