Cameron Underwood: Face transplant means I can smile again
Source: BBC News Cameron Underwood says he doesn’t get as many “stares or questions from strangers” since his face transplant. “I have a nose, and a mouth so I’m able […]
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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
Investigators Raid Offices of President of U.S. Catholic Bishops
Source: The New York Times By Laurie Goodstein Dozens of local and federal law enforcement officers conducted a surprise search of the offices of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston […]
Buddhist monks to consider whether Dalai Lama should reincarnate
Source: Religion News Service By Meagan Clark and Vishal Arora DHARAMSHALA, India (RNS) — Tibetan Buddhist monks from around the world are gearing up to discuss whether the aging Dalai […]
Why The Abortion Rate In Pakistan Is One Of The World’s Highest
Source: NPR BY Diaa Hadid When at 19 Mehnaz became pregnant for the fifth time, she panicked. She already had four daughters, and her husband was threatening to throw her […]
Jewish Americans sue Airbnb over West Bank listing ban
Source: Reuters BY Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) – A group of Jewish Americans sued Airbnb Inc on Wednesday in U.S. federal court, accusing the home rental company of religious discrimination over […]
Evangelical, Muslim, Jewish. It’s time we all renew our commitment to religious freedom.
Source: USA Today BY Oliver Thomas and Charles C. Haynes, Opinion contributors In the turbulent 1960s, John Courtney Murray famously reminded Americans that the Constitution begins with “we the, people,” […]
Atheism as Bad Religion
Source: National Review BY MADELEINE KEARNS People walk through an exhibit at the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters). Suggested reading: If the Atheists and the Christians Debate, […]
Video: Reza Aslan on Neoatheism
Reza Aslan (Persian: رضا اصلان, IPA: [ˈɾezɒː æsˈlɒːn]; born May 3, 1972) is an Iranian-American author, public intellectual, religious studies scholar, producer, and television host. He has written three books on religion: No God but God: The Origins, Evolution, […]
Nigeria tries to rally troops as extremists’ toll revealed
Source: Associated Press By SAM OLUKOYA LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s military finally revealed a death toll of 39 from a new series of extremist attacks on soldiers, while President […]
In remote parts of Uganda, a fight to stop preachers from discouraging medical care
Source: Religion News Service By Doreen Ajiambo KATAKWI, Uganda (RNS) — In this remote town in a deeply traditional corner of eastern Uganda, a 27-year-old Pentecostal pastor has been arrested […]
Interfaith gathering calls for understanding against divisiveness and fear mongering
Source: Australasian Muslim Times Posted by Zia Ahmad An interfaith gathering held at the NSW Parliament on Tuesday 27 November organised by the Indian Crescent Society of Australia and hosted […]
The Dead Sea is dying. A $1.5 billion plan aims to resurrect it.
Source: MSN News BY Linda Givetash and Ziad Jaber and Paul Goldman AMMAN, Jordan — At the southern tip of the Dead Sea, Sameer Mahadin recalls when the shoreline was […]
India outrage as mall shames woman for breastfeeding
Source: BBC News There has been outrage in India after the management of a shopping centre in the eastern city of Kolkata told a mum wanting to breastfeed her baby […]
Michael Cohen Admits Talks for Trump Over Moscow Tower Occurred Well Into Campaign
Source: MSN Michael D. Cohen, President Trump’s former lawyer and fixer, admitted in court on Thursday that he had engaged in negotiations to build a tower in Moscow for Mr. […]
Ilhan Omar Says Her Election To Congress Is ‘A Real Rejection’ Of Religious Bigotry
Source: Huffington Post The Muslim congresswoman-elect will be the first hijab-wearing member of the House. By Alanna Vagianos As a hijab-wearing, Somali-American refugee, Rep.-elect Ilhan Omar of Minnesota knows just […]
Holocaust: Dutch rail firm NS to pay families compensation
Source: BBC News The Netherlands’ state-run rail company NS has agreed to set up a commission to compensate Holocaust survivors and their relatives for transporting Jews to a Nazi transit […]
Gulf Cash Fuels Fight for Muslim Hearts and Minds in Africa
Source: Bloomberg By Katarina Hoije Ibrahim Kontao is busily signing checks as men and women line up outside his air-conditioned office in the Malian capital, Bamako, to ask him for donations […]
Ex-militant tests Somalia’s fledgling democracy
Source: Reuters By Hereward Holland NAIROBI (Reuters) – Last year Mukhtar Robow had a $5 million U.S. bounty on his head. Now the former Islamist al Shabaab militant has downed […]
Pakistanis ‘on one page’ in seeking friendship with India: PM Imran Khan
Source: Reuters By Saad Sayeed ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Wednesday his government and the military want to mend ties with arch-foe India, in the […]
Airbnb accused of anti-Semitism for delisting West Bank properties
Source: Religion News Service By Michele Chabin JERUSALEM (RNS) – A popular meme on social media here shows an illustration of Mary, Joseph and the baby Jesus in Bethlehem. “Why […]