The Pope Ignores the Damage as Another Prelate Falls
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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
For Khashoggi, a Tangled Mix of Royal Service and Islamist Sympathies
Source: The New York Times By Ben Hubbard and David D. Kirkpatrick BEIRUT, Lebanon — Jamal Khashoggi landed in Washington last fall, leaving behind a long list of bad news back home. After […]
Holy wars: The Catholic Church’s long history of bickering
Source: Los Angeles Times After years of receiving plaudits for his upbeat, merciful brand of Roman Catholicism, Pope Francis has seen his popularity slip in the U.S. over accusations he has […]
Women tie the knot in Austria’s first same-sex marriage
Source: Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Two women have tied the knot in Austria’s first same-sex marriage, months after the country’s Constitutional Court ruled to legalize it. Vienna’s city […]
Liberals split over Labor bid to end religious schools’ ability to sack gay teachers
Source: The Guardian By Paul Karp The Morrison government is split on whether to support Labor’s call to amend discrimination law to prevent religious schools firing gay staff. The Liberal […]
Israeli PM favors naming envoy to Christian world
Source: Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s prime minister says he favors appointing an envoy to the Christian world, a sign of Israel’s efforts to foster close ties with its […]
Archbishop’s defiance threatens Putin’s vision of Russian greatness
Source: The Guardian By Simon Tisdall Donald Trump seems strangely in awe of Vladimir Putin. Theresa May’s attempts to face down the Kremlin after Salisbury have had limited impact. But has Putin […]
Chinese official says ‘sinicization’ of religion in Xinjiang must go on
Source: Reuters SHANGHAI (Reuters) – The “sinicization” of religion must be upheld to promote ethnic solidarity and religious harmony, a senior Chinese official has said in the troubled western region […]
Pope defrocks 2 Chilean bishops accused of sex abuse
Source: Associated Press By NICOLE WINFIELD and COLLEEN BARRY VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Saturday defrocked two more Chilean bishops accused of sexually abusing minors, and to show […]
Oscar Romero, Pope Paul VI Elevated To Sainthood
Source: NPR By CAMILA DOMONOSKE Oscar Romero, the murdered archbishop of San Salvador who spoke up for the poor and oppressed, and Pope Paul VI, the former pontiff who declared birth […]
Internet Connectivity Seen as Having Positive Impact on Life in Sub-Saharan Africa
Source: Pew Research Center BY LAURA SILVER AND COURTNEY JOHNSON Young Somali women look at a smartphone at Dadaab refugee complex, in northeast Kenya, on April 16. (Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP/Getty Images) Sub-Saharan Africa has […]
China admits to locking up Uyghurs, but defends Xinjiang crackdown
Source: CNN By Ben Westcott and Nanlin Fang, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) China has fiercely defended an escalating crackdown in the far western province of Xinjiang as necessary for security, claiming inmates […]
Talking About God, Its Use, Misuse and Abuse?
It’s Getting Harder to Talk About God Source: NY Times By Jonathan Merritt, who writes about the intersection of religion, culture and politics. The decline in our spiritual vocabulary has […]
Australia Seeks to Ban Schools From Expelling Gay Students After Public Outcry
Source: Time By LAIGNEE BARRON Australia will ban schools from expelling gay students after a leaked report revealed the practice was enforced at some religious schools, according to Agence France-Presse. The report, commissioned […]
Yemen could be ‘worst famine in 100 years’
Source: BBC News The United Nations is warning that 13 million people in Yemen are facing starvation. It’s calling on the military coalition, led by Saudi Arabia, to halt air […]
Video: Asteroid Twice the Size of the Statue of Liberty Heading Toward Earth
Suggested reading Cataloging 750 verses of the Holy Quran inspiring believers to study nature The U.N. is forming an international asteroid defense team Meteors: Establish the truth of the Holy Quran
Khashoggi Case Raises Tensions Between Saudi Prince and Turkish President
Source: The New York Times By David D. Kirkpatrick and Ben Hubbard ANKARA, Turkey — President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey has long cast himself as a champion of the Arab Spring […]
Poland vetoes EU rights report not citing Christians, Jews
Source: Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s government says it is vetoing the adoption of an annual report on the European Union’s guiding civil rights document because it did […]
Celebrity Jewish-Arab wedding stirs mixed feelings in Israel
Source: Reuters JERUSALEM (Reuters) – A surprise celebrity wedding bridging Israel’s Jewish-Muslim divide drew mixed public reaction on Thursday in a country where such inter-marriage is extremely rare. Wednesday’s nuptials […]
Islamists rally in Pakistan for death sentence for Christian
Source: Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Hundreds of supporters from an extremist Islamist party have rallied in the eastern Pakistan city of Lahore to pressure judges to uphold a death […]