Saudi bid to protect pre-Islamic sites upends religious dictates
Source: Reuters BY Stephen Kalin RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia is preserving pre-Islamic heritage sites, like a date palm oasis from the Stone Age, in a break with the austere […]
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What’s in a name? Episcopalians move to change their words for God
Source: Religion News Service By Eileen Flynn AUSTIN, Texas (RNS) — For some watching (and blogging and tweeting) the debate on the floor of the Episcopal Church’s triennial General Convention this […]
Accused mosque burner’s own words part of trial
Source: San Antonio Express News By John MacCormack VICTORIA – When Kristopher Thompson’s parents told him on Jan.28, 2017 that the mosque in Victoria had just burned, his first impulse […]
Is Working Remotely Bad for Your Health?
Source: Time By MARKHAM HEID Imagine rolling out of bed in the morning and, rather than racing to get out the door and into morning traffic, you could go for […]
Apple employee ‘stole driverless car secrets’
Source: BBC News A former Apple employee has been accused of stealing the company’s self-driving car secrets and trying to flee to China with them. Xiaolang Zhang worked on Apple’s […]
Trump Nato: New war of words with Merkel
Source: BBC News US President Donald Trump has clashed with German Chancellor Angela Merkel over Russian influence and defence spending, ahead of a Nato summit. Mr Trump said Germany was […]
Number of countries with ‘very high’ government restrictions on religion at highest level since 2007
Source: Pew Research Center Countries with the most extensive government restrictions on religion Most countries around the world have some form of restrictions on religion – whether it is through […]
With Brett Kavanaugh’s Nomination, Trump Again Privileges Conservative Christians
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla With his decision to nominate Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, President Donald Trump is one step closer to achieving the victory many on the […]
ISIS Remnants Fight On, Despite U.S. Campaign
Source: Wall Street Journal ISIS Remnants Fight On, Despite U.S. Campaign The group decentralized its command structure, set up sleeper cells, and dug tunnels in the desert spanning Syria and […]
Martin Luther letter critical of Jews is up for auction
Source: Associated Press By MARK PRATT BOSTON (AP) — A letter written nearly 500 years ago by Martin Luther in which he refers to Jews as “devils incarnate” during a […]
Leicestershire monks brew Britain’s first Trappist beer
Source: The Guardian BY Harriet Sherwood Religion Correspondent For most of the past 183 years, the Trappist monks of the Mount St Bernard monastery in rural Leicestershire were dairy farmers, selling their milk to fund […]
Malaysian man who married 11-year-old Thai girl fined $450 by sharia court
Source: The Guardian BY Kate Lamb A Malaysian man who married an 11-year-old Thai girl has been fined 1,800 Malaysian Ringgit (US$450) after pleading guilty in a sharia court. Che […]
Government allies rough up priests at Nicaragua church siege
Source: Associated Press MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — Masked supporters of Nicaragua’s government attacked a group of Roman Catholic priests led by Cardinal Leopoldo Brenes on Monday as they arrived to […]
Killings of Catholic priests in Africa raise fears that peacemakers are targets
Source: Religion News Service BY Fredrick Nzwili NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — Following the recent killings of priests in the Central African Republic, Catholic officials worry that clergy are being targeted by […]
Ofsted chief accuses minority groups of ‘entitlement’ in hijab row
Source: The Guardian BY Sally Weale Education correspondent The head of Ofsted has again stepped into the debate over the wearing of the hijab by primary school pupils, accusing minority groups with a “sense […]
RSS – India’s Hindu nationalists spread their wings far and wide
Source: DW The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) is the ideological mentor to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s BJP party. It is increasingly playing an influential role both inside and outside government. […]
How soccer and religion fight it out for the hearts of Africans
Source: Quartz In this age of globalization few events draw more attention than sport as the World Cup in Russia illustrates with billions of people across the globe glued to their screens. […]
Church of England threatens oil firm crackdown
Source: BBC News The Church of England is to sell its shares in oil and gas firms that fail to do enough to tackle climate change. It will pull its […]
Pope says walls, occupation and fundamentalism hamper Mideast peace
Source: Reuters By Philip Pullella BARI, Italy (Reuters) – Pope Francis led a summit of Christian leaders on how to promote peace in the Middle East on Saturday and said […]
Al Qaeda-Backed Terrorist Group Has a New Target: Plastic Bags
Source: The New York Times By Rukmini Callimachi Over the years, the Shabab, a terrorist group in East Africa that has pledged allegiance to Al Qaeda, have banned music, cinemas, […]