France and Germany search for solutions to Islamist challenge
Source: Religion News Service By Tom Heneghan PARIS (RNS) Violent Islamist attacks in France and Germany have piled pressure on the two governments to search for new ways to confront […]
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Catholic priest jailed for 12 years for sexually abusing 13 children
Source: The Guardian By Harriet Sherwood Religion correspondent A Catholic priest and former children’s home worker has been jailed for 12 years after admitting the sexual abuse of 13 children dating back to the 1970s. Philip Temple, 66, was sentenced at Woolwich crown court after pleading guilty to 20 charges of […]
Germany: Burka ban to be proposed in security clampdown
Source: BBC Germany’s interior minister will back plans to ban the burka as part of a raft of anti-terror measures, local media say. Thomas de Maiziere also proposes deporting criminals […]
US election: Trump blames media for ‘gun threat’ row
Source: BBC Republican Donald Trump has blamed the media after being accused of urging supporters to kill his Democratic rival for the White House, Hillary Clinton. He told Fox News […]
Former Secret Service Official: Donald Trump Is ‘Pretty Close to the Edge’
Source: Time BY Will Drabold Donald Trump’s comments Tuesday about “Second Amendment people” could be considered a “veiled threat” against Hillary Clinton, a former top Secret Service official told TIME. The official said that if they were still working at the U.S. Secret Service, they would contact someone on Trump’s campaign […]
FLDS prophet Warren Jeffs reorganizing sect from prison, feds say
Source: CNN By Ann O’Neill, CNN (CNN)From inside a Texas prison cell, polygamous prophet Warren Jeffs is orchestrating a shakeup of his embattled sect, the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, federal prosecutors allege in court documents filed Monday. Jeffs, who is serving a life prison sentence […]
U.S. court revives Ten Commandments monument lawsuit against NK-A School District
Source: Trib Live By Liz Hayes A federal appellate court reinstated a New Kensington-Arnold School District parent’s lawsuit over a Ten Commandments monument in front of Valley Junior-Senior High School. […]
Glasgow murder of Asad Shah spurred by sectarianism in Pakistan
Source: The Guardian Tanveer Ahmed was understood to have been offended by a remark Shah made where he allegedly purported to be a prophet of Islam. Photograph: REX/Shutterstock By Nazia Parveen […]
Turkey suspends 2,500 more from religion agency after coup bid
Source: Yahoo Ankara (Turkey) (AFP) – Turkey suspended over 2,500 more staff from the powerful religious affairs state agency on Tuesday in the latest purge after last month’s failed coup […]
The Spirit of a Scientist
Source: Huffington Post By Raeya Maswood Ph.D. Student in Cognitive Science and Science Blogger at Cognitive Ties This past June was full of deadlines and work towards my Master’s thesis. My days were spent analyzing data, reading articles, writing, revising and writing more (and revising more). As a Ph.D. student who […]
Baltimore police have racial bias, Justice Department reports
Source: CNN By Emanuella Grinberg (CNN)A Justice Department investigation found that the Baltimore Police Department engages in unconstitutional practices that led to disproportionate rates of stops, searches and arrests of African-Americans, and excessive use of force against juveniles and people with mental health disabilities. The Department of Justice monitored the […]
France cancels ‘burkini pool day’ over outrage
Source: Aljazeera A waterpark near the French city of Marseille has cancelled plans to host a one-day private event for Muslim women wearing burkinis, full-body swimsuits. Waterpark officials and French […]
Many Americans Hear Politics From the Pulpit
Source: Pew Research Center More say their clergy have spoken out about issues than about specific presidential candidates As the calendar turned from spring to summer and the political season transitioned from the primaries to the general election campaign, many American churchgoers were hearing at least some discussion of social […]
Documentary To Shed Light On Untold Stories Of Muslims In The U.S. Military
Source: Huffington post Antonia Blumberg Associate Religion Editor, The Huffington Post Muslim Americans have served in the U.S. Armed Forces since the days of George Washington. They have fought and died […]
Muslim flight attendant sues ExpressJet for insisting she serve alcohol
Source: The Guardian ExpressJet is a Georgia-based airline that is partnered with American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and United Airlines. Photograph: slobo/Getty Images Nicole Puglise in New York A Muslim […]
Brazilian priest cited in ‘Spotlight’ hangs himself in jail
Source: Reuters Reporting by Anthony Boadle; Editing by Paul Simao A Brazilian priest mentioned in the Catholic clergy sex abuse film “Spotlight” was found dead in a prison cell after he was arrested again for suspected pedophilia, authorities said on Monday. Father Bonifacio Buzzi, 57, hanged himself with a sheet […]
Asad Shah killing: ‘Disrespecting Islam’ murderer jailed
Source:BBC A man has been jailed for life after he admitted the religiously-motivated murder of a Glasgow shopkeeper whom he claimed had “disrespected” Islam. Sunni Muslim Tanveer Ahmed, 32, from […]
Khizr and Ghazala Khan, parents of soldier killed in Iraq, to speak at Muslim convention in Rosemont
Source: Chicago Tribune By Marwa Eltagouri Contact Reporter Chicago Tribune Pakistani immigrants Khizr and Ghazala Khan, whose son died fighting in Iraq, will be featured speakers at the largest assembly of Muslims […]
Mormons’ Distaste for Donald Trump Puts Utah Up for Grabs
Source: The New York Times By ALAN RAPPEPORT SALT LAKE CITY — Donald J. Trump has vowed to turn blue states red in November, but as he continues to rattle Republicans […]
Ibtihaj Muhammad Makes History in Rio
Source: Time By Sean Gregory / Rio de Janeiro Were you hoping Donald Trump was watching? “Who?” Ibtihaj Muhammad, the American fencer who had just lost to Cecilia Berder, of France, in the round of 16 at the women’s individual saber event in Rio, coyly replied with a smile. Her dream […]