Portland has a large population who identify as being religiously unaffiliated. The city of Currently, the city law doesn’t have special protections in place for people who are non-adherents to religion, but a proposed ordinance could lead to such a change. Specifically, the proposed ordinance would add atheists to a protected class list that already […]
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Muslim student athletes at one U.S. high school no longer have to be slowed down by worries that their headscarves might fall off.
Deering High School in Portland, Maine, is providing sport hijabs with the goal of making Muslim girls comfortable — and boosting their participation in sports. The lightweight scarves stay put and are less bulky than other hijabs, garments that cover the hair and are worn by many Muslim women to express their faith.
Source: Sporty hijabs help Muslim girls keep up pace in...Read more about Sporty hijabs help Muslim girls keep up pace in athletics
Ms. Colleen Rost-Banik became a Pluralism Project in 2002 with her research on religious diversity and civil society in Maine. After graduating from...
Dr. Kambiz GhaneaBassiri is professor of religion and humanities at Reed College. He became a Pluralism Project affiliate in 2004 when he began... Read more about Kambiz Ghaneabassiri
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Most of the members of the small Bosnian community in Portland came here as refugees between 1992 and 1997, during the civil war that followed the breakup of Yugoslavia. Church-sponsored-refugee programs, such as the Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon's...
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