In sect that shuns medicine, case against pastor is novel
Source: Associated Press By MICHAEL RUBINKAM READING, Pa. (AP) — A pastor in a fundamentalist Christian sect that rejects doctors and drugs has been charged in the death of a […]
Happy Saint Patrick’s Day and What is the Muslim Times Doing for You
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times A very happy St. Patrick’s Day to all those who are celebrating today, from the whole of […]
Video: Richard Dawkins on How Humans Face Death
Clinton Richard Dawkins FRS FRSL (born 26 March 1941) is an English ethologist, evolutionary biologist and author. He is an emeritus fellow of New College, Oxford, and was the University […]
History Channel Video: Bible Secrets Revealed – Lost in Translation
Source: History channel The Bible is one of the most influential and important books ever written and is considered by millions around the world to be the actual word of […]
An Evangelical Pastor On Reaching The Religiously Unaffiliated
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla, who is Associate Religion Editor Rev. Timothy Keller spent nearly 30 years reaching out to skeptics in New York City. Here’s what he’s learned. After […]
In Russia, the persecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses begins all over again
Source: The Guardian The small Siberian town of Birobidzhan is set in a mosquito-infested swampland on the far eastern end of the Trans-Siberian railway. It was to places such as […]
U.S. to Question India About Ban on Christian Charity
Source: The New York Times By ELLEN BARRY and SUHASINI RAJMARCH 9, 2017 Photo Pramod Dass, left, the director of Bethesda Charitable Endeavors, one of the Indian partners of Compassion […]
Pope signals he’s open to married Catholic men becoming priests
Epigraph: Then We caused Our Messengers to follow in their footsteps; and We caused Jesus, son of Mary, to follow them, and We gave him the Gospel. And We placed […]
Interfaith Healer: The Surprising Role of Jesus in Islam
Source: The New York Times By LESLEY HAZLETONMARCH Not just for Christians.CreditSnark/Art Resource, NY THE ISLAMIC JESUS How the King of the Jews Became a Prophet of the Muslims By […]
CNN Original Series: ‘Finding Jesus’ Season 2 Staring Today
Source: CNN Promos Finding Jesus discovers fascinating new insights into the historical Jesus, utilizing the latest scientific techniques and archaeological research. Season 2 premiers today on March 5, on CNN […]
Egypt’s Christians flee terror in north Sinai security void
Source: Associated Press By BRIAN ROHAN ISMAILIA, Egypt (AP) — After Islamic militants barged into his uncle’s house, shot him and his son dead, then looted the place and set […]
Catholic leader says not ‘remotely enough’ supervision to prevent child sexual abuse
Source: The Guardian Sydney archbishop Anthony Fisher says he can’t be assured priests are ‘not misbehaving again’ and struggles with financially supporting abusers Anthony Fisher told the royal commission the […]
Pope suggests ‘better to be atheist than hypocritical Catholic’
Source: Reuters Pope Francis delivered another criticism of some members of his own Church on Thursday, suggesting it is better to be an atheist than one of “many” Catholics who […]
Vancouver mayor asks Christian event to drop contentious pastor
Source: The Globe and Mail BY ANDREA WOO Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson has asked the organizers of a coming Christian festival to consider dropping headline speaker Rev. Franklin Graham, an evangelical […]
A look at the snake-handling churches of Appalachia
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The fundamentalists who would read the scripture literally and show concrete thinking are not unique to Christianity. […]
Teenager wakes up on the way to his own funeral
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Ohio, Where Muslim and Christian Refugees Form ‘Impossible’ Friendships
Source: The Atlantic By SHAMILA N. CHAUDHARY Stepping out of an apartment complex into a warm Ohio night, Nashwaan Saddoon got into an old minivan and drove through Toledo to a […]
Wary of Modern Society, Some Christians Choose a Life Apart
Source: The Wall Street Journal By Ian Lovett | Photographs by Max Whittaker/Prime for The Wall Street Journal When the first few monks arrived in Hulbert, Okla., in 1999, there […]
When Faith Healing Kills Kids
Source: The Daily Beast On November 6, 2016, two-year-old Ella Foster, the daughter of Grace and Jonathan Foster of Bethel, Pennsylvania, developed a cold. During the next two days, she became listless, her breathing more labored and rapid. On November 8 she died in her father’s arms from bacterial pneumonia. […]
A pastor in the Bible Belt opened his church to refugees. Here’s what happened
Source: Los Angeles Times BY David Montero Pastor David Daniels didn’t really have a choice. The refugees were desperate. He could feel that. Their need was great. He could see […]