Church Puts Baby Jesus In Cage For Immigration-Themed Nativity Scene
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla A Massachusetts church is mixing faith and politics in its nativity display this year ― placing a baby Jesus figurine in a cage to […]
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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
The barber who’s been cutting hair for 96 years
Source: BBC News By Bernadette Young Anthony Mancinelli sits in a salon chair in New Windsor, New York, waiting for his next customer. Aged 107, Mancinelli is used to the […]
An Inside Look at Apple’s Biggest Step Yet in Health Care
Source: Time By ALEX FITZPATRICK December 6, 2018 Captain America and Black Panther were about to defend Earth from the villain Thanos when Kevin Foley first noticed something was wrong. Foley, […]
US priest in Philippines arrested on charges of sex abuse
Source: Associated Press By JIM GOMEZ and ANGIE WANG MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine immigration authorities have arrested an American Roman Catholic priest accused of sexually assaulting altar boys in […]
‘We can’t go anywhere’: Myanmar closes Rohingya camps but ‘entrenches segregation’
Source: Reuters By Thu Thu Aung, Simon Lewis YANGON (Reuters) – As the world was focused on abortive efforts to begin repatriating hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh to […]
Rohingya: end of monsoon prompts fresh wave of boats fleeing Myanmar
Source: The Guardian BY Hannah Ellis-Petersen, south-east Asia correspondent A new exodus of boats carrying Rohingya fleeing from Myanmar has begun, with at least six boats carrying hundreds of refugees intercepted at […]
Egyptian court hands Muslim Brotherhood leaders life sentences: sources
Source: Reuters CAIRO (Reuters) – An Egyptian court on Wednesday sentenced Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie and his deputy Khairat al-Shater to life in prison, judicial sources said, in a […]
Despite Netanyahu’s Pressure, EU Doesn’t Link anti-Semitism to anti-Zionism
Source: Haartez ByNoa Landau and Ofer Aderet The European Union issued a new declaration on Thursday regarding its fight against anti-Semitism, adopting a softer tone than the one originally proposed by Austria, which was promoted over the […]
Philip Wilson, Australian Archbishop, has conviction for covering up child sex abuse overturned
Source: CNN By James Griffiths (CNN)The former Archbishop of Adelaide, Philip Wilson, who was found guilty in May of concealing the abuse of altar boys in the 1970s by pedophile priest James Fletcher, […]
Francis to become first pope to visit Arabian peninsula
Source: Reuters By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – The first visit by a pope to the Arabian peninsula will take place in February when Francis travels to Abu Dhabi […]
Irish parliament passes bill to legalise abortion
Source: BBC News A bill to legalise abortion services in the Republic of Ireland has passed all stages in the Dáil (Irish parliament). TDs voted in favour of the legislation […]
Einstein’s ‘God letter’ fetches $2.9M at auction
Source: Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A 1954 letter written by Albert Einstein and known as the “God letter” because he discussed his thoughts about God and religion has […]
What is on Your Throne? By Joel Osteen
Epigraph: And every one has a goal which dominates him; vie, then, with one another in good works. Wherever you be, Allah will bring you all together. Surely, Allah has […]
Mueller investigation: No jail time sought for Trump ex-adviser Michael Flynn
Source: BBC News The special counsel investigating alleged Russian collusion in the 2016 US election will not be pursuing a jail sentence for former national security adviser Michael Flynn. Mr […]
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)
Source: Youtube Recovering Hope is an intimate and evocative video about the mothers and families of children who are affected by Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD). The video, created for […]
Bernie Sanders Stakes Out Forceful Climate Stance, Leapfrogging The 2020 Field
Source: Huffington Post By Alexander C. Kaufman WASHINGTON ― Two years can be a split second in geological time and an eternity in politics, but it may also be just […]
Surrogate mothers: ‘I gave birth but it’s not my baby’
Source: BBC News By Valeria Perasso Social Affairs correspondent, BBC World Service Canada has become a hot destination for parents-to-be looking for “altruistic surrogates” – women who give birth to babies […]
A car-unfriendly Pakistan? Yes, that’s how you make livable cities
Source: Dawn BY Faizaan Qayyum A recent piece I wrote on the transactions ban on non-filers and its impact on car buyers, as well as on the housing market, generated a series […]
Hanukkah-Holocaust story
Source: Associated Press By DAVID RISING BERLIN (AP) — In a story Dec. 4 about Holocaust survivors marking the third night of Hanukkah, The Associated Press misidentified the vice president […]
In ‘new Malaysia’, race continues to cast a long shadow
Source: Reuters BY Joseph Sipalan KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Just months after a stunning election victory, Malaysia’s prime minister has had to step in to mollify the country’s majority Malay […]