Why don’t people see the yeti any more?
Source: BBC News Until recently it was common for people in Bhutan to share stories of their encounters with the Himalayan yeti. But with the arrival of modernity, villagers no […]
How Can God Be Real If the World Is So Broken?
Source: Huffington Post There is a lot of bad news. I often hear people lament, how can you possibly believe in God when bad things happen? I look at it […]
Syrian airstrikes a ‘holy battle,’ says Russian Orthodox Church
Christian Times: Russia’s recent air strikes against ISIS in Syria have been praised as a “holy battle” by the Russian Orthodox Church. Russia launched its second day of air strikes in Syria today, while western leaders struggled to know how to react to Putin’s insistence that President Bashar al-Assad must […]
Faith and secular global bodies learn to live together
Economist: THERE are many reasons why sceptics might find fault with the 17 Sustainable Development Goals, along with 169 associated targets, which the leaders of the world (including the pope) will adopt, with some fanfare, in New York this week. One problem, as a colleague has written, is that they […]
Not in God’s Name: Confronting Religious Violence
Economist: Not in God’s Name: Confronting Religious Violence. By Jonathan Sacks. Hodder & Stoughton; 305 pages; £20. To be published in America in October by Schocken; $28.95. THE Western world […]
MODI IN DUBAI “WINS HANDS DOWN AS CROWN PRINCE PERMITS BUILDING A MANDIR” NDTV
PM MODI WINS HANDS DOWN IN DUBAI AS CROWN PRINCE GRANTS PERMISSION TO BUILD A MANDIR IN DUBAI, A PROMISE TO INVEST 4.5 CRORE AND TO FIGHT TERRORISM ALONG WITH INDIA. A few years ago Modi’s hands were said to be soaked in blood of the killings of many Muslims […]
Religion in the American air force: Flying heavenwards
Economist: CHRISTINA HOPPER, an officer in the American air force, attracts a lot of publicity, for several reasons. Having flown combat missions over Iraq, she has been hailed as the first African-American woman to pilot a fighter aircraft in an active war zone. She is also a passionate evangelical Christian, who […]
Spirituality May Improve Cancer Patients’ Health: Study
Huff Post: by Antonia Blumberg — But spiritual “distress” tends to have the opposite effect. Religious and spiritual belief is linked to a positive effect on cancer patients’ physical, mental and social well-being, according to a study published in health journal Cancer. A meta-analysis of published studies, which included data on more than 44,000 […]
Muslim NGO in India gives scholarships to Hindus
Tribune: A popular Muslim non-governmental organisation (NGO) in India on Thursday distributed scholarships among Muslim and Hindu students. The NGO, Jamiat Ulama-e-Maharashtra, gave out scholarships amounting to INR5 million to students from Class VI to graduation level as well as engineering and medical students from various schools and colleges in […]
Why Beef Ban in Indian State Undermines Secularism
International Herald Tribune: by Justin Rowlatt — From BBC News It is a bizarre image: cops demanding mug-shots of cows rather than crooks. But that’s what officers in the city of Malegaon in Maharashtra, one of India’s most populous states, are doing in an attempt to enforce its new beef […]
Christians are leaving the faith in droves and the trend isn't slowing down
businessinsider.com: An extensive study done by the Pew Research Center has yielded some fascinating information regarding the trajectory of world religions over the next four decades. As of 2010, Christianity […]
Christians are leaving the faith in droves and the trend isn’t slowing down
businessinsider.com: An extensive study done by the Pew Research Center has yielded some fascinating information regarding the trajectory of world religions over the next four decades. As of 2010, Christianity […]
How terror under the Tudors is reflected in the barbarity of Islamic State
The New Statesman: The leader of a small military force – perhaps 500 strong – is determined to subdue a province, and to do so quickly. Terror is his explicit policy. Every inroad he makes into enemy territory is followed by indiscriminate slaughter and destruction. Every man, woman and child […]
Elton John opposes Georgia religious freedom act
cnbc.com: Sir Elton John disagrees with a bill in Georgia that would allow individuals and businesses to use their religious beliefs to discriminate against certain groups of people, including gay residents. The English pop star, a champion for LGBT social movements worldwide, wrote an op-ed in the Atlanta Journal Constitution […]
Huge statue depicting death scene of Buddha discovered near Taxila
Daily Times: WAH CANTT: The archaeologists have made unique and rare discovery of a huge statue depicting “death scene of Buddha”, which is biggest ever in the archaeological history of Gandhara besides making another remarkable discovery of “image of Buddha with double halos”, never before found in history, during excavations […]
Death sentence upheld for killer of Pakistani governor over blasphemy law
(Reuters) – A Pakistani court upheld the death sentence on Monday for the killer of the governor of Pakistan’s largest province after he had called for reform of a law […]
9 Facts On The Shifting American Religious Landscape
Huff Post: The United States has long been a majority-Christian country, but it is by no means religiously static. In 2007, Pew Research found the religiously unaffiliated to be the second-largest religious group in the country, at 16 percent of the population. As of 2014, the religiously unaffiliated now make […]
Austria defends new law on foreign funding of mosques
Guardian: Austria’s foreign minister has rejected criticism of the country’s new law on Islam aimed at cutting off foreign influence and funding, arguing that the legislation should become a model […]
US mom faces prison sentence for blocking son’s circumcision
Russia Today: A mother who has taken flight with her son to prevent his circumcision could face a prison sentence if she fails have the boy undergo the procedure, a judge ruled, in a case that has become a rallying cry for ‘intactivists.’ The case, which began as a domestic […]
Hazrat Mirza Masroor says duty of Muslim youths to serve society and to characterise Islam’s peaceful teachings.
Pressahmaidiyya.com: The National Waqf-e-Nau Department of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in the UK held its Annual Ijtemas on 28th February (girls) and 1 March (boys) at the Baitul Futuh Mosque […]