Source: The Guardian Anne Marie Waters attends an ‘Islam kills women’ rally and protest in Westminster last year. Photograph: Rex/Shutterstock BY Peter Walker Political correspondent Ukip has been accused of “grubbing […]
Source: CNN By Daniel Burke, CNN Religion Editor (CNN)When Pope Francis travels to Egypt on Friday, he will retrace a journey his namesake made nearly 800 years ago, with a […]
Source: The Washington Post By Cleve R. Wootson Jr. Mayor says poverty afflicts ‘broken people’ who aren’t ’in relationship with their creator’ San Antonio Mayor Ivy Taylor discussed systemic poverty […]
Source: The Washington Post By Julie Zauzmer April 26 The Rev. Michael-Ray Mathews, from left, Valarie Kaur and the Rev. angel Kyodo Williams attend a meeting of the Auburn Senior Fellows. […]
Source: The Washington Post By Susan Hogan Muslims fearful that President Trump’s travel ban targets them are finding an ally in scholars of Mormon history. A group of 19 scholars […]
Source: Chicago Tribune BY Manya Brachear Pashman The Archdiocese of Chicago will pay $4.45 million to settle three lawsuits brought by three men who allege they were sexually abused more than […]
Source: Galway Advertiser BY CHARLIE MCBRIDE In 2014, Galway saw the opening of its first mosque – the Mosque of Mary on the Old Monivea Road, Ballybrit. It was erected […]
Source: Religion News Service By Christopher Lamb VATICAN CITY (RNS) Even as Pope Francis was on his way to the violence-plagued Central African Republic almost two years ago, security advisers […]
Source: Time BY Zeke J Miller 11:16 PM ET President Trump does not plan to cancel the North American Free Trade Agreement and will instead work to renegotiate it with Mexico […]
Source: BBC By Alex Forsyth BBC News, Beirut There’s a glint of pride in Abu Jaafar’s eyes as he explains what he does for a living. He used to work […]
Source: BBC Malaysian police are investigating a religious school’s assistant warden for murder, after a schoolboy died in a case that has sparked outrage. The accused had allegedly beaten the […]
Source: BBC By Helen Soteriou 27 April 2017 According to legend, pirate treasure reportedly worth £100 million is buried on an Indian Ocean island. Although the region is […]
Source: BBC By David Cox 27 April 2017 At the Institute of Human Genetics in Aachen, Germany, Dr Ingo Kurth is preparing for a rather unusual appointment. She’s collecting blood […]
Source: Pew Research Center BY GREGORY A. SMITH White evangelicals overwhelmingly voted for Donald Trump in the 2016 election and were a key part of his constituency. As his presidency […]
Source: Pew Research Center Overall, U.S. adults with college degrees are less religious than others, but this pattern does not hold among Christians (Mario Tama/Getty Images) The idea that highly […]
Source: Time By Markham Heid As health-conscious eaters have embraced dietary fat, coconut oil’s stock has skyrocketed. The oil, extracted from the meat of a coconut, is mostly saturated fat, but […]
Source: The Wall Street Journal By Corinne Ramey The first Buddhist chaplain in the New York City correction department tries helping jail staff at Rikers Island by transporting them to […]
Source: The Detroit News BY Robert Snell Detroit — An Islamic group is pushing a local mosque to denounce female genital mutilation amid a widening conspiracy involving members of the sect […]
Source: NPR BY LAUREL WAMSLEY In November, young boxer Amaiya Zafar traveled from Minnesota to Florida to fight her first competitive bout. But before Zafar even had her gloves on, officials […]
Source: The Washington Post By Sarah Pulliam Bailey April 25 Aya Hijazi, founder of a nongovernmental organization that looks after street children, waits inside a holding cell in Cairo on March […]