by Alec Cowan | Jun 25, 2018 | Crossings Radio and Crossings News, Intercultural and Interreligious Conflict, News
The Islamic call to prayer is rarely recited by a woman; in fact, it almost never is. While many Islamic schools of thought discourage women from leading prayer, women at the University of Oregon are disrupting that norm. The women’s prayer space is the new...
by ccraft@uoregon.edu | Feb 18, 2017 | Crossings Radio and Crossings News, Intercultural and Interreligious Conflict
The core of Donald Trump’s campaign platform was to build a wall on the Mexican-American border to stop immigrants crossing without documentation. On January 26, Trump issued two executive orders: one mandating the construction of the wall and another ordering the...
by Scott Greenstone | Sep 5, 2016 | Crossings Radio and Crossings News, Intercultural and Interreligious Conflict
Kholoud Waleed had her hometown destroyed, her friends captured and her family split. The only way she could fight back was telling stories. Waleed — which is not her real last name — was the 2015 recipient of the Anna Politkovskaya Award for her bravery in reporting...