theguardian: by Aina Khan — I thought my degree would be a passport to a dream job, but in Bradford the ladder of social mobility was always out of reach Bradford, Yorkshire. ‘Not only are Muslim women subject to high levels of unemployment and poverty, but discrimination on the basis […]
Source: Sun Times The world’s largest hotel company will no longer place Bibles or the Book of Mormon in rooms of its newly constructed and to-be constructed hotels. In its […]
Source: RNS By Lauren Markoe (RNS) Art Sisneros considers his pledge to cast an electoral ballot for Donald Trump a sin. The Texas Republican said he should never have promised to support a candidate “biblically” unfit to serve as president. “I believe voting for Trump would bring dishonor to God,” he […]
Source: The Guardian By David Brindle Faith-based charities play a distinctive and often unappreciated role in society but need to reflect on perceptions that they want to convert people and help only those who share their beliefs. Suspicion of faith-based charities, although “generally unfounded”, could stop them playing a bigger part […]
Source: Dallas News By Sanya Mansoor RICHARDSON — With a backdrop of giant Texas and American flags, two dozen Christian, Muslim and Jewish faith leaders pledged to fight prejudice this morning at the Islamic Center of North Texas. They discussed worries among their congregations following the presidential election, the importance of […]
By Zubair Khan By the grace of Almighty, from last three years Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Croatia participates in Croatian International Book Fair known as Interliber. It is organised in famous Exhibition halls of Croatian capital city of Zagreb. Spread over two very big halls, hundreds of exhibitors enact their stalls […]
Source: RNS By Adelle M. Banks (RNS) Two dozen African-American Christian leaders have delivered an open letter to Hillary Clinton asking her to defend the right to oppose abortion and gay […]
Islam and Psychology: A Collection of ArticlesSource: USA Today By Tyler J. VanderWeele and John Siniff Church attendance is correlated with longer life and a sense of meaning. If one […]
Source: CNN By Daniel Burke, CNN Religion Editor Editor’s note: This is the second of two stories on the religious beliefs of the presidential nominees. Read about the faith of Donald Trump here. (CNN)At a Catholic charity event this month, Hillary Clinton, a onetime Sunday school teacher, made a small […]
Source: The Guardian BY Alan Evans Cruise was asked about his religion at the premiere of his new film, Jack Reacher: Never Go Back. Photograph: Samir Hussein/WireImage Tom Cruise has made a rare public comment about his belief in Scientology, saying it is “a beautiful religion”. At the London premiere […]
theguardian — 4 October 1926: After the opening ceremony the Imam called the faithful to prayer from the minarets high over the roofs of suburbia 1935: The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia (far left) on a visit to London’s Fazl mosque, the first purpose-built mosque in the capital. Photograph: Alamy/Stock […]
Huff Post: by Christopher Mathias — Fifty-five percent of adolescent Muslim students in California say they’ve been targeted for their faith. In a move hailed by civil rights groups, California Gov. […]
Source: The Christian Science Monitor By Francine Kiefer, Staff writer WASHINGTON — Sen. Christopher Coons doesn’t get much sleep. Unlike most senators, the lawmaker from Delaware commutes to the capital […]
Source: Christians in Pakistan Posted by Madeeha Bakhsh Christians subjected to ruthless torture on account of their faith. The incident took place in Samundari a city in District Faisalabad. Local Christians have approached police in pursuit of justice. Victims reportedly hail from meager background, “who had been tortured and beaten […]
Source: Associated Press By KATHLEEN FOODY Former President Jimmy Carter speaks at a Baptist conference in Atlanta, Thursday, Sept. 15, 2016 ATLANTA (AP) — Jimmy Carter says the United States […]
Source: RNS By Emily McFarlan Miller (RNS) Talking about one’s faith doesn’t come naturally to a “Midwestern Methodist,” Hillary Clinton admitted. Then the Democratic presidential nominee spent a half-hour doing […]
theguardian: by Mia Ayliffe-Chung’s funeral will be multi-faith ceremony to counter ‘misinterperation’ of her murder as an act of terrorism British backpacker Mia Ayliffe-Chung A British backpacker murdered in Australia will have a reading from the Qur’an at her funeral to counter the “misrepresentation” of her killing as an act […]
Huff Post: by Jonathan Stempel — Yvonne Allen says her Christian faith compels her to cover her hair in public. The American Civil Liberties Union on Tuesday filed a lawsuit accusing Alabama county officials of violating a Christian woman’s religious rights by forcing her to remove her headscarf before taking […]
Source: BBC By Karen Allen Behind a wire-mesh fence embedded in weeds, in the northern Paris suburb of Gennevilliers, stand a cluster of terracotta-coloured buildings and a row of tents. […]
Source: World Religion News WHEN IT COMES TO RELIGION AT THE WORKPLACE, THERE ARE TWO WAYS IN WHICH PEOPLE REACT. Expression of religious beliefs has become a major issue in […]