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Lynn Slovin and her husband, Eliot, were still in what they called “intake mode” not long after Hamas militants launched a surprise attack on Israel on Oct. 7.

"Our niece and cousins are under the buildings destroyed," said Edjer Kilic.

At mosques we visited, there are armed guards at services that fit into the crowd, in case a gunman walks in.

(RNS) — Our hope as those who attend and lead religious institutions is to maintain our humaneness and treat others with compassion, while keeping ourselves and others safe.

Nearly a week after Malik Faisal Akram terrorized the rabbi and three members of Congregation Beth Israel, investigators are still examining where he slept, how he moved around and with whom he associated during his 18 days in the United States.

Key questions remain outstanding, such as how he obtained the gun he brandished at Beth...

The Jewish Chronicle (JC) reported on January 20 Malik Faisal Akram, who held four hostages at gunpoint inside a synagogue in Colleyville, TX, on January 15, said in 2021 that he wanted to kill Jews.

About 10 days before taking four hostages at the Congregation Beth Israel synagogue in north Texas, Malik Faisal Akram had a heated exchange with officials at the Islamic Center of Irving and was eventually escorted from the property, according to the organizations chief legal counsel.

The armed man who held four people hostage at a Texas synagogue on Saturday displayed erratic behavior at a mosque 10 days prior,

About 10 days before taking four hostages at the Congregation Beth Israel synagogue in north Texas, Malik Faisal Akram had a heated exchange with officials at the Islamic Center of Irving and was eventually escorted from the property, according to the organizations chief legal counsel.