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A member of the Zion Ahmadiyya Muslim community attends Friday prayer in Zion, Ill., on Friday, Sept. 16, 2022. A century after the Ahmadis' prophet, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, challenged Zion's founder, John Alexander Dowie, a Christian faith healer, to a prayer duel, the community has built their first official mosque in the city. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)

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Two prophets, century-old prayer duel inspire Zion mosque
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Sat,10/01/22-8:02AM , 100 Reads
ZION, Illinois (AP) — A holy miracle happened in Zion 115 years ago. Or so millions of Ahmadi Muslims around the world believe.
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Dan Sideris is reflected in a front storm door as he and his wife, Carrie Sideris, of Newton, Mass., return to door-to-door visits as Jehovah's Witnesses, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022, in Boston. After more than two and a half years on hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic, members are reviving a religious practice that the faith considers crucial and cherished. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm)

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Knock, knock: Jehovah's Witnesses resume door-to-door work
By DEEPA BHARATH - Associated Press
Fri,09/02/22-9:38AM , 120 Reads
Jehovah’s Witnesses have restarted their door-to-door ministry after more than two and a half years on hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic, reviving a religious practice that the faith considers crucial and cherished.
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Amandeep Singh, 12, stands with his family in the communal room where "langar," food served after temple services, is provided at Guru Nanak Darbar of Long Island, a Sikh gurdwara, Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022, in Hicksville, N.Y. Their Afghan Sikh family of 13 has found refuge in the diaspora community on Long Island where the Sikh community is helping family members obtain work permits, housing, healthcare and find schools for the children. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

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Attacked at home, Afghan Sikhs find community on Long Island
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Mon,08/29/22-10:08AM , 436 Reads
Kulwinder Singh Soni’s voice quavered as he recounted the day in March 2020 when an Islamic State gunman burst into a Sikh gurdwara's prayer hall in Kabul, hurling grenades and firing assault rifles.
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Nate Looney poses in front of a painting at the BAR Center at the Beach Thursday, June 16, 2022, in the Venice section of Los Angeles. Looney is a Black man who grew up in Los Angeles, a descendant of enslaved people from generations ago. He's also an observant, kippah-wearing Jew. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

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Black Jewish leader works to boost community, inclusiveness
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Sun,07/03/22-8:02AM , 196 Reads
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nate Looney is a Black man who grew up in Los Angeles, a descendant of enslaved people from generations ago. He’s also an observant, kippah-wearing Jew.
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