Religious Liberty or Discrimination?
Source: The Atlantic By MATT FORD Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued a government-wide memo to bolster federal protections for religious liberties on Friday, a move that could also weaken the […]
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The Case for ‘Thoughts and Prayers’—Even If You Don’t Believe in God
Source: The Atlantic BY KATELYN BEATY Many Americans seem eager this week to see the phrase “thoughts and prayers” die a good platitude’s death. After the worst mass shooting in U.S. […]
100 Women: Is child vaccination boosted by educating mothers?
Source: BBC News Throughout history the empowerment of women has been linked to their education, which brings benefits not only to the women’s own lives but to the lives of […]
India Supreme Court bans fireworks in Delhi ahead of Diwali
Source: BBC News India’s Supreme Court has banned fireworks in the capital Delhi, in the run-up to the Hindu festival of Diwali. The court said it wanted to test if […]
Electric honeycomb: Pakistani teen in scientific first
Source: BBC News By Umer Nangiana BBC Urdu, Lahore Only 17 years old and he is already a recognised scientist. Muhammad Shaheer Niazi’s research on electric honeycomb was recently published […]
The psychology behind spending big
Source: BBC News By Tiffanie Wen 9 October 2017 If you could afford it, would you ever splurge $10,000 on a pair of headphones? What about some other indulgence? Would […]
2 Men Indicted In Bacon Vandalism At Islamic Center
Source: Huffington Post By Ryan Grenoble A federal grand jury in Tennessee has indicted two men on charges they vandalized an Islamic Center in Murfreesboro over the summer with bacon. […]
The Surprising Reason You Should Stop Skipping Breakfast
Source: Time BY Amanda MacMillan Oct 02, 2017 TIME Health For more, visit TIME Health. People who skip breakfast are more likely to have dangerous plaque buildup in their arteries, which […]
Vice President Mike Pence Leaves Football Game After Players Kneel During National Anthem
Source: Time BY Alana Abramson Vice President Mike Pence left a football game in Indiana Sunday after players from the San Francisco 49ers reportedly knelt during the national anthem. “President […]
View from Pakistan: A distorted version of faith makes us blind to truth, beauty
Source: Deccan Chronicle BY IRFAN HUSAIN The Yogi was the chief priest of the main Hindu temple at Gorakhpur, so one would expect his worldview to be a bit limited. […]
As U.S. marriage rate hovers at 50%, education gap in marital status widens
Source: Pew Research Center BY KIM PARKER AND RENEE STEPLER Half of U.S. adults today are married, a share that has remained relatively stable in recent years but is down 9 percentage points […]
The Transformation Of Jerusalem
Source: Huffington Post BY James Zogby, Contributor President, Arab American Institute; Author, “Arab Voices” Last week a group of Likud members and experts presented Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with […]
Administration says Supreme Court should stop review of past travel bans
Source: The Washington Post By Robert Barnes October 5 The Trump administration told the Supreme Court on Thursday that there is no reason for the court to rule on the […]
Islamic State nearly expelled from its last urban stronghold in Iraq
Source: The Washington Post By Mustafa Salim and Tamer El-Ghobashy October 5 DIBIS, Iraq — Iraqi forces have reclaimed the town of Hawijah from the Islamic State, Iraq’s prime minister said […]
Suicide bomber strikes Shiite shrine in Pakistan, killing 20
Source: Associated Press By ABDUL SATTAR QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A suicide bomber struck a Shiite shrine packed with worshippers in a remote village in southwestern Pakistan on Thursday, killing […]
Denmark government announces support for burqa ban
Source: The Local Government coalition parties the Liberal (Venstre) and Liberal Alliance parties have both announced their support for a public ban on garments that mask the face. The announcements […]
Rohingya Bangladesh to build one of world’s largest refugee camps for 800,000 Rohingya
Source: The Guardian Agence France Presse Friday 6 October 2017 00.43 BST Bangladesh on Thursday announced it would build one of the world’s biggest refugee camps to house all the 800,000-plus Rohingya Muslims […]
Christians and Yazidis in Iraq stand on the brink of extinction
Source: Religion News Service By Chris Smith (RNS) — Astonishingly, for three years U.S. government bureaucrats have refused to help endangered religious minority communities like Christians and Yazidis survive the genocide […]
The Pet Allergy Woman Who Was Dragged Off A Flight Says She Was Targeted For Being Muslim
Source: BuzzFeed News BY Blake Montgomery A woman who was dragged off a Southwest Airlines flight in September after allegedly demanding that two dogs be removed from the cabin because of a “life-threatening […]
Senate panel backs nominee questioned on her religion
Source: Associated Press By KEVIN FREKING WASHINGTON (AP) — A Senate panel narrowly backed one of President Donald Trump’s judicial nominees who was pressed by Democrats on whether her Roman […]