Tag: religion
Emanuel AME pastor blasts political ad
By Jeffrey Collins
Associated Press
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - The pastor of a South Carolina church where nine black members were killed in a racist attack...
Black Muslims aim for unity in challenging time for Islam
By Jeff Karoub, Sophia Tareen and Noreen Nasir
Associated Press
DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) - In her job as a refugee case manager, Fatimah Farooq would come...
Learn Jesus’ lesson of forgiveness
By Hollis Wormsby
A young teen has a dispute with another teen. It isn't about much, but the macho kicks in and the hard head...
Smitherman introduces bill to protect places of worship
Special to The Times
In an effort to toughen Alabama laws on hate crimes and terrorist threats, State Sen. Rodger Smitherman, D-Birmingham, has introduced a...
Islamic, Jewish, Christian groups express solidarity in wake of threats
Times staff report
Birmingham-area Christian and Muslim communities are among those that have spoken out against bomb threats targeting the Levite Jewish Community Center on...
In Atlanta, anti-Semitism is viewed through lens of history
By Jeff Martin
Associated Press
ATLANTA (AP) -- Amid a surge of bomb threats and vandalism at Jewish institutions nationwide, members of Atlanta's Jewish community have...
Congressional delegation tours Birmingham during Civil Rights Pilgrimage
By Ariel Worthy
The Birmingham Times
A bipartisan delegation of Congressional members - blacks and whites; Democrats and Republicans; men and women -- on Friday toured...
Members of Jewish community not intimidated by bomb threats
By Ariel Worthy
The Birmingham Times
The Levite Jewish Community Center on Montclair Road has received three bomb threats this year, but that hasn’t deterred individuals...
Dylann Roof jurors say they ‘will forever be changed’ by their...
The Associated Press
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - The jurors who sentenced Dylann Roof to death for the racist massacre of nine black church members quietly...
New Hope Baptist Church to celebrate milestone anniversary
Special to The Times
New Hope Baptist Church (NHBC) will celebrate their 125th anniversary on Sunday.
The church will kick off the celebration with a play:...