religious conflicts
-
James F. Barlow, a retired masonry contractor who drove a weapon carrier at Omaha Beach during the World War Allied Invasion, died Sept. 1 at St. Agnes Medical Center after suffering a fractured hip at his Academy Heights home. He was 87. - Anne M. Rogers, a retired registered nurse who had been a combat nurse during World War II, died Saturday of vascular disease at Oak Crest Village retirement community. She was 93.
- Though they are not Muslim, Sikhs have borne the brunt of much post 9/11 anti-Muslim prejudice because of their appearance.
- If we make our definition of terrorism about the action not the ideology, then accused Colorado shooter James Holmes qualifies as a terrorist.
- Expanding use of drones threatens a slide into a state of perpetual warfare.
- Lawyers for a Maryland teen convicted in a Jihadist terror plot want him moved to a juvenile facility to await sentencing. A federal judge in Philadelphia is considering the request after a hearing Monday for 18-year-old Mohammad Hassan Khalid of Ellicott City.
- Now the street that runs through the heart of Baltimore's Jewish community is getting a new religious building: a mosque for Ahmadi Muslims.
- Mohammad Hassan Khalid, a recent Howard County high school graduate, pleaded guilty to conspiring with a suburban Pennsylvania woman known as "Jihad Jane" and others to provide material support to terrorists
- Despite what you may have heard, the fight against radical Islamists isn't ending anytime soon
- A Pakistani-American looks forward to a day when America expresses the same sensitivity about Islam it has learned to display about race.
- Once a jihadist, Shiraz Maher now works to counter the radicalization of Muslim youth from his position as a professor at King's College in London. This spring, he's living in Chestertown and teaching a course in Middle Eastern politics at Washington College.
- Antonio Martinez, also known as Muhammad Hussain, renounced terrorism repeatedly Friday, in a lengthy speech made shortly before a federal judge sentenced him to 25 years in prison.
- Friday is Opening Day for the Baltimore Orioles, as well as 17 other Major League teams. But it is also Good Friday, the most solemn day in Christianity, and the first day of Judaism's Passover, a confluence of events that is giving some fans theological pause.
- Court documents and statements by his family and others provide details of Majid Khan's journey from Baltimore County to Camp 7 at Guantanamo Bay, a detention center so secret that its location within the base is classified.
- An argument against granting tax-exempt status to religious organizations
- President Barack Obama is waging a needless war against churches over employee access to contraceptives
- Antonio Martinez pleaded guilty Thursday in connection with a terrorist plot to blow up a Catonsville military recruiting center in December 2010.
- Mayor Rick Meehan and town council members can't treat the Islamophobic views of a controversial guest speaker at Ocean City's annual Mayor's Prayer Breakfast as business as usual
- Controversial retired Lt. Gen. William "Jerry" Boykin is scheduled to speak Thursday at Ocean City's annual Mayor's Prayer Breakfast. The mayor's office says he didn't pick the speaker, but he will attend.
- Nigeria's government is turning a blind eye to violence between Muslims and Christians; the United States can use diplomatic meetings this week to pressure it to intervene.
- Rather than signal an improvement in ties between two uneasy allies in the war against Islamic extremists, the resumption of U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan could make an already tense relationship worse
- GOP primary contender Rick Santorum's expedient moral relativism should play well in South Carolina
- A besieged al-Qaida, weakened by 10 years of war and the killing of Osama bin Laden and other leaders, is focusing much of its attention on inspiring recruits in the United States and other nations to carry out attacks the terror group itself might no longer be able to mount.
- Denver quarterback Tim Tebow has had a remarkable season, but there's no reason to make more of it than that.
- Scrabble at the Bain Center perfect way for seniors to scrabble their brains.
- Ron Paul is what America needs despite what the neoconservatives might say
- Ruth L. Thomas, whose philanthropic interests ranged from medical institutions to helping newly arrived immigrants, died Wednesday from complications of a stroke at Springhouse Assisted-Living in Pikesville. She was 97.
- Prosecutors have requested a delay in the trial for the Ellicott City teen charged in a terrorism case.
- They all reside at the Edenwald Retirement Community in Towson now. But on Dec. 7, 1941, that "Day of Infamy" when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, they were all in different places when they heard the news, some of them thousands of miles from Towson.
- Former slave Israel Crump Sr. fought in the Civil War and later was an active member of Queen's Chapel United Methodist Church in South Laurel. His family and the church historian researched Crump's military career at the U.S. Colored Troops Archives at the National Archives, in Washington.
- Just as we exit Iraq and look to leave Afghanistan comes pretext for a new war: reports of Iran's nuclear ambitions.
- This makes the issue of whether Bel Air should give its staff members off on Good Friday, a Christian holiday, slightly more complex than would be indicated on first glance.
- A nuclear-armed Iran would be an intolerable threat to peace and stability in the Mideast
- More than two centuries after an American ship blew up off the shores of Tripoli, an ad hoc group that includes history buffs, military veterans and descendants of the sailors is working to repatriate their remains for burial with honors on U.S. soil.
- America has never acted as an empire in a traditional sense, and the withdrawal from Iraq -- however misguided -- is proof.
-
-
- Rick Perry's pastor diminishes his spiritual message by linking it to politics.
- Crucial distinction is whether a faith stands the test of time, as Mormonism clearly has
- Best avenue to achieve stability might be to improve ties between Afghanistan and Pakistan
- The killing of anti-American Islamic cleric Anwar al-Awlaki was a political stunt unworthy of a great nation
- Author's exhaustive study shows that San Remo Treaty of 1920 gave Jerusalem to the Jews
- The descendants of Holocaust victims, the survivors and the French railroad continue a lengthy battle over history and fairness — specifically whether the rail company should be liable for transporting some 76,000 Jews and others to Nazi death camps.
-
-
- Minister, rabbi and imam bring their message of tolerance to Maryland
- The Baltimore Book Festival casts a floodlight on forgotten corners of Baltimore history.
