Growing up a prisoner in a cult
Source: BBC By Vanessa Engle At exactly 11:15, the front door of a council flat in Brixton opened. Two women stepped out on to a quiet residential street. The younger […]
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 […]
Egyptian film ‘Mawlana’ provokes outcry over view of religion and state
Source: Reuters By Mohamed Zaki | CAIRO An Egyptian box office hit that highlights the religious establishment’s cozy relations with the state has provoked a backlash from Sunni Muslim clerics, […]
Mother sues to stop Bible classes in West Virginia schools
Source: Associated Press By MICHAEL VIRTANEN MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — A kindergartner’s mother sued her public school system in West Virginia, saying a 75-year practice of putting kids in Bible […]
Nikki Haley’s Sikh heritage will help her protect minority religions
Source: RNS By Rahuldeep Singh Gill (RNS) Republican South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley will be a rare woman on Donald Trump’s Cabinet-level team, and one of the few persons of color. […]
Islam is a religion of love, not a terror group
http://www.news24.com By Alleyn Diesel – The attack on the Berlin Christmas market on December 19 fuelled the racist xenophobic rantings of president-elect Donald Trump, and his vow to ban entry of Muslims into the US, reinstituting a Bush-era registry, enabling the tracking of Muslims in the country. This authoritarian, bigoted scheme […]
WORLD RELIGION DAY STRENGTHENS INTERFAITH UNDERSTANDING
Source: RNS POSTED BY NATHAN GLOVER WORLD RELIGION DAY, STARTED BY THE BAHA’I FAITH IN THE 1940S, HELPS TO BUILD UNDERSTANDING ACROSS RELIGIOUS GROUPS. On January 15, different faiths across […]
Muslim Girls Must Attend Mixed Swim Class, European Court Rules
Source: Huffington post By Gilbert Reilhac Mandatory school activities overrode religious convictions. A Muslim couple who refused on religious grounds to allow their two young daughters take part in boys-and-girls […]
The Simple Beauty In How 5-Year-Olds From Different Faiths Prepare For Religious Services
Source: Huffington Post BY Lisa Capretto Five children. Five countries. Five religions. It might seem as if children like that couldn’t be more different, but in less than five minutes, director […]
Religious Leaders Bless Planned Parenthood Health Center And Its Mission
Source: Huffington Post BY Carol Kuruvilla Associate Religion Editor Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, and secular leaders gathered inside Planned Parenthood Metro Washington’s new Carol Whitehill Moses health center on Tuesday to […]
Le Pen slams rival Fillon over use of religion in politics
Source: Reuters By Andrew Callus | PARIS Far-right presidential hopeful Marine Le Pen attacked her main rival Francois Fillon on Tuesday over the link he has made between his political […]
Jeff Sessions Says He Would Not Ban Muslim Immigrants Based On Religion
Source: Buzzfeed News By Talal Ansari BuzzFeed News Reporter Attorney General nominee Sen. Jeff Sessions said he would not support a ban on Muslim immigrants to the US based solely on […]
The Obama presidency: ‘War on religion’ or ‘Amazing Grace’?
Source: RNS By Adelle M. Banks WASHINGTON (RNS) He had done it before, after Tucson, Aurora, Fort Hood and Sandy Hook: taken on the mantle of the pastor-in-chief before a crowd […]
How ethnicity and religion can influence financial habits
Source: Phys.org New international research from Macquarie University has found that people with a religious or ethnic background are more likely to save money, quelling the long-held belief that income and financial proficiency are the main determinates of an individual’s ability to save. Alongside a team of international researchers, Associate […]
India showing the way to the West: Religion or race cannot be used to seek votes in elections
India Supreme Court bans election appeals using religion or caste Source: BBC The Indian Supreme Court has ruled that politicians cannot use religion or caste to seek votes. “Religion has […]
Christians Most Persecuted Religious Group In the World, Study Says
Source: Breitbart by NICK HALLETT28 Dec 2016 Christians are the most persecuted religious group in the world, with around 90,000 killed for their faith in 2016, the director of a […]
Religion may be out of core curriculum for primary schools
Source: Irish Times By Carl O’Brien Religious education will no longer feature as part of the State’s core curriculum at primary school under new proposals being considered by policy-makers. Instead, schools […]
HRH The Prince of Wales presents ‘Thought for the Day’ on BBC Radio 4
Source: Prince Of Wales website In London recently I met a Jesuit priest from Syria. He gave me a graphic account of what life is like for those Christians he was […]
New study shows fewer Americans are practicing originized religion
Source: Fox News Americans have less faith in organized religion than they did nearly a decade ago, a new study shows. A staggering 21 percent of those surveyed said they don’t practice a “formal religion”— up from the 15 percent who said that in 2008, according to Gallup. “Religion is […]