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Nov 5, 2021
Across India and the global South Asian diaspora, Hindus will be watching on Thursday (Nov. 4) as an extravagant celebration of Diwali -- the festival that marks the birth of the...
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Sep 22, 2021
We're now in one of the holiest seasons of the year, in which days and nights are taken up with fasting, prayer and recitations of sacred texts. If you think I'm referring to...
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Sep 3, 2021
Some Americans believe that the Islamic faith is oppressive for women. In the West, particularly in France, the hijab, or headscarf, that many Muslim women wear has become a symbol...
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Aug 31, 2021
For much of my childhood in India, the sound of the adhan -- the Muslim call to prayer broadcast from the minaret of a mosque -- was what I heard upon waking each morning. In the...
Nov 5, 2021Across India and the global South Asian diaspora, Hindus will be watching on Thursday (Nov. 4) as an extravagant celebration of Diwali -- the festival that marks the birth of the...
Sep 22, 2021We're now in one of the holiest seasons of the year, in which days and nights are taken up with fasting, prayer and recitations of sacred texts. If you think I'm referring to...
Sep 3, 2021Some Americans believe that the Islamic faith is oppressive for women. In the West, particularly in France, the hijab, or headscarf, that many Muslim women wear has become a symbol...
Aug 31, 2021For much of my childhood in India, the sound of the adhan -- the Muslim call to prayer broadcast from the minaret of a mosque -- was what I heard upon waking each morning. In the...