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January 20, 2017October 9, 2017 by Bill Donahue

The Messenger

Once a basketball phenom and a hiphop deejay, Suhaib Webb is now a Muslim cleric with a vast following among millennials and also a bone to pick with Donald J. Trump. 

The Washington Post Magazine
Edited by David Rowell. Photographs by Pete Marovich. 

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September 6, 2016October 10, 2017 by Bill Donahue

To Build a Mosque in America

After 18 years and $1.5 million, the Islamic Society of New Hampshire is still struggling to build its own place of worship.

Bloomberg Businessweek
Edited by Miranda Purves. Photograph by Christopher Gregory.

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November 13, 2011October 9, 2017 by Bill Donahue

The Secret World of Saints

Inside the Catholic Church and the mysterious process of anointing the holy dead.

Byliner Originals
Edited by Laura Hohnhold.

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March 1, 2007April 29, 2023 by Bill Donahue

Hail Mary

Built on the swamplands of south Florida, Ave Maria University is the newest Catholic school in the U.S.—and a place where the faith of my fathers has been wholly transmogrified. 

Mother Jones
Edited by Alistair Paulin. Illustrations by Marc Burckhardt.

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