Pope opens youth meeting as sex abuse survivors stage sit-in
Source: Associated Press By NICOLE WINFIELD VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis urged Catholic bishops to dream of a future free of the mistakes of the past as he opened […]
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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 Vatican worries the church is losing the young — and abuse is just one factor
Source: The Washington Post By Chico Harlan VATICAN CITY — By age 9 or 10, she had her first doubts about the faith, and not long after, she felt confident telling her […]
CBS Video: The Duality of President Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson is remembered as a progressive man who wrote the Declaration of Independence and called slavery an abomination, yet he was also a slaveholder himself who fathered several children […]
Legendary boxer Muhammad Ali’s ancestry traced back to heroic slave Archer Alexander
DNA evidence links Muhammad Ali to heroic slave, family says Source: The Washington Post By Ben Strauss When Cassius Clay joined the Nation of Islam in 1964 and changed his […]
China mounts publicity campaign to counter criticism on Xinjiang
Source: Reuters By Ben Blanchard, Tom Miles BEIJING/GENEVA (Reuters) – China is mounting an increasingly sophisticated counterattack to criticism of its policies in the restive, heavily Muslim region of Xinjiang, courting […]
China: ‘Arabic-sounding’ river renamed to curb Islamic influence
Source: Aljazeera In yet another move aimed at reducing Islamic influence in China, authorities there have renamed a river because it had an “Arabic-sounding name”. The name of the river “Aiyi” […]
French police raid Shi’ite Muslim club in counter-terrorism swoop
Source: Reuters LILLE, France/PARIS (Reuters) – French police raided a Shi’ite Muslim faith center and arrested three of its leaders for illegal weapons possession in pre-dawn swoops on Tuesday that […]
Film About Catholic Church Pedophilia Sets Box-Office Record in Poland
Source: Bloomberg By Marek Strzelecki A Polish feature film about the abuses by clergy of the Roman Catholic church is setting attendance records at the country’s box office. ‘Kler’ — named after the […]
Polish court orders Catholic order to pay sex abuse victim
Source: Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — An appeals court in Poland ruled Tuesday that a Roman Catholic order should pay damages to a woman who was abducted and sexually […]
American Muslim Politicians: A New Generation on the Campaign Trail
Source: Religion & Politics By Monique Parsons When Ahmad Zahra decided to run for city council in Fullerton, California, a politically and racially diverse community about 30 miles southeast of Los […]
In India and Pakistan, religion makes one country’s hero the other’s villain
Source: Quartz BY Haroon Khalid At the entrance of the [Badshahi Masjid in Lahore] are some pictures from the colonial era. They show the mosque’s dilapidated condition after having served as a […]
Why mainstream brands are embracing modest fashion
Source: CNN Written by Reina Lewis Reina Lewis is professor of cultural studies at London College of Fashion (University of the Arts London) and a consulting curator of the de Young […]
California’s Catholic bishops targeted in sex abuse lawsuit
Source: Associated Press By CHRISTOPHER WEBER LOS ANGELES (AP) — A man who says he was sexually abused decades ago by his parish priest said Tuesday he is suing all […]
President Trump Mocked Kavanaugh Accuser Christine Blasey Ford at a Mississippi Rally
Source: Time By ELI MEIXLER At a campaign rally in Mississippi on Tuesday, President Donald Trump repeatedly ridiculed Christine Blasey Ford, who has accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her […]
Your Dog Is Probably Dumber Than You Think, a New Study Says
Source: Time By JAMIE DUCHARME Your dog may be a good boy—but he’s not as smart as you think, a new research article suggests. Dogs have a unique set of cognitive abilities, but […]
Confidence in the Catholic Church and Pope Francis down sharply in U.S.
Confidence in Pope Francis down sharply in U.S. Source: Pew Research Center By a two-to-one margin, American Catholics now give Francis negative marks for his handling of the sex abuse scandal As allegations and investigations of sex abuse in the Catholic Church become more widespread, a new Pew Research Center […]
Parliament formally strips Aung San Suu Kyi of honorary Canadian citizenship
Source: The Star The upper house’s move follows a similar unanimous vote in the House of Commons last week. Since honorary citizenship was granted by a resolution passed by both […]
Fears that graves being dug up at London cemetery to free burial space
Source: The Guardian BY Robert Booth Social affairs correspondent Police have opened an investigation after a broken skull, a shoulder blade and leg-bones were among suspected human remains discovered lying uncovered in […]
Vietnamese asylum seeker pleads to stay in Australia with baby daughter
Source: The Guardian A Vietnamese asylum seeker faces an anxious wait to learn if a Melbourne judge will support her proposed deportation and separation from her baby daughter. Huyen Tran, 29, arrived […]
Afghan council seeks Pakistani cleric’s help to end war
Source: Associated Press By RIAZ KHAN PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A prominent Pakistani cleric says an Afghan delegation has asked him to mediate between the Kabul government and the Taliban […]