Here’s why the college graduation rate is so low
Source: Yahoo News One of the nuances often lost in the discussion of student loan debt is the plight of students who borrow for college and don’t graduate, leaving them […]
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Imam, Rabbi And Pastor Join Hands In Powerful Display Of Unity
Source: Huffington Post The November 13 terrorist attacks in Paris has left the world reeling. Once again, religion is at the crux of a tragedy that has threatened to tear the […]
After the Paris attacks, here’s how to think about the relationship between ISIS and Islam
Source: The Washington Post The horrific terrorist attacks in Paris on Friday night have sparked yet another debate about the Islamic State and Islam. The question boils down to this:Does Islamic […]
Does religion give rise to violence — or the other way around? (COMMENTARY)
Source: Religion News Service By James Bernard Murphy A professor of government at Dartmouth College and has just completed a book manuscript titled “A Genealogy of Violence: Rene Girard in Dialogue.” […]
Huawei reveals quick-charge battery
Source: BBC Chinese tech giant Huawei has unveiled two prototype removable lithium-ion batteries that can recharge in minutes, using a bespoke charger. The lower capacity battery charged by 68% in […]
The Perfect Place To Find Clarity
Source: BBC About half an hour out of Bangkok, we were soaring at 30,000ft and I looked below: green, tree-covered hills undulated endlessly, impenetrably, to the horizon. After a while […]
It Is Time Humanity Issued the Death Blow to ISIS
Source: Huffington Post By Qasim Rashid A national spokesperson for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA and a visiting fellow at Harvard University’s School of Islamic Studies. As I left my […]
Aga Khan: We Can Achieve A More Cooperative World If We Understand Our Differences, Not Erase Them
Source: Huffington Post CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — The Aga Khan is no stranger to Harvard. But 60 years ago when he walked the crisscrossed paths of the university’s gated Yard […]
Australia’s first Muslim Party aims for senate seats
Source: BBC Australia’s first party representing Muslims intends to contest senate seats at the next federal election. Launching the party in Sydney, founder Diaa Mohamed told Fairfax he wanted a […]
China accused of trying to ‘co-opt and emasculate’ Christianity
Source: The Guardian A secretive conference to examine the future of Christianity in China is due to take place in Beijing this week amid rapid growth of the religion, which many believe has more Chinese adherents than the 87-million member Communist party. An official at the government-controlled Institute of World […]
Long Island Family Sues Catholic Order and Diocese in Molestation Case
Source: The New York Times In 2009, Augusto Cortez, a Roman Catholic priest, pleaded guilty to forcible touching of a 12-year-old girl in Brooklyn. He was sentenced to six years […]
Archbishop Kurtz warns of the secularization of US life
ul Source: Crux BALTIMORE – Days after the US Supreme Court agreed to hear another challenge to the Affordable Care Act brought by several Catholic entities, the head of the […]
The fearless father who threw himself on a suicide bomber, saving ‘hundreds’ of lives in Beirut
Source: The Washington Post A father, with his young daughter watching, sacrificed himself to save others when terrorists struck Beirut last week. The day before the horrific massacre in central […]
Yellen: Proposed Fed law would be ‘grave mistake’
Source: Yahoo Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said she strongly opposes a legislative reform act of the central bank. in a letter Monday to House Speaker Paul Ryan and Minority […]
Society ‘to be hit by climate change’
Source: BBC Human societies will soon start to experience adverse effects from manmade climate change, a prominent economist has warned. Prof Richard Tol predicts the downsides of warming will outweigh […]
Paris attacks: Many arrested in raids across France
Source: BBC A total of 23 people have been arrested and dozens of weapons seized in a series of raids on suspected Islamist militants across France, officials say. The crackdown […]
Life on Earth may have started almost instantaneously
Source: Business Insider You might be inclined to think that something as complex as life should be rare, and that it probably took a very long time to come into […]
Now the truth emerges: how the US fuelled the rise of Isis in Syria and Iraq
Source: The Guardian By Seumas Milne, a Guardian columnist and associate editor. He previously worked for the Economist and is the author of The Enemy Within and The Revenge of […]
“Not in my name” – Muslims speak out against Paris attacks conducted in the name of Islam
Source: Telegraph Muslims have taken to Twitter to show support for Parisians affected in the attacks, and to show that the terrorists are not a part of Islam after the […]
Islam’s civil war between medievalists and modernisers
Source: Telegraph By Hussain Haqani A senior fellow at Hudson Institute in Washington DC, served as Pakistan’s ambassador to the United States between 2008 and 2011. The latest terrorist attacks […]