Tag: middle east

The war raging in the Holy Land isn’t holy. Like all wars, it horrifies us. Wars throughout the Middle East, occasionally clad in a peek-a-boo veil of “holy war,” have for millennia been secular.

The couple hear stories about magical doors that whisk people to distant, safer lands. When someone offers to lead them to such a door, they decide to try it and are instantly transported to a beach on a Greek island, along with countless other refugees.

Muslims around the world began observing Ramadan on Monday, Islam's holy month during which believers abstain from eating and drinking during daylight hours.

The U.S. military may not be able to create transformational change in the Middle East, but it may act as a catalyst for that change.

Bethany Presbyterian Church will spend three Sundays hosting "Conversations on the Middle East with Dr. Raja Tanas."

VATICAN CITY (RNS) Rabbi Abraham Skorka and Muslim leader Omar Abboud will accompany the pope on his May 24-26 trip, which will include Jordan, the West Bank and Israel.