Thanksgiving, a Celebration of Inequality
Source: The Atlantic By LEIGH ERIC SCHMIDT For over a decade, Fox News has made it a talking point that Christmas is under siege from liberals. Bill O’Reilly has promoted the […]
The young Muslims finding love via an app
Source: Aljazeera By Rhodri Davies For today’s young Muslims, traditional methods of finding a life partner are increasingly viewed as inapplicable. Sana Ikarm and her husband Hakim met using Muzmatch, and about four months later they were married [Rhodri Davies/Al Jazeera] London, United Kingdom – Arzo Kazmi has been looking for […]
Muslim Celebs Explain Why A Religion Of 1.7 Billion Can’t Be Reduced To Stereotypes
Source: Huffington Post BY Antonia Blumberg Associate Religion Editor, The Huffington Post Common media representations and political rhetoric would have us believe that the roughly 1.7 billion Muslims on the globe are a homogenous, monolithic group. And this couldn’t be further from the truth. In the latest episode of “The Secret Life […]
Malloy Says He Will Fight Attempts To Restrict Refugees
Source: Hartford Courant BY Alaine Griffin Contact Reporter At a gathering that included refugees from Syria and their advocates, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said Tuesday that he does not expect federal policies regarding resettlement to change, but promised to fight any attempt by the federal government to restrict refugees based on […]
Muslim prayer call ban blasted as ‘an attempt to erase the religion’
Source: Sunday Express By ZOE EFSTATHIOU The draft law, proposed by the Israeli government, has sparked outrage among Muslims who claim they are being discriminated against. But Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu […]
The Rise of “Zombie Religious Hospitals”
Source: New Republic BY STEPHANIE RUSSELL-KRAFT November 16, 2016 In 2009, Mindy Swank was 20 weeks into a difficult pregnancy when her water broke. Her doctors said the baby, already suffering from severe anomalies, would not survive, and they recommended she terminate the pregnancy immediately to avoid the risk of […]
Muslim College Chaplains Extend a Hand Across Religious Divides
Source: The New York Times By SAMUEL G. FREEDMAN MINNEAPOLIS — Emma Blom grew up in the Scandinavian heartland of rural Minnesota, reliably attending her small town’s Lutheran church. She […]
The rainbow of religious belief: why extremist thinking doesn’t work
theguardian: by Richard Holoway — There are as many expressions of religious faith as there are of gender and sexuality Preaching to the converted: Graham Chapman in Monty Python’s Life of Brian, 1979. Photograph: Python Films/Rex/Shutterstock SOME PEOPLE ARE GAY. GET OVER IT.’ That slogan was posted on London buses […]
Judge Rejects Settlement Over Surveillance of Muslims by New York Police Department
Source: The New York Times A federal judge has rejected the settlement of a lawsuit stemming from the New York Police Department’s surveillance of Muslims, saying the proposed deal does […]
The Smithsonian now has its first religion curator since the 1890s
Source: The Washington Post By Julie Zauzmer Peter Manseau was born for this job. The son of a priest and a nun, Manseau was meant to be a scholar making […]
One-in-Five U.S. Adults Were Raised in Interfaith Homes
Source: Pew Research Center Roughly one-in-five U.S. adults were raised with a mixed religious background, according to a new Pew Research Center study. This includes about one-in-ten who say they were raised by two people, both of whom were religiously affiliated but with different religions, such as a Protestant mother […]
Tom Cruise: Scientology is ‘a beautiful religion’
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 […]
Channel 4 presenter says hijab ruling means it’s ‘open season’ on Muslims
theguardian: by Matthew Weaver — Newsreader Fatima Manji condemns decision by press regulator Ipso as ‘fundamentally flawed’ in appeal Fatima Manji. Ipso ruled that in the context of the Nice attack, MacKenzie had a right to question her headdress under free speech. Photograph: Twitter The presenter Fatima Manji has questioned […]
‘It will be a bloodbath’: Inside the Kansas militia plot to ignite a religious war
Source: The Washington Post By Cleve R. Wootson Jr. The “Crusaders” knew they wanted to kill Muslims — and with luck, use the “bloodbath” to ignite a religious war — but for […]
Israel’s Religiously Divided Society
Source: Pew Research Center Nearly 70 years after the establishment of the modern State of Israel, its Jewish population remains united behind the idea that Israel is a homeland for […]
Hindu temple in Abu Dhabi set to open in 2017
Source: MSN By Neha Bhatia A Hindu temple currently under construction in Abu Dhabi will be completed in 2017, its development team has announced. B R Shetty, vice chairman and […]
China targets parents with religion rules in Xinjiang
Source: Aljazeera Parents and guardians in China’s heavily Muslim region of Xinjiang who encourage or force their children into religious activities will be reported to the police, the government said […]
Judge rules religious rites trump animal rights, for now
Source: Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Just as the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur began Tuesday night, a federal judge lifted a temporary restraining order against a California synagogue performing a ritual where chickens are twirled in the air before they’re slaughtered. Judge Andre Birotte Jr. had granted the […]
What’s God Got to Do With It?
Source: The New York Times By Molly Worthen Chapel Hill, N.C. — The first debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald J. Trump featured plenty of magical thinking, but it was a […]
India Biryani Wars: Where Cows Are Sacred, Human Rights take Back Seat
India Biryani Wars Source: BBC By Husna Haq If India had a national food, one contender up there with rotis, dal or samosas might be the spiced, multi-layered rice dish […]