Pope Francis makes it mandatory for clergy to report sex abuse
Source: BBC News Pope Francis has made it mandatory for Roman Catholic clergy to report cases of clerical sexual abuse and cover-ups to the Church. In an Apostolic letter, which […]
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Zia H Shah
He is a physician practicing in Upstate New York. He is the Chief Editor of the Muslim Times, which has more than 43,000 followers in Twitter. He is also Chair of Religion and Science for the Muslim Sunrise, the oldest Muslim publication in North America. He has authored more than 400 articles on Islam, Christianity, Secularism and Religion & Science. Follow in Twitter: @The_MuslimTimes
3 Muslim Workers at Amazon File Federal Discrimination Complaint
Source: The New York Times By Karen Weise SEATTLE — Three Somali women working for Amazon near Minneapolis have accused the company of creating a hostile environment for Muslim workers […]
Non-doctors can perform first-trimester abortions in Virginia, federal judge rules
Source: The Washington Post By Rachel Weiner and Laura Vozzella Requiring a doctor to perform most abortions in Virginia violates the Constitution, a federal judge in Richmond ruled Monday. The decision from […]
Cohen claimed he helped bury personal photographs for Jerry Falwell Jr. before the evangelical leader backed Trump
Source: The Washington Post By Felicia Sonmez and Sarah Pulliam Bailey May 7 Michael Cohen, President Trump’s longtime personal attorney, claimed to have helped prevent the release of personal photographs embarrassing to […]
Texas Senate removes exception that allows abortion after 20 weeks if the pregnancy is unviable
Source: The Texas Tribune BY ARYA SUNDARAM The Texas Senate passed a bill on Tuesday that would ban abortions on the basis of the sex, race or disability of a fetus, […]
Happy Mother’s Day to All the Mothers of the World
Epigraph: And We (Allah) have enjoined on man to be good to his parents. His mother bears him with pain, and brings him forth with pain. And the bearing of him […]
Ramadan, Holy Quran and YouTube; How Do They Mix?
For These Muslims, Learning the Quran Starts With YouTube Source: New York Times By Joe Cochrane JAKARTA, Indonesia — Every year, as the Islamic holy month of Ramadan approached, Surya […]
Did Jerry Falwell’s personal photos violate Christian sexual codes?
(RNS) — The news that Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr. allegedly sought out President Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen to help prevent the release of some embarrassing personal photos has […]
Farrakhan says he doesn’t hate Jewish people
By Herbert G McCann for Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Nation of Islam leader Minister Louis Farrakhan said Thursday that despite assertions by Facebook when it banned him from its […]
More Than a Million Species At Risk According to UN
The U.N. Reports That 1 Million Species Could Go Extinct. It Shows How Hard It Will Be to Heal the Planet Source: Time There’s an awful lot of awful in […]
We Are Taking Religious Freedom Too Far
Source: Washington Post By Margaret Renkl Contributing Opinion Writer School buses parked in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, near the Yeshiva Kehilath Yakov, a Jewish school on Bedford Avenue where there was a measles […]
Brunei backs away from death penalty under Islamic law
Source: Washington Post By Shibani Mahtani HONG KONG — The sultan of Brunei said his country would not impose the death penalty, appearing to back away from harsh punishments including death by […]
Law firm releases 300 names of Catholic priests and others accused of abuse in NJ
Source: North Jersey BY Deena Yellin, Monsy Alvarado and Jean Rimbach, North Jersey Record Edward Hanratty doesn’t think it’s a coincidence that four abusive priests wound up at his parish in Ridgefield […]
Mormons making wedding rule change to be more inclusive
Source: Associated Press BY BRADY McCOMBS SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints changed wedding rules Monday in hopes of preventing family members who […]
Revealed: new evidence of China’s mission to raze the mosques of Xinjiang
Source: The Guardian By Lily Kuo in Beijing Around this time of the year, the edge of the Taklamakan desert in far western China should be overflowing with people. For decades, every spring […]
Bride market trafficks Pakistani Christian women to China
Source: Associated Press By KATHY GANNON and DAKE KANG GUJRANWALA, Pakistan (AP) — Hundreds young women from Pakistan’s small Christian minority have been trafficked to China as brides in recent […]
Woman arrested in Poland over posters of Virgin Mary with rainbow halo
Source: The Guardian BY Christian Davies in Warsaw A woman has been arrested on suspicion of offending religious sentiment, after posters bearing an image of the Virgin Mary with her halo […]
Pope Francis Urges Bulgaria to Open Its Heart to Refugees
Source: The New York Times By Boryana Dzhambazova and Jason Horowitz SOFIA, Bulgaria — Making his first visit to Bulgaria, Pope Francis on Sunday pointedly appealed for care for migrants in one […]
The Powerful Group Shaping The Rise Of Hindu Nationalism In India
Source: NPR By LAUREN FRAYER Before dawn, men gather in a suburban Mumbai park to play team-building games, meditate, chant Sanskrit mantras from Hindu scripture and salute a saffron-orange flag […]
Pakistan’s Ahmadi community faces growing discrimination, report says
Source: Reuters BY Saad Sayeed ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan’s Ahmadi community faces growing institutionalized discrimination fanned by last year’s election campaign by Prime Minister Imran Khan, the minority movement said […]