We Need to Prevent Genocide of Rohingya Muslims — Before It’s Too Late
Source: Huffington Post YANGON, Myanmar — This coming Sunday, Myanmar will hold its first “free” elections for 25 years, an event set to cement the country’s status as one of […]
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Love Is the Miracle that Helped Me Deal With My Daughter’s Depression
Source: Huffington Post I sat in the doctor’s office, where I had come to get some medication for my twelve year old, whom I thought was suffering a mild depressive […]
Study Shows Non-Religious Kids Are More Altruistic and Generous Than Religious Ones
Source: Time A new study published by Current Biology (hat tip: OregonLive) explores the degree to which religion is linked to children’s generosity to strangers. “While it is generally accepted that religion contours people’s moral judgments and prosocial behavior, the relation between religiosity and morality is a contentious one,” researchers […]
Anger After Mormon Church Allows Leaders To Ban LGBT Members
Source: Huffington Post SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Gay and lesbian Mormons and their supporters are reeling over a rule change by church officials that says members in same-sex marriages […]
Behind the Scenes: The First Scandal of the Pope Francis Era
Source : Huffington Post The Clash Between George Pell and Reinhard Marx As the faithful wait for the Holy Doors to open up for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, […]
PAKISTAN: Ahmadis disenfranchised again
Source: Asian Human Rights Commission The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community has once again been deprived of their fundamental religious freedoms and universal civic rights. For the ongoing local body elections, the […]
How cardinal disgraced in Boston child abuse scandal found a Vatican haven
Source: The Guardian When Cardinal Bernard Law was forced under public pressure to resign as archbishop of Boston in 2002, he was considered a pariah within the ranks of the […]
Zen no more: Japan shuns its Buddhist traditions as temples close
Source: The Guardian Perched on a hilltop and surrounded by mountain forests ablaze in autumn reds and yellows, Kaigenji is a picture postcard image of old Japan. The stone steps […]
‘Alarming emergence’ of religious intolerance in Australia
Source: Yahoo Australia is experiencing an “alarming emergence” of religious intolerance, Attorney-General George Brandis said on Thursday, calling for greater efforts to counter discrimination, particularly against Muslims and Christians. Brandis, […]
Mormon church labels same-sex couples apostates
Source: CNN (CNN) A new Mormon church policy considers church members in same-sex marriages as apostates whose children will be barred from baptism and church membership unless they disavow same-sex unions. […]
New books allege financial scandals at the Vatican
Source: CNN Rome (CNN)Vatican documents and taped conversations, leaked to Italian journalists and published in two new books, allegedly reveal numerous financial scandals and extravagant expenditures in the Vatican as […]
Muslim-majority city council may be 1st in USA
Source: USA Today HAMTRAMCK, Mich. — Hamtramck residents have elected a Muslim majority to its city council, symbolizing the demographic changes that have transformed the city once known for being a […]
Are You More Than Your Genes? All Together With Dr. Robert Klitzman
Title: Huffington Post What if you could know the future of your health — what diseases you might get and how you might die? Would you want to know even […]
7 facts about atheists
Source: Pew Research Center Estimating the number of atheists in the U.S. is complicated. Some adults who describe themselves as atheists also say they believe in God or a universal spirit. At the same time, some people who identify with a religion (e.g., say they are Protestant, Catholic or Jewish) […]
Here’s What Happens When You Put More Women in Government
Source: Time Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made headlines Wednesday when he announced that half of his Cabinet ministers are female, a decision he justified with the simple explanation that “it’s 2015.” The move won him international praise and more than a few swoons. Canada isn’t the first country to […]
Candidates use the Bible to justify their views. We must respond with reason Gayatri Devi
Source: The Guardian he interpretation – or misinterpretation, or simplification – of our most entrenched foundation myths – the Bible – are important indicators of what we privilege and value […]
Uber in Egypt to teach drivers how not to sexually harass women
Source: The Guardian Uber is teaming up with an Egyptian anti-sexual harassment initiative to train its drivers in how to “recognise, prevent and take positive action” against inappropriate behaviour, the […]
New Crop of Immigrants in Parliament Is Seen as Reflection of Canada
Source: The New York Times OTTAWA — He was a teenage refugee, fleeing civil war in Somalia, when he came to Canada 22 years ago. Now, after completing high school […]
Islamic Faith Healing in Indonesia
Source: The New York Times Antonio Zambardino considers himself to be neither religious nor superstitious, but when he stumbled across an exorcism while photographing in a remote area of Indonesia […]
Respecting religious freedom has become more complex, Tim Wilson says
Source: The Guardian The Coalition-appointed human rights commissioner, Tim Wilson, says the challenge of respecting religious freedom is becoming more complex, but that preserving religious freedom in a pluralistic multi-faith […]