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Seattle Sri Lankans to hold prayer service for churches bombed on Easter

by Globalist Staff

Locally, Tukwila’s Sarana International Buddhist Center, where many local Sri Lankans worship, will hold a prayer event for the victims on Friday.

Wounds of Love: Faith-Based Responses to Homelessness in Seattle

by Globalist Staff

What difference do housed Christians in Seattle make for people who are homeless? What difference does homelessness make in the spiritual lives of housed Christians? Can people of faith, some faith and no faith come together to end homelessness? Tuesday, January 22, 2019 Thomson 101, 6:30 p.m. Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington […]

Bishop who quoted MLK at royal wedding to visit Seattle

by Agatha Pacheco

Rev. Michael Curry delivered a timely and poignant sermon at the first biracial royal marriage on the power of love that both highlighted the history of race relations and stole the show.

With paper money in short supply, Zimbabwe churches accept debit cards

by Global Press News Service

Churches are starting to incorporate swipe machines and plastic money into their collections from congregants to encourage regular giving.

Mount Zion Baptist Church seeks landmark status

More than 125 years ago, Mount Zion Baptist Church's founders established a place in Seattle where people of color could worship.

Searching for a greater interfaith understanding

by Shoba Sriaiyer

How much misinformation do we carry about communities we don’t interact with? A writer reflects on her own missed opportunities — and how to do better.

Muslim women have plenty to say, no permission required

by Aliah Elaoud

Young women who wear the hijab speak out against stereotypes.

Amazon security workers allege retaliation after prayer space request

by John Stang

Two workers say that Security Industry Specialists, the company that handles Amazon’s security, unfairly treated them after they asked for space to pray.

“Muslim American” or Muslim in America?

by Eman Rahman

A writer from India talks to three Muslim Americans, to try to understand how they identify with the term.

SeaTac Muslims, interfaith leaders criticize idea of ‘tactical map’

by Venice Buhain

Residents, interfaith leaders spoke out after an investigation uncovered an attempt at religious profiling of Muslims in the city of SeaTac.

A statue of the Buddha from Seattle's Choeizan Enkyoji Nichiren Buddhist temple bearing the Buddhist swastika. (Photo by Tim Gruver)

Should Buddhism reclaim the swastika?

by Tim Gruver

Earlier this year, the Japanese government recommended replacing the swastika on maps because tourists mistook the Buddhist manji for the Nazi symbol.

Converted library is a blessing to Ethiopian faithful in Skyway

by Goorish Wibneh

The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church Seattle Debrekuskuam Saint Mary Wedebre Keranio MedhaneAlem welcomes all Christians to its new location in Skyway.

Passenger: Muslims protected Christians in Kenya bus attack

Gunmen with al Shabaab reportedly tried to force Muslim passengers to identify Christians in a Kenya bus attack, but the passengers refused to cooperate.

“Reform” of Islam is not the only answer to extremism

by Ibtihal Mahmood

The "reform" of Islam isn't the only solution for terrorism, when political factors stifle dissent, says Ibtihal Mahmood.

Seattle council supports Muslims with official resolution

by Venice Buhain

Council president Tim Burgess said the resolution was a necessary response to rhetoric vilifying Muslims rising nationwide.

"Whose side are you on?" A Kurdish female fighter from the People's Protection Units (YPG) near the site of fighting between ISIS and fighters from the Democratic Forces of Syria in south-eastern Syria. (Photo by REUTERS / Rodi Said)

Sectarian Superpowers: At war with ourselves in Syria

by Patrick Hilsman

Sunni/Shia, Arab/Kurd. How viewing the Middle East through a sectarian lens has driven the U.S. to folly.

Frank Jones and Eileen Hershberg form a shape of a heart with their hands Sunday near the Amor Spiritual Center on Beacon Hill. They joined city council candidates and others in a love circle in response to hateful graffiti sprayed on the building’s front window area. (Photo by John Lok / The Seattle Times)

Our response to hate crimes defines us as a city

by Sarah Stuteville

In response to venomous graffiti sprayed on Amor Spiritual Center in Beacon Hill, dozens gathered to demonstrate that love wins over hate.

The Kaaba, holiest site in Islam, is circumambulated by worshipers making the Hajj in 2014. (Photo by Tariq Yusuf)

How local Muslims are coping with the tragic Hajj stampede

by Tariq Yusuf

Mourning and outrage as a Seattle Muslim who made the Hajj last year tries to process the stampede that killed over 750 worshipers last week.

A taste of Ramadan: the experience of fasting as a non-Muslim

by Kseniya Sovenko

A journalist experiences fasting during Ramadan for the first time, and breaks the fast with other people at the Muslim Association of Puget Sound.

Language, culture divide brings challenges to Yakima church

by Venice Buhain

St. Joseph Parish in Yakima is one church, split by two cultures. As in many other facets of life in Yakima, the Catholic congregation is split between Spanish-speakers and English-speakers — with very little crossover, reports Northwest Public Radio of Spokane, with little crossover between the two groups. Reporter Rowan Moore Gerety reports, “There are duplicate ministries […]