RNS Morning Report - 9/11 SPECIAL EDITION: 25 years later, the attacks still shape faith and public life

This week marks 25 years since the 9/11 attacks. See its lasting impact on faith and public life. Read the stories     Top Stories A chapel near ground zero was a relief center after 9/11. Now, an exhibit honors its victims. NEW YORK (RNS) — A new origami installation strings 2,977 paper cranes: one for each person killed in the attacks. The 'Ever Present' exhibition also features artifacts left there in the months after 9/11.  Some critics cite Mamdani’s Muslim faith in demanding he skip 9/11 anniversary ceremony NEW YORK (RNS) — The mayor — who released 170,000 documents incriminating past city officials for improperly assessing health risks after 9/11 — still plans to attend the ceremony. As 9/11 anniversary falls on Rosh Hashanah, Jews are asked to remember — and move forward NEW YORK (RNS) — As the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks coincides with the Jewish new year, Jewish leaders, rabbis and their interfaith partners reflect on what it means to remember — and how to live with what cannot be forgotten. Mosques have more than doubled since 9/11. But Muslims say opposition is fierce. (RNS) — New mosques often stir up local resistance and anti-Muslim sentiment. Even when they get built, the blowback can be intense. Islamophobia goes back decades, before 9/11, a new book argues (RNS) — Journalist Rozina Ali argues that there has been little reckoning with the War on Terror and the lasting effects of post- 9/11 surveillance policies targeting American Muslims, in 'Seasons of Fury: Four Families and the Rise of Islamophobia in America.'         Opinion I covered religion after the 9/11 attacks. I never imagined the hate would outlast the war. (RNS) — Since 9/11, violence in America has come from within. Hate crimes against Muslims, Sikhs, Jews, Latinos, Black Americans and LGBTQ+ Americans are soaring. RNS CEO/Publisher Deborah Caldwell looks back on how we got here. After 9/11, America lost its way. Twenty-five years later, we still haven’t found it. (RNS) — The nation quickly united in mourning in the days after 9/11. But we've never moved past our country's thirst for vengeance. The post-9/11 infrastructure of Islamophobia (RNS) — For US Muslims, the legacy of Sept. 11 is not confined to a terrible morning. It includes the institutions, organizations and assumptions that took shape afterward. What 9/11 and Rosh Hashanah teach us about remembering forward (RNS) — Memory is as much about the present and the future as it is about the past. 25 years of reporting on the state of American Muslims  (RNS) — During Trump’s second term, we're seeing the emergence of a doggedly stronger and more unapologetic ownership of what it means to be American Muslim. What an Illinois village says about the US 25 years after 9/11 (RNS) — This anniversary finds the United States still unable to defend the American way that the Sept. 11 terrorists attacked. 25 years after 9/11, war is still not the answer (RNS) — It pains me to consider how much harm my government has inflicted abroad and within our own communities since 9/11.       Support Our Work As a nonprofit newsroom that covers all faiths, RNS sits uniquely at the intersection of freedom of the press and freedom of religion. News tips or feedback? Email comments@religionnews.com. Like the Morning Report? Share it with a friend. Forwarded this newsletter? Subscribe here. We rely on reader donations to power our reporting. Donate here. Or send a check to: Religion News Foundation PO Box 1808 Columbia, MO 65205

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