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Teaching about 9/11: A Muslim mother’s plea to educators. The Baltimore Sun, Sept. 9, 2026.

Zeyneb Sayilgan writes about how a conversation with her daughter made her realize how Islam often appears in school curricula only in the context of 9/11.

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Baltimore’s Heather Miller Rubens holds space for respectful religious disagreement, Maryland Daily Record, July 28, 2026.

Heather Miller Rubens joined Sloane Brown for The Daily Record’s Off the Record video podcast.

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In Baltimore, This Organization Is Committed to Unity, Baltimore Jewish Times, July 21, 2026.

An interview with ICJS Head of Scholarship and Jewish Scholar Benjamin Sax.

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What Would Extraterrestrial Life Mean for Faith?   The Baltimore Sun, June 14, 2026.

Zeyneb Sayilgan is quoted in this exercise in speculative theology.

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In 1649, religious liberty was new. A Maryland law helped embed it in America’s founding, The Christian Science Monitor, June 8, 2026.

Article quotes Fatimah Fanusie, ICJS program director for museums and libraries.

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Cat Stevens in my house means one thing. The Washington Post, February 17, 2026.

Zeyneb Sayilgan writes about her Ramadan playlist.

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A Christian King and Muslim Refugees. The Living Church, Jan. 26, 2025.

Article by Zeyneb Sayilgan.

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How Pope Leo XIV’s visit to Nicaea recalls centuries of Muslim-Christian respect, Religion News Service, Nov. 26, 2025.

Article by Zeyneb Sayilgan. This article was also published in the National Catholic Reporter.

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60 years after Vatican II document on non-Christian relations, panelists say work to implement it continues, Catholic Review, Nov. 5, 2025.

Article on ICJS panel on Nostra Aetate.

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A Muslim reflects on ‘Nostra Aetate’ and its enduring call to mutual understanding, Oct. 28, 2025.

Article by ICJS Muslim Scholar Zeyneb Sayilgan.