Muslims today face a deep malaise. We must confront it
Source: The Guardian By Nabil Echchaibi My existential crisis as a Muslim man haunts me to the core of my being. Amid the horrendous nihilism of Isis, the dull orthodoxy of […]
Faith vs. graduation? Pastors say public schools shouldn’t hold Sunday ceremonies
Source: The News & Observer BY T. KEUNG HUI A group of local pastors says Wake County families shouldn’t be forced to choose between their faith and attending Sunday morning […]
Pope says doubts Medjugorje apparitions are authentic
Source: Reuters By Philip Pullella | ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE Pope Francis has voiced serious doubt about the authenticity of alleged continuing apparitions of the Madonna in Medjugorje, a once-obscure […]
Wisconsin-based atheist group sues Trump over church order
Source: Associated Press By TODD RICHMOND MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin-based atheist group has filed a lawsuit asking a federal judge to strike down President Donald Trump’s order easing […]
Stephen Fry faces blasphemy probe after God comments
Source: BBC Police in the Republic of Ireland have launched an investigation after a viewer claimed comments made by Stephen Fry on a TV show were blasphemous. Officers are understood […]
T.D. Jakes steals the show as thousands of faith leaders converge in Dallas
Source: Dallas News BY Marc Ramirez Churches must bridge political divides and find not just a common voice but an independent one in the fight for economic and social justice, […]
Texas mayor blasted after she says lack of faith in God causes poverty
Source: The Washington Post By Cleve R. Wootson Jr. Mayor says poverty afflicts ‘broken people’ who aren’t ’in relationship with their creator’ San Antonio Mayor Ivy Taylor discussed systemic poverty […]
Praise for a story of hope, faith and commitment that built a children’s hospice
Source: Slough Observer The battle to get a children’s hospice for Berkshire has been praised as ‘an incredible story of hope, faith and commitment’. The comment was made by Cllr […]
Mennonites seek to come to terms with Nazi collaboration
Source: Religion News Service By Ben Goossen SHARETWEET EMAILPRINTMORE FILADELFIA, Paraguay (RNS) Violence tore through this close-knit, traditionally pacifist community on the night of March 11, 1944. All the more remarkable, […]
EU headscarf ban ruling sparks faith group backlash
Source: Reuters By Alastair Macdonald | BRUSSELS Companies may ban staff from wearing Islamic headscarves and other visible religious symbols under certain conditions, the European Union’s top court ruled on […]
Why I’m not an atheist
Source: myAJC.com By Gracie Bonds Staples – The Atlanta Journal-Constitution CURTIS COMPTON Gracie Bonds Staples (front left), a choir member, participates in her Antioch Baptist Church North candlelight communion […]
Reza Aslan: Why I am a Muslim
CNN: by Reza Aslan — What’s your most unshakeable belief? As a writer and scholar of religions, I am often asked how, knowing all that I know about the religions of the world, I can still call myself a believer, let alone a Muslim. It’s a reasonable question. Considering the […]
Lack Of Education Leads To Lost Dreams And Low Income For Many Jehovah’s Witnesses
Source: NPR By LUKE VANDER PLOEG Growing up on Long Island, Zachary Linderer was obsessed with science. He grew up a Jehovah’s Witness, and like many others in the faith, he […]
The Key To Respecting Religious Groups We Don’t Agree With, According To Reza Aslan
Source: Huffington Post By Antonia Blumberg It’s easy to write off belief systems that may seem strange or foreign. But perhaps there’s something even the most devout among us can […]
Archbishop of Canterbury: ministers should reconsider child refugee decision
Source: The Guardian By Harriet Sherwood Religion correspondent Justin Welby leads calls among religious figures following government announcement that it will no longer accept lone children Justin Welby said he […]
Jewish people give Muslims key to their synagogue after town’s mosque burns down
The Independent: Jewish people in a small Texas city handed Muslim worshippers the keys to their synagogue after the town’s only mosque was destroyed in a fire. The Victoria Islamic Centre burned down on Saturday and had previously been burgled—the cause is being investigated by federal officials. More:
Editorial: The Guardian view on fear of Islam: terrorism is not a religion
Source: The Guardian The murder of at least six people in a mosque in Québec city is a brutal reminder that Muslims are by any measure the people who suffer […]
Your Spirituality Can Affect Your Health. Here’s How
Source: Huffington Post Tara Narula, MD O, The Oprah Magazine In modern medicine, doctors don’t usually talk about life’s deeper meaning; that’s a job for the person in the white […]
Muslim NYPD Chaplain On Faith, Fear And Getting Stopped By Airport Security
Source: NPR Imam Khalid Latif is one of the people profiled in The Secret Life of Muslims, a digital series about Islamophobia. He is also the first Muslim chaplain at New York University. TERRY GROSS, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. I’m Terry Gross. My guest is the second ever Muslim […]
Studying at the Bahai secret university
Source: BBC By Lipika Pelham|New York “I remember my father showing me the scars he had on his head from when he used to be beaten up by the children […]