Will the Pope Address Sexual Abuse in the Chilean Church?
Source: The New York Times By ARIEL DORFMAN SANTIAGO, Chile — On Monday, Pope Francis begins a four-day visit to Chile. For his trip to be successful, he must confront the scandalous […]
Indonesia hard-line Muslims protest ban on Facebook accounts
Source: Associated Press By NINIEK KAMINI JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Muslim hard-liners marched in Indonesia’s capital on Friday to protest Facebook’s blocking of accounts belonging to their group. About 200 […]
The return of Catholic anti-liberalism
Source: The Week By Damon Linker Catholic anti-liberalism is back. Of course, it never really went away. The norms, practices, and beliefs that prevail and thrive in liberal democracies have never perfectly […]
France: Court can’t agree on Muslims fired for beard length
Source: Associated Press By PHILIPPE SOTTO PARIS (AP) — A French labor court was unable to agree Thursday whether four Muslim security guards were unfairly fired from their jobs at […]
A student used a racial slur in a video. Now, his Catholic high school is investigating.
Source: The Washington Post By Sarah Larimer A Catholic high school in Virginia has launched an investigation after a student appeared in a video using a racial slur. Administrators at Paul VI […]
52% of U.S. Muslims: ‘Traditional understandings of Islam must be reinterpreted to address modern issues’
52% of U.S. Muslims say that traditional understandings of Islam must be reinterpreted to address modern-day issues https://t.co/wNfbp5ctzu pic.twitter.com/VohmHPlyHH — Pew Research Fact Tank (@FactTank) January 12, 2018 Suggested reading […]
Race for civilization
İBRAHIM KALIN @ikalin1 Rohingya Muslim refugees take shelter from the rain during a food distribution, Nayapara refugee camp, Ukhia, Bangladesh, Oct. 6, 2017. Being civilized is not tied to material possession or technological gadgets. It is about being human in the most fundamental sense of the term The last […]
Israeli business goes without scrutiny – imagine how different it would be if that business was Palestinian
Shortly before Kushner accompanied Trump on his first diplomatic trip to Israel in May, his family real estate company received about $30m in investments from Menora Mivtachim, one of Israel’s largest […]