Donald Trump and Bill Barr Are Setting a Religious War Trap
Source: Slate By DAHLIA LITHWICK In a speech at Notre Dame Law School on Friday, Attorney General William Barr took a break from hassling Rupert Murdoch and running interference on the […]
We Will be Judged by Our Compassion and Deeds and Not Our Dogma
Epigraph: So you, too, must show love to foreigners, for you yourselves were once foreigners in the land of Egypt. (Deuteronomy 10:19) Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, […]
Why the de-faithing of Islam is a threat to all America’s religions
Some say Islam is not a religion. Here’s why all faiths should contest that. Derek Beres 25 September, 2019 Asma T. Uddin explores religious freedom — or the […]
Most Americans say religious leaders act unethically at least some of the time
Source: Pew Research Forum Roughly seven-in-ten Americans say that religious leaders behave unethically at least some of the time, according to a new Pew Research Center survey about trust in those […]
Corrected: India imposes curfews in Kashmir after clashes during religious procession
Source: Reuters BY Fayaz Bukhari SRINAGAR (Reuters) – India on Sunday imposed curfews in several parts of the contested Kashmir region, after clashes between security forces and Shi’ite Muslims taking […]
How India’s ancient myths are being rewritten
Source: BBC Storytelling is an innately human quality; one that crosses cultures and languages. Just as my sister and I huddled together as children while our mother read to us […]
Interfaith group pledges to use religion’s influence to address climate change, …
Source: Religion News Service LINDAU, Germany (RNS) — The international interfaith organization Religions for Peace introduced its first-ever female and first-ever Muslim secretary-general at its World Assembly on Friday (Aug. […]
Sikh teacher moves to B.C. over Quebec law banning religious symbols in public-sector jobs
Source: CBC News Amrit Kaur says she was forced to leave Quebec to teach school BY Meera Bains Amrit Kaur, teacher and vice-president of the Quebec chapter of the World […]
‘Millennial nuns’ are a myth as Catholic women’s religious orders still face uncertain future
Source: The Columbus Dispatch By Danae King The Columbus Dispatch The popular notion that more and more women in their 20s and 30s are flocking to the cloistered life does […]
Imran Khan in New York Times: The World Can’t Ignore Kashmir. We Are All in Danger.
Source: New York Times By PM Imran Khan If the world does nothing to stop the Indian assault on Kashmir and its people, two nuclear-armed states will get ever closer […]
There’s No Such Thing as a ‘Gay Gene,’ a New Study Argues
Source: Time BY JAMIE DUCHARME In 1993, researchers discovered a stretch of DNA on the X chromosome they believed to be linked to male homosexuality. In the years since, the concept of a […]
U.S. adults who say God or a higher power has … Rewarded them
% of U.S. adults who say God or a higher power has … Rewarded them 67% Punished them 40%https://t.co/oiqaJheIzA pic.twitter.com/J4pDhH0vxI — Pew Research Religion (@PewReligion) June 29, 2019
India’s Widows, Abused at Home, Have Sought Refuge in This Holy City for Centuries
Source: New York Times By Kai Schultz VRINDAVAN, India — Like thousands of other widows exiled from their homes to a city in northern India, Nirmala Maheshwari said she was […]
Romania, a beacon of coexistence for Muslims in Eastern Europe
Romanian Muslims, some with Ottoman roots, largely spared Islamophobic rhetoric seen in neighbouring countries. People know and like their Muslim neighbours and they don’t believe everything they see on TV. […]
Malaysian ministers say Indian Islamic preacher should be expelled
Source: Reuters By Rozanna Latiff, Krishna N. Das KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia’s cabinet discussed the permanent residency of Indian Islamic preacher Zakir Naik on Wednesday, with three ministers demanding his expulsion […]
The Kashmir crisis isn’t about territory. It’s about a Hindu victory over Islam.
Source: The Washington Post By Kapil Komireddi, who is the author of “Malevolent Republic: A Short History of the New India.” Prime Minister Narendra Modi used the Muslim-majority state as […]
French cannabis debate ignores race, religion and mass incarceration of Muslims
Source: Religion News Service By David A. Guba Jr. Last summer in France, dozens of “CBD cafés” suddenly opened across the country. Exploiting a legal loophole originally created for hemp […]
Why charismatic Christianity is popular with migrants
Source: The Economist IT IS A well-established fact among religion-watchers that charismatic forms of Christianity, including the Pentecostal churches, are the fastest-growing variety of the world’s largest monotheism. Another widely […]
Indian court acquits six of killing Muslim dairy farmer in cow vigilante case
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – An Indian court on Wednesday acquitted six men of the killing of a 55-year-old Muslim dairy farmer, citing lack of evidence, raising questions over the prosecution’s […]
Rights group warns of ‘rise of intolerant Islamism’ in Indonesia
Source: sbs.com.au |BY NICK BAKER President Joko Widodo is being urged to address his country’s chequered human rights record. Human Rights Watch has implored Indonesian President Joko Widodo to tackle an […]