German Village of 102 Braces for 750 Asylum Seekers
Source: The NewYork Times SUMTE, Germany — This bucolic, one-street settlement of handsome redbrick farmhouses may for the moment have many more cows than people, but next week it will […]
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Most U.S. Catholics hope for change in church rule on divorce, Communion
Source: Pew Research Center The Vatican synod on the family concluded over the weekend – with somewhat inconclusive results that were open to multiple interpretations. While there were many topics […]
Is the Council of Islamic Ideology trying to incite mass genocide of Ahmadis?
Source: The Nation Sitara was a special kid from the start. Questioning everything around her, she was a difficult student to be satisfied. At the young age of 9, she […]
Let The ‘Tao Of Happiness’ Be Your Guide To A Joyful, Fulfilled Life
Source: Huffington Post If someone told you that happiness was within your reach, without a moment’s delay, would you believe them? The “counterintuitive” nature of that proposal is exactly what […]
Blogger killed in Bangladesh, three others wounded, police say
Source: CNN Another secular blogger was hacked to death and three other people were severely wounded in two separate attacks in Bangladesh’s capital on Saturday, Dhaka police said. Publisher and […]
Christian evangelists win Michigan speech case over Arab festival
Source: Religion news service A federal appeals court said police violated the free speech rights of Christian evangelists by telling them to leave a June 2012 Arab-American festival in Dearborn, […]
Religion and Science
Source: Pew Research Center Are science and religion at odds with each other? A majority of the public says science and religion often conflict, with nearly six-in-ten adults (59%) expressing […]
Antarctic ozone hole expands
Source: Emirates 24/7 The Antarctic ozone hole has swelled this month to one of its biggest sizes on record, UN and US scientists say, insisting that the Earth-shielding ozone layer […]
Why All College Students Should Be Asking The Big Questions
Source: Huffington Post Over the last two years, Evgenia Cherkasova, an associate professor of philosophy at Boston’s Suffolk University, has taught the university’s first course focused entirely on exploring the […]
What Seventh-day Adventists like Ben Carson believe
Source: CNN Donald Trump made headlines this weekend by questioning fellow GOP candidate Ben Carson’s Seventh-day Adventist faith — literally. “I’m Presbyterian,” Trump said at a rally in Florida on […]
Why are some Catholics so afraid of change?
Source: CNN The Synod on the Family, the gathering of bishops from around the world that just concluded, changed no Catholic doctrine. None. But you wouldn’t know that from the […]
NASA Says ‘Great Pumpkin’ Asteroid Will Fly by on Halloween
Source: Time Something strange will appear in the skies this Halloween, and it’s not a witch on a broomstick. NASA says an asteroid dubbed the “great pumpkin” will fly by […]
18% of Americans say they’ve seen a ghost
Source: Pew Research Center On Saturday evening, many American children will encounter costumed ghosts as they roam the streets in search of candy and other treats on Halloween. Before bedtime, to […]
How Reluctance to Debate Religion Is Compounding Problems
Source : Huffington post By Raza Habib Raja I have often been much more amazed not at the religious fanaticism of the few, but at passivity of the moderate majority. […]
‘Milestone’ prostate cancer drug
Source : BBC The first drug that targets precise genetic mutations in prostate cancer has been shown to be effective in a “milestone” trial by UK scientists. The study, at […]
Google’s Project Loon internet balloons to circle Earth
Source: BBC Google believes it is on course to have enough internet-beaming balloons in the stratosphere to form a ring over part of the world next year. It told the […]
Surprise discovery suggests ‘gentle’ start for Solar System
Source: BBC The Rosetta spacecraft has discovered molecular oxygen in the cloud of gas surrounding the comet it is tracking. The discovery has come as a complete surprise to scientists […]
West helped increase corruption in Middle East by selling weapons: report
Source: Tribune Western nations, particularly the United States, the United Kingdom, Russia and Germany, have helped increase corruption in Middle Eastern and North African countries by selling them large quantities […]
Muslim leaders in UK warn of ‘worrying’ levels of Islamophobia
Source: The Guardian The Muslim Council of Britain has warned of increasing levels of Islamophobia in the UK after recent videos showing anti-Muslim abuse on public transport were posted online […]
Climate pledges keep ‘door open’ to warming under 2C
Source: Gulf News Carbon-cutting pledges from 146 nations for a universal climate rescue pact leave the “door open” to capping global warming below the danger threshold, the United Nations said […]