Cancer risk ‘even from light drinking’
Source: BBC By Michelle Roberts; Health editor, BBC News online Even light and moderate drinking – up to one drink a day for women and two drinks a day for men […]
Vatican Representatives Demand Israel Charge Jewish Extremist Leader With Incitement
Haaretz: The Vatican’s Custody of the Holy Land demanded the attorney general and state prosecutor charge the leader of the far-right Israeli group Lehava, Benzi Gopstein, with incitement for calling for churches in Israel to […]
Attending church synagogue or mosque is the key to good mental health among older Europeans
Source: London School of Economics and Political Science: A study of depression among older Europeans has found that joining a religious organisation is more beneficial than charity work, sport or […]
Wearing a hijab is the most liberating thing I’ve ever experienced
Source: Metro Last month for Ramadan I wanted to try a little bit harder than I’ve tried in previous years. I decided this year I was going to, amongst other […]
Britain’s Biggest Muslim Convention Makes Agenda for Peace and Integration a Priority
pressreleaserocket.net: Britain’s biggest and oldest established annual Islamic convention, expected to be attended by 30,000 participants this year, will pledge to re-double efforts to defy extremism and press forward an agenda […]
I’m pledging allegiance to the Caliphate – and no, before you call the Police, I don’t mean Isis
Source: The Independent Soon I’ll be joining 30,000 other Muslims in London to embrace real Islamic values By Waqar Ahmedi I’ve made up my mind. I’ll soon be packing my […]
Darwin not first to discover heterostyly in plants: study
Documents dating back to the 16th century show that naturalist Charles Darwin was not the first to discover the existence of heterostyly – floral forms that differ in male and […]
German TV presenter sparks debate and hatred with her support for refugees
A television presenter in Germany has triggered a huge online debate after calling for a public stand against the growth of racist attacks on refugees. Anja Reschke used a commentary slot on Tagesthemen, the nationwide news bulletin of German public broadcaster ARD,to lambast hate-filled commentators whose language she said had […]
The Mystery of Neanderthals Massive Eyes
Source: BBC Presented by Melissa Hogenboom Our extinct cousins had eyes much larger than ours. Were these giant peepers the reason for the Neanderthals’ demise, or the secret of their […]
A Creeping Sharia Freakout: How France’s latest “Muslim Problem” Really Wasn’t One
http://www.patheos.com/: As is usually the case in France, any time anything happens where Muslims could even remotely be involved, it becomes a media circus – any time is a good […]
Five ways that nuclear weapons could still be used
Guardian: On 6 August 1945, the first atomic bomb to be used in anger detonated over the city of Hiroshima, Japan. Three days later, it was Nagasaki’s turn. That was […]
Religion Better for Mental Health Than Sport, Study Finds
Newsweek: Researchers from the London School of Economics (LSE) and the Erasmus University Medical Center in the Netherlands studied the impact of various social activities on depressive symptoms in older […]
Pope: Keep door open to divorced Catholics who remarry
Source: MSN By FRANCES D’EMILIO, Associated Press VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis declared on Wednesday that divorced Catholics who remarry and their children deserve better treatment form the church, and […]
Britain’s most high-profile cleric Anjem Chaudhry charged for extending support to ISIS
August 5, 2015 Source: The Express Tribune AFP- LONDON: Anjem Choudary, one of Britain’s most high-profile Muslim preachers, and known globally for praising the men responsible for the September 11 attacks on […]
If We Find Extraterrestrial Life: Christianity or Islam?
Epigraph: All praise belongs to Allah, Lord and Sustainer of all the worlds. (Al Quran 1:2) Did Jesus Die for the Sins of the Aliens As Well? But, They […]
Schools teaching ‘pro-Palestinian extremist agenda’
The National Union of Teachers is accused of ‘spreading political propaganda’ in classrooms to children as young as three Telegraph: An “extremist agenda” is being taught to children […]
Rise of the exorcists in Catholic Church
Source: Telegraph By Nick Squires quires, Rome Jan 2014 Forty years after The Exorcist scared the wits out of cinema audiences around the world, the Roman Catholic Church is training […]
The Mormons like the Jews and the Muslims don’t Believe in ‘Original Sin,’ a Wake up Call for the Other Christians
Book Review: Saving the Original Sinner: How Christians Have Used the Bible’s First Man to Oppress Saving the Original Sinner: How Christians Have Used the Bible’s First Man to […]
The Oldest Qur’an Controversy
The oldest Qur’ans are actually in Yemen, in danger being bombed By: Juan Cole The discovery of a couple pages [apparently actually 18] of a very old Qur’an (the Muslim […]
Children at risk of radicalisation to double
Source: Telegraph By Tom Whitehead, Security Editor Lure of Syria and Isil blamed for sharp increase in children referred to Channel counter-radicalisation programme The number of children and teenagers being […]