Anonymous posts Ku Klux Klan alleged sympathisers list
Source: BBC The hackers’ collective Anonymous has shared details of hundreds of alleged sympathisers of the white supremacist Ku Klux Klan (KKK) on the internet. Anonymous said the data was […]
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After attacks, France walks narrow line on Islam in schools
Source: Associated Press PARIS (AP) — This was the week that schoolchildren in one Paris suburb got a stark choice at the cafeteria: pork or nothing at all. Chilly-Mazarin joined […]
Vatican hit by new claims of financial mismanagement and lavish spending
Source: The Guardian Ever since his election as spiritual head of the Roman Catholic church in 2013, Pope Francis has always said he wants a church for the poor. But […]
Pew study: More Americans reject religion, but believers firm in faith
Source: Religious News Service (RNS) Americans as a whole are growing less religious, but those who still consider themselves to belong to a religion are, on average, just as committed to their faiths as they were in the past — in certain respects even more so. The 2014 U.S. Religious Landscape Study, released […]
Sorry, Islamophobes: Your Anti-Muslim Rallies Ended Up Inspiring Acts Of Love And Service
Source: Huffington Post A loosely affiliated group of armed protestors organized anti-Muslim hate rallies across the country on Friday and Saturday. But instead of dividing the communities they targeted, news about the rallies […]
University Faculty: Don’t Let Undercover NYPD Officers Spy On Our Muslim Students
Source: Huffington Post Over 100 faculty members of the City University of New York have signed a petition calling on the school’s chancellor to oppose surveillance of Muslim students by […]
Germany’s Anti-Islam Group Holds Biggest Rally In Months
Source: Huffingtons Post DRESDEN, Germany (Reuters) – The German anti-Islam movement PEGIDA staged its biggest rally in months on Monday, sparked into fresh life on its first anniversary by anger […]
Ahmadiyya Apartheid and the Quest for Tolerance
Source: Huffington Post I took this picture last month in Lahore, Pakistan. I knew of this place, I knew what happened there on May 28, 2010. But actually standing before […]
Doctors Without Borders Staff Shot While Fleeing Kunduz Hospital, Report Finds
Source: Huffington Post The medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders released its internal report on Thursday about the October attack on its hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan. At least 30 people were killed […]
A Vision Of Peace As Muslims, Jews ‘Spread Hummus Not Hate’
Source: Huffington Post Hummus is a signature dish of Middle Eastern cuisine — a delicious spread made from mashed chickpeas, tahini, olive oil and seasonings. On Thursday, hummus will become […]
Interfaith Peace Building Could Be Key in Ending Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Source: Huffington Post Across the globe, diverse people watch with a mixture of sadness, frustration, and even anger as violence once again escalates in Israel. The co-directors of The Abraham […]
Does The Latest Alleged Vatican Leak Reveal A ‘Schism’ In The Church?
Source: Huffington Post Father Paul Sullins discusses the latest alleged Vatican leak. To watch the video click on the link below Video Here
A closer look at Seventh-day Adventists in America
Source: Pew Research Center Ben Carson’s religion has been in the spotlight in recent weeks after Donald Trump, one of Carson’s leading rivals in the Republican presidential primary, mentioned it […]
Religious Landscape
Source: Pew Research Center Adults in the New York City metro area Religious composition of adults in the New York City metro area Christian59% Evangelical Protestant9% Mainline Protestant8% Historically Black […]
Donald Trump’s take on burkas: Islamic women might prefer them
Source: CNN Donald Trump joked Monday that women in the Islamic world might prefer to wear burkas because it lessens the need to apply make-up. Trump, delivering a riff in […]
Religious Freedom Requires Give as Well as Take
Source: The Huffington Post The always contentious issue of religious freedom appears to be heading back to the Supreme Court. Not that this court can be trusted to make a […]
Thousands Flee As Rare Cyclone Hits Yemen
Source: The Huffington Post CAIRO (Reuters) – A cyclone with hurricane-force winds made landfall on Yemen’s Arabian Sea coast on Tuesday, flooding the country’s fifth-largest city Mukalla and sending thousands […]
More Scandal For Vatican With Release Of Tell-All Books
Source: Huffington Post The Vatican’s new leaks scandal intensified Tuesday as a book detailed the mismanagement and internal resistance that has been thwarting Pope Francis’ financial reform efforts. Citing confidential […]
No vote, no candidates: Myanmar’s Muslims barred from their own election
Source: The Guardian The upcoming poll on 8 November has been been touted as the freest and fairest in decades but, with religion an increasingly sensitive issue in Myanmar, many […]
Bangladesh writers stage freedom rally despite fear of attack
Source: Reuters About 1,000 Bangladeshi authors and teachers marched through the streets of the capital on Tuesday, asserting their right to free speech days after a suspected Islamist group attacked […]