Source: Breitbart by NICK HALLETT28 Dec 2016 Christians are the most persecuted religious group in the world, with around 90,000 killed for their faith in 2016, the director of a […]
Source: The Hindu Thiruvananthapuram: Secularism is not opposed to religion, but is opposed to the religious control over civil institutions, law and governance, historian Romila Thapar has said. She was […]
Source: Reuters By Gayatri Suroyo | JAKARTA An Indonesian court will proceed with a controversial blasphemy trial against Jakarta’s Christian governor, who is accused of insulting the Koran, a judge […]
Source: Buzzfeed News DENIZLI, Turkey — Sorena sought out the mullah after committing a sin she feared could not be forgiven. It was the winter of 2014, and Sorena was […]
Source: Associated Press By LOUISE WATT BEIJING (AP) — China’s head of religious affairs said that Beijing is willing to have constructive dialogue with the Vatican but stressed that Catholics […]
Source: The New York Times By DAVID E. SANGER WASHINGTON — In a last-chance effort to shape the outlines of a Middle East peace deal, Secretary of State John Kerry […]
Source: Time BY Kerry Close China’s space exploration program is shooting for the moon—and Mars, too. A white paper released by the country’s cabinet promised that it will launch its first […]
Islamabad, Dec 28 Power-starved Pakistan today received a major boost as a China-backed 340 MW nuclear power plant in its Punjab province was inaugrated by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif who termed it as a milestone in the government’s efforts to end the mence of load shedding. The Chashma-3 plant is […]
Source: Irish Times By Carl O’Brien Religious education will no longer feature as part of the State’s core curriculum at primary school under new proposals being considered by policy-makers. Instead, schools […]
Source:Handles Blatt Global It’s freezing cold outside when Gerhard Schröder invites us into his comfortable office near the zoo in Hanover. The former chancellor has just returned from representing Germany at Fidel Castro’s funeral in Havana and will be traveling to Turkey afterwards. But a number of things are also turning frosty […]
Source: Time By Alexandra Sifferlin New research reveals just how much longer Helping others isn’t just a commendable thing to do, it may also extend your life, according to new research. […]
Source: BBC By Robin Wylie 22 February 2016 This story is part of BBC Earth’s “Best of 2016” list, our greatest hits of the year. Browse the full list. When […]
Source: BBC By Smitha Mundasad Health reporter, BBC News Scientists at the University of Oxford say a hangover from evolution could help explain why humans get so much shoulder, hip […]
Source: BBC The main flight recorder from the Russian jet that crashed into the Black Sea on Sunday has revealed that faulty flaps were to blame, Russian media say. The […]
Reviewed and refuted by Khaula Rehman MD Source / Courtesy: December, 2010 Alislam-eGazette Prologue: In the Muslim tradition Jesus, may peace be on him, was a noble prophet and mother […]
Source: Dawn IT was the week before Christmas and, like all cities in the Western world, Berlin was lit up, the air was cold and the mood festive. At the Christmas market near the Zoologischer Garten train station, people milled about shopping and enjoying themselves. A short distance away, a […]
Source: The Washington Post By Kate Shellnutt December 24 The pastor of one of America’s largest megachurches stirred up Christmas controversy after preaching that the story of Jesus’ virgin birth […]
Source: The New York Times By BROOKS BARNES The Rev. Roderick Dwayne Belin, a senior A.M.E. Church leader, stood before a gathering of more than 1,000 pastors in a drafty […]
Source: Reuters By Lisa Jucca, Benjamin Kang Lim and Natalie Thomas | BEIJING/HONG KONG Every winter Sunday in the Chinese village of Youtong, hundreds of Catholic faithful brave subzero temperatures […]
Reuters International DEC 27, 2016 – Jakarta’s governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama looks at his lawyers inside the court room during his trial at the North Jakarta District Court in Jakarta, Indonesia December 27, 2016. REUTERS/Bagus Indahono/Pool (reuters_tickers) By Gayatri Suroyo JAKARTA (Reuters) – An Indonesian court will proceed with a […]