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(RNS) — The U.S. Air Force commissioned its first Muslim woman chaplain candidate last month, marking the first time the U.S. military will have a female chaplain of the Islamic faith. Saleha Jabeen became a second lieutenant in a December ceremony at the Catholic Theological Union in Chicago. “The fact is America is a place where the Constitution guarantees your …

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