Pakistani police say armed men damage church in land dispute
Lahore, PakistanAP A group of armed men vandalised a church in eastern Pakistan before fleeing the scene, a local police official said Monday. The incident in the village of Kala Shahkaku in Punjab province took place on Saturday and was apparently not sectarian but connected to a land dispute involving the church, according to police […]
In San Fernando Valley in the US, people of faith march together to signal solidarity
Los Angeles, USRNS The Interfaith Solidarity Network in the San Fernando Valley is holding its third annual unity march on Sunday, just weeks after a Northridge synagogue was struck with vandalism. “We are naturally feeling violated and concerned,” said Cantor Ken Cohen with Temple Ahavat Shalom in Northridge. People participate in the Interfaith Solidarity Network’s […]
Surge in anti-Semitism in US reported in latest study
RNS The vandalised sign at Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati on 2nd January, 2017. PICTURE: Via Twitter A new report shows a continued rise in anti-Semitic incidents across the US in the first nine months of 2017, partly attributable to the Charlottesville, Virginia, rally in which white nationalists marched through the city shouting “Jews will […]
In US, all 100 senators press Trump administration to help communities fight anti-Semitism
USA Today/via RNS Lawmakers in the US are pressing the Trump administration to help local communities battle anti-Semitism after a rash of threats to Jewish institutions and vandalism at historic cemeteries. In a rare show of unity, all 100 senators sent a letter on Tuesday to Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly, Attorney General Jeff Sessions and FBI Director […]