If I told you a federal court recently ruled that a 60-year-old statue of Jesus may remain on public property, I'm guessing you'd be surprised. After all, you may have heard some people argue that a crèche at the courthouse or a Star of David on a Holocaust memorial violate the First Amendment's prohibition on government establishment of religion.
LONDON (AP) — London's Brick Lane Mosque started as a church for Protestants hounded from Catholic France — for whom the word "refugee" was first coined. Later, displaced Jews turned it into a synagogue. Today, Muslims kick off their shoes in the lobby before prayers.
That layering of migrants over centuries, like strata in rock, tells a story vital for Europe to remember as it struggles with new flows of people seeking sanctuary and fresh starts.
