Sexual abuse case against Mormon Church begins in West Virginia
Source: The Washington Post By Julie Zauzmer January 18 at 5:54 AM The spire of the Salt Lake City Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is seen in […]
‘Pro-life’ must encompass more than opposition to abortion
Source: Religion News Service By John Gehring (RNS) — If being “pro-life” only means opposing abortion, we need a better conversation about the myriad ways human life is threatened today. On Friday […]
The Influential Network for a New Generation of American Muslim Leaders
Source: Religion And Politics It was June 12, 2016, and a man named Omar Mateen had just opened fire inside the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida, killing 49 people and […]
Padmavati: Controversial film cleared by India’s top court
Source: BBC News India’s Supreme Court has cleared the release of controversial Bollywood film Padmavat, and overturned the decision by four states to ban its screening. It has been approved […]
More Israeli ultra-Orthodox Jews buck tradition and head for the army, higher ed
Source: Religion News Service By Michele Chabin | January 17, 2018 JERUSALEM (RNS) — Moshe Lifshitz says he always felt motivated to serve in the Israeli army even though, as an ultra-Orthodox Jew, […]
Cancer blood test ‘enormously exciting’
Source: BBC News By James Gallagher Health and science correspondent, BBC News Image copyrightGETTY IMAGES Scientists have taken a step towards one of the biggest goals in medicine – a […]
The next Kurdish war is on the horizon – Turkey and Syria will never allow it to create a mini-state
Syria cannot countenance Kurdish presence on its territory and Turkey cannot tolerate a Kurdish enclave along its southern border, however secular, liberal and socialist it claims (not without reason) to be Robert Fisk Middle East Correspondent @indyvoices Thursday 18 January 2018 Colonel Thomas Veale has had the unenviable task of […]
Saudi preacher shot dead in Guinea village
CONAKRY, Guinea: A Saudi Arabian preacher was shot dead in Guinea’s east after organizing a prayer service that angered some villagers in the majority-Muslim West African country, local sources said Wednesday. The man, who was a member of a mission building mosques in Upper Guinea, was killed on Tuesday […]