How rare are bright blue lobsters?
Source: BBC Two Canadian fishermen have been celebrating catching bright blue lobsters over the last few days. But how rare are these striking-looking crustaceans, asks Justin Parkinson. Lobsters caught off […]
How to Be Successful, According to 2016 Commencement Speakers
Source: Motto By Emily Straus Graduation season is in full swing, with some of the world’s brightest minds doling out advice almost daily. Read on to learn about how people like Barack Obama and Anne-Marie Slaughter achieved success—and how you can, too. 1. Barack Obama: Aim for better, not perfection […]
Sen. Rand Paul: We Must Restore Congressional Authority on Declaring War
Source: Time By Sen. Rand Paul Paul is the junior U.S. Senator for Kentucky. ‘One generation cannot bind another generation to perpetual war’ This president has now been at war longer […]
Half of the People Taking Antidepressants Aren’t Depressed: Study
Source: Time By Alexandra Sifferlin Study finds doctors are widely prescribing antidepressants off-label Millions of people take antidepressants as a way to treat depression, but a new study reveals that some physicians are prescribing antidepressants for off-label uses that are not depression-related. In the study, published Tuesday in the journal JAMA, researchers […]
Mormons, Evangelicals, and the Trinity
Source: RNS By Jana Riess Yesterday, evangelical seminary president Richard Land stated his public disagreement with former Fuller Theological Seminary president Richard Mouw about the evolution of Mormon beliefs. The […]
Why Do Jewish Leaders Keep Ignoring Ultra-Orthodox Education Crisis?
Source: Forward By Seth Kaplan and Naftuli Moster The New York State Legislature is currently considering two bills, one introduced by Assembly woman Ellen Jaffee in early May , the other by Sen. David Carlucci and Assembly man Kenneth Zebrowski in January , to strengthen existing legislation requiring nonpublic schools to […]
Church fights AfD for Muslim right to build new mosque
Photo: DPA Church fights AfD for Muslim right to build new mosque Published: 18 May 2016 12:23 GMT+02:00 Outside of Berlin there are only two mosques in the whole of the former East Germany. The populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) are trying to scupper plans for a new one in […]
Why Are So Many Muslim Refugees in Europe Suddenly Finding Jesus?
Source: The Daily Beast By NADETTE DE VISSER Whether out of conviction or convenience, thousands of migrants in Europe are converting to Christianity. AMSTERDAM — Hundreds of Pakistanis and Afghans […]
Hollywood reworks Muslim stereotypes
Source: RNS By Julie Poucher Harbin Julie Poucher Harbin is a correspondent based in Cary, N.C. (RNS) As part of his “Islam in Film” class at the University of Nebraska, religious studies […]
Debate: Can we reconstruct the originals of the New Testament?
Bart Denton Ehrman /ərmən/ (born October 5, 1955) is an American New Testament scholar, currently the James A. Gray Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina […]
Jimmy Carter, Seeing Resurgence of Racism, Plans Baptist Conference for Unity
Source: The New York Times By LAURIE GOODSTEIN Former President Jimmy Carter, who has long put religion and racial reconciliation at the center of his life, is on a mission […]
Brother of Belgian bomber wins gold in Switzerland
Mourad Laachraoui was left ‘devastated’ by his brother’s actions. Photo: Emmanual Dunand/AFP Published: 20 May 2016 15:28 GMT+02:00 Belgian Mourad Laachraoui, the younger brother of one of the Brussels airport bombers, has won gold in the European Taekwondo Championships and will compete in this summer’s Olympics. Switzerland condemns Brussels attacks […]
Swiss aid official upbeat after humanitarian summit
ISTANBUL CONFERENCE Swiss aid official upbeat after humanitarian summit MAY 25, 2016 – 16:39 United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, second left, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, centre, pose at the closing ceremony of the World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul (Keystone) While there was disappointment that leaders of the […]
Are most asylum seekers economic migrants?
FACT CHECK By Geraldine Wong Sak Hoi with input from Duc-Quang Nguyen and Stefania Summermatter MAY 25, 2016 – 11:00 (Keystone) As voters prepare to vote on reforms to Switzerland’s asylum law on June 5, the conservative right Swiss People’s Party has insisted that most applicants arriving in the country […]
RELIGIOUS CONTROVERSY: Muslim pupils must shake teachers’ hands in Basel
By swissinfo.ch and agencies MAY 25, 2016 – 12:20 Swiss President Simonetta Sommaruga at the traditional New Year’s reception of the diplomatic corps. Basel’s education body says shaking hands is important for one’s future career (Keystone) Students in canton Basel Country can no longer refuse to shake a teacher’s hand on religious […]
thousands of migrants in Europe are converting to Christianity
Whether out of conviction or convenience, thousands of migrants in Europe are converting to Christianity.Why Are So Many Muslim Refugees in Europe Suddenly Finding Jesus? – Why Are So Many Muslim Refugees in Europe Suddenly Finding Jesus? – The Daily Beast Nadette de Visser The Daily Beasthttp://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/05/25/why-are-so-many-muslim-refugees-in-europe-suddenly-finding-jesus.html?via=newsletter&source=DDMorning AMSTERDAM — Hundreds […]
Pope prays to God for ‘converting hearts of ISIS extremists’
Source. The Nation. VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis on Wednesday asked God to “convert the hearts of those who sow death and destruction” following a series of deadly attacks by the Islamic State group (IS) in Syria. During his weekly audience in Saint Peter’s Square, the pontiff prayed for “eternal rest to […]
This man had no idea his mind is ‘blind’ until last week
Source: BBC Imagine realising that you’ve spent your whole life unable to visualise anything in your mind. Helen Thomson speaks to a 42-year-old man whose internal world is pictureless By […]
Leaders of the world’s two largest faiths reconciled with a hug and a kiss
Source: The Washington Post By Max Bearak Writes about foreign affairs for the Washington Post. Previously, he reported from South Asia for the New York Times and others. With a […]
Transgender Dignity in Islam
Source: Huffington Post Liaquat Ali Khan Founder, Legal Scholar Academy and Professor of Law, Washburn University School of Law The 18th century British colonists, the self-righteous Anglican males of the self-assessed superior civilization, upon arrival in the Mughul-Muslim India, wererepulsed by the sight of Hijras (transgenders) and baffled over why […]