Reza Aslan’s ‘God: A Human History’
Source: The New York Times By EMMA GREEN A word of advice to the religiously curious: Don’t trust any history of God that has only 171 pages of text. Reza Aslan’s […]
BBC to increase religious coverage to better represent all faiths
Source: The Guardian BY Nicola Slawson The BBC is set to increase its coverage of religions after a year-long review found that people of all faiths were “often absent, poorly presented or […]
J.K. Rowling Suggests To Roy Moore That God Is A Black Woman
Source: Huffington Post The author responded to Moore’s claim that “God is always in control.” By Elyse Wanshel Author J.K. Rowling was among the many thrilled by Democrat Doug Jones’ victory […]
Americans Say Religious Aspects of Christmas Are Declining in Public Life
Source: Pew Research Center Shrinking majority believe biblical account of birth of Jesus depicts actual events Representation of Christmas Nativity scene. (Photoillustration by iStock.com/lukbar) As long-simmering debates continue over how […]
USA: Christian Lawmaker Kills Himself After Sexual Assault Allegations
DECEMBER 14, 2017 BY MICHAEL STONE image: http://ntvcld-a.akamaihd.net/image/upload/w_300,h_187,c_fill,g_auto:text,f_auto,fl_lossy,e_sharpen:70/assets/6E3075453F56477FA971314FF09984CD.png Dan Johnson, a conservative Christian pastor and Kentucky State lawmaker accused of sexual assault, shot and killed himself Wednesday. Rep. Johnson was under investigation for the alleged sexual molestation of a teenage girl. He denied the allegations and blamed the media and Satan for his […]
Pope says Satan is More Intelligent than Humans & the Muslim Times’ Response
Pope says Satan is more intelligent than humans – We believe he is not a person but only a personification of our id or negative tendencies Source: The Express Tribune […]
Religious Bias Is Distorting American Foreign Policy
Source: The Atlantic The administration is imperiling the very minority communities it claims to want to protect. Egyptian Christians touch a blood-splattered image of Jesus Christ, inside the Coptic Orthodox […]
Motives in Egypt’s Deadliest Terrorist Attack: Religion and Revenge
Source: The New York Times By NOUR YOUSSEF CAIRO — One day in early November, a small group of elders in a dusty town in the northern Sinai Peninsula handed over […]
Religion can have same effect on the brain as taking drugs, study finds
Source: Independent By Caroline Mortimer Religious experiences have a similar effect on the brain as taking drugs, according to a new study. Scientists at the University of Utah used MRI scans […]
Americans Who Identify As Spiritual Feel More Gratitude And Life Satisfaction
Source: Huffington Post By Antonia Blumberg A new study released Monday by Public Religion Research Institute in partnership with Florida State University found that Americans who identify as spiritual report […]
Proposal to infuse religion with state tax dollars advances
Source: TALLAHASSEE DEMOCRAT* BY James Call, Democrat Capitol Reporter A state constitution review panel Wednesday approved a proposal that could overturn the state’s high court on private school vouchers. The Constitution […]
A Trump-like politician in Brazil could snag the support of a powerful religious group: evangelicals
Source: The Washington Post By Sarah Pulliam Bailey November 28 at 10:11 AM Brazilian Congressman Jair Bolsonaro (Sebastiao Moreira/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock) SÃO PAULO — Corruption scandals that have landed several of Brazil’s leading politicians […]
Supreme Court won’t take Texas case over student-led prayer
Source: Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is leaving in place a court ruling that a Texas school board can open its meetings with student-led public prayers without […]
The rise and rise of ‘halal’ business
Source: Al Jazeera By Shafik Mandhai & Ayseba Umutlu 26 Nov 2017 Halal industries are expected to be worth $3.7 trillion by 2019 [Reuters]When Kerim Ture placed his first order […]
You don’t need to look much further than the Quran for proof that Islam is a peaceful religion
Source: Independent By Pooyan Fakhraei The so-called Jihadi groups, which consist of extremist Muslims of every faction: ranging from Salafis, Wahhabis, Al-Qaeda, Taliban, Isis and many more, consider themselves as advocates of True Islam. These terrorists claim that the Paris, London and New York attacks are supported and justified by the […]
The Purpose And Context Of The Qur’an
Source: Huffington Post By Omar Naseef, an American Muslim The Qur’an – like all other texts – can only be properly understood by understanding the purpose of its author and […]
What happens when you fall in love across the religious divide?
Source: The Guardian By Reza Aslan and Jessica Jackley When we – a Muslim and a Christian – fell in love, we didn’t think much about the differences in our religions. (People falling in […]
How better education has built a more secular Britain
Source: Independent By James Williams It’s official: the people of Great Britain have lost faith. New research from the British Social Attitudes survey reveals that 71 per cent of young people […]
Roy Moore Is Guilty Of Abusing Girls And Religion
Source: Huffington Post By James Zogby, Contributor President, Arab American Institute; Author, “Arab Voices” In the philosophy of language, we learn the simple truth that the meaning of a word is […]