Canada cashes in on legal cannabis
Source: BBC News Canada has legalised the sale and use of cannabis, becoming only the second country after Uruguay to do so for recreational use. So it’s not surprising that […]
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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
Colorado Was the First State to Enfranchise Women Through Popular Referendum. Here’s How It Happened
Source: Time By JENNIFER FROST / HISTORY NEWS NETWORK “Western Women Wild With Joy Over Colorado’s Election,” journalist and suffragist Caroline Nichols Churchill exclaimed, following the victory for woman suffrage at […]
China Breaks Silence on Muslim Detention Camps, Calling Them ‘Humane’
Source: The Washington Post By Chris Buckley BEIJING — Under mounting international criticism, China has given its most extensive defense yet of its sweeping campaign to detain and indoctrinate Muslims, with […]
Pressure building on Vatican to give women vote at synod
Source: Associated Press By NICOLE WINFIELD VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pressure is building on the Vatican to give women the right to vote during its big meetings of bishops, with […]
Hindu nationalist-led state changes Muslim name of Indian city
Source: The Guardian By Michael Safi in Delhi An Indian city in a state led by a hardline Hindu nationalist preacher accused of instigating violence against Muslims has had its Muslim name changed to […]
Indian court gives life sentence to guru, 14 followers
Source: Associated Press HISAR, India (AP) — A court in northern India sentenced a Hindu guru and 14 followers to life imprisonment on Tuesday in the deaths of four women […]
Religious hate crimes: Rise in offences recorded by police
Source: BBC News Police have recorded a surge in hate crime directed at people in England and Wales because of their religious beliefs. It rose by 40%, from 5,949 in […]
Egypt extends state of emergency for another 3 months
Source: Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Egypt has extended its state of emergency for another three months. The government declared a state of emergency after an Islamic State affiliate bombed […]
Jewish lobby in far-right German party denounced for anti-Muslim views
Source: Religion News Service By Tom Heneghan PARIS (RNS) — A small group of German Jews has launched a lobby group within the far-right Alternative for Germany party, prompting a swift […]
Stephen Hawking Concludes in His Last Book: ‘There is No God!’
Epigraph: He is Allah, the Creator, the Maker, the Fashioner. His are the most beautiful names. All that is in the heavens and the earth glorifies Him, and He is […]
Catholic priest killed in northern Mexico
Source: Associated Press By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN MEXICO CITY (AP) — Authorities in the northern Mexican state of Baja California are investigating the apparent slaying of a Roman Catholic priest in […]
Australia considers following US on Jerusalem embassy
Source: BBC News Australia will consider recognising Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and moving its embassy there from Tel Aviv, Prime Minister Scott Morrison says. If acted upon, the move would […]
Russian Orthodox Church breaks with Constantinople in row over Ukraine
Source: Reuters By Andrei Makhovsky MINSK (Reuters) – The Russian Orthodox Church said on Monday it had decided to sever all relations with the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople in protest […]
Washington Catholic Archdiocese releases names of 31 clergy members ‘credibly accused’ since 1948 of sexually abusing minors
Source: The Washington Post By Michelle Boorstein and Julie Zauzmer Four days after Pope Francis accepted the resignation of Cardinal Donald Wuerl amid criticism of his handling of clerical sex abuse, Washington’s archbishop released a […]
The Japanese Man Who Saved 6,000 Jews With His Handwriting
Source: The New York Times By David Wolpe Mr. Wolpe is the rabbi of Sinai Temple in Los Angeles and the author of “David: The Divided Heart.” NAGOYA, Japan — […]
Zimbabwe’s radical cure for depression
Source: BBC News By Rachel Nuwer from Zimbabwe Late one evening, Dixon Chibanda, a psychiatrist in Harare, Zimbabwe, received a call from a doctor in an emergency room. A 26-year-old […]
M.I.T. Plans College for Artificial Intelligence, Backed by $1 Billion
Source: The New York Times By Steve Lohr Every major university is wrestling with how to adapt to the technology wave of artificial intelligence — how to prepare students not […]
Religious Hate Crimes In England And Wales Mostly Target People Thought To Be Muslim
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla New U.K. data show that nearly two-thirds of the targets were perceived to be either Muslim or Jewish. Religious hate crimes have spiked dramatically […]
The leaders who unleashed China’s mass detention of Muslims
Source: The New York Times By Chris Buckley BEIJING — Rukiya Maimaiti, a local propaganda official in China’s far west, warned her colleagues to steel themselves for a wrenching task: detaining large […]
The Pope Ignores the Damage as Another Prelate Falls
Source: The New York Times By the editorial board, which represents the opinions of the board, its editor and the publisher. It is separate from the newsroom and the Op-Ed […]