Pence and the two-state solution
Jan 22,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Hassan A. Barari In remarks during his talks with King Abdullah, US Vice President Mike Pence said that his country […]
Most American Catholic Women Want The Church To Have Female Deacons, Poll Finds
Source: Huffington Post American Catholic women are ready to see female deacons preaching from the pulpit. But it’s not up to them to decide. By Carol Kuruvilla BOSTON GLOBE VIA […]
Trump’s New Ambassador Finally Tells Dutch He Was Wrong About Muslim ‘No-Go’ Zones
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla President Donald Trump’s new ambassador to the Netherlands, Peter Hoekstra, has finally admitted that his 2015 comments claiming there were “no go” violent zones in […]
New office will help medical providers deny treatment on religious grounds
Source: The Guardian BY Jessica Glenza in New York The Trump administration is creating an office to protect the religious rights of medical providers, including those who may oppose abortion or transgender rights, in […]
Facebook to use surveys to boost ‘trustworthy’ news
Source; BBC News BY Dave Lee North America technology reporter Facebook has announced it will prioritise news sources deemed to be more trustworthy on its News Feed. The firm said the social […]
Roe v. Wade Lawyer ‘Amazed’ Americans Still Fighting Over Abortion
Source: Time By OLIVIA B. WAXMAN January 20, 2018 It was 45 years ago Monday — on Jan. 22, 1973 — that the U.S. Supreme Court announced its 7-2 decision in Roe […]
USA: Imam Nasir represents Ahmadiyya Muslim Community at Detroit’s Interfaith Event
“Ahmadiyya Muslim community is peaceful community. We spread peace and abide by the laws of the land“. – Said Imam Shamshad A. Nasir of the Ahmadiyya Masjid Mahmood in Rochester Hills. Detroit Regional Interfaith Voice for Equity event was held on Jan 18th, 2018 at Serenity Christian Church (24120 N […]
7 People Charged in Opioid Trafficking Scheme That Left 700 People Dead
Source: Time By ASSOCIATED PRESS January 19, 2018 (KNOXVILLE, Tenn.) — Two people in Italy and five U.S. residents have been charged in a fraud and drug trafficking conspiracy to distribute […]
HHS is targeting health workers’ religious objections. Here’s why.
Source: The Washington Post By Sarah Pulliam Bailey This story has been updated since it was first published on Jan. 18. The Trump administration has announced new regulations and a new […]
The Internet Has Made Americans More Casual About Religion
Source: Gizmodo By Ed Cara Contrary to what you might assume after hate-browsing Facebook, it seems the internet may have actually made people less dogmatic about religion. A recent study published in the Journal […]
US to move embassy to Jerusalem by year’s end, Netanyahu says
Source: CNN By Oren Liebermann, CNN Jerusalem (CNN)The United States will move its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem by the end of the year, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu […]
Abbas says Trump’s policy shift on Jerusalem was ‘sinful’
Source: Associated Press By HAMZA HENDAWI CAIRO (AP) — The Palestinian president on Wednesday again blasted Donald Trump in a fiery and emotional speech, saying the U.S. leader’s decision to […]
Places in Every State with Native American Meanings
Source: MSN By Tiffany Moran Since 1990, November has been celebrated as Native American Heritage Month in the United States, in reverence of the history of the country’s earliest settlers. […]
Obama Is Returning To Politics in 2018
Source: MSN If President Donald Trump and the Republican Party were already worried about defending their majorities in the House and Senate come November, they will now have another major factor to […]
The boy who stayed awake for 11 days
Source: BBC News By Sarah Keating 18 January 2018 This story is from The Boy Who Stayed Awake for Eleven Days, an episode of Witness produced and presented by Lucy Burns. To listen […]
US slumps in global leadership poll after Trump’s 1st year
Source: CNN By Laura Smith-Spark, CNN (CNN)A year into Donald Trump’s presidency, global confidence in US leadership has fallen to a new low, according to an opinion survey conducted across 134 […]
Sexual abuse case against Mormon Church begins in West Virginia
Source: The Washington Post By Julie Zauzmer January 18 at 5:54 AM The spire of the Salt Lake City Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is seen in […]
‘Pro-life’ must encompass more than opposition to abortion
Source: Religion News Service By John Gehring (RNS) — If being “pro-life” only means opposing abortion, we need a better conversation about the myriad ways human life is threatened today. On Friday […]
The Influential Network for a New Generation of American Muslim Leaders
Source: Religion And Politics It was June 12, 2016, and a man named Omar Mateen had just opened fire inside the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida, killing 49 people and […]
The Complicated History of Surrogacy From ‘Baby M’ to Kim Kardashian and Kanye West
Source: Time By OLIVIA B. WAXMAN January 16, 2018 Kim Kardashian West and Kanye West have announced that their third child, a daughter, was born on Monday via surrogate. “We are […]