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: 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
Source: Associated Press SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — A religious rights organization has filed a complaint with federal authorities against Southwest Airlines for what the group says was racial and […]
Source: RNS By Lauren Markoe RNS) Religion hasn’t played much of a role in the presidential campaign. Sure, Donald Trump made a faux pas when he placed cash on the Communion plate.And Hillary Clinton has occasionally invoked a phrase popular among members of her Methodist faith to discuss how her religious […]
Source: Associated Press By COREY WILLIAMS DETROIT (AP) — An Islamic academy will get $1.7 million and be allowed to build a new school after it settled a federal lawsuit against a Michigan township that initially denied its zoning request. The Michigan Islamic Academy will move ahead with plans to […]
Source: The Washington Post By Julie Zauzmer Two widely recognized trends in American society might have something to do with each other. Divorce rates climbed to the highest levels ever […]
Source: The Guardian A street preacher who told a Muslim woman she would “burn in hell” for wearing tight jeans has been found guilty of religiously aggravated threatening behaviour. Krissoni […]
Source: Merinews By Naim Naqvi The terror strikes again as a gunman shot dead prominent Jordanian writer Nahed Hattar outside Amman court where he was facing charges for sharing a […]
The Maryland imam arrested for involvement in a pro-ISIS terrorist plot has been on our radar for months. We shared that info with the authorities. BY RYAN MAURO Mon, September 26, 2016… https://www.clarionproject.org/analysis/clarions-role-exposing-isis-linked-imam-maryland Imam Suleiman Anwar of the Islamic Jurisprudence Center (aka Suleiman Bengharsa) (Photo: video screenshot) Related Stories Clarion’s Ryan […]
Source: Big Think By Paul Rainer Science and religion are fighting it out in your brain, not just in a metaphorical sense, but in a real, physical altercation. That’s […]
Source: NPR By MARISA PEÑALOZA Researchers seeking to predict how Americans will vote have for years identified an important clue: The more religious you are, the more likely you are […]
Source: Sky Sports By Rory O’Callaghan Sheffield Wednesday defender Jeremy Helan is expected to announce his retirement from football at the age of just 24 in order to devote his […]
Source: Pew Research Center BY GREGORY A. SMITH AND ALAN COOPERMAN The share of Americans who do not identify with a religious group is surely growing: While nationwide surveys in the 1970s and ’80s found that fewer than one-in-ten U.S. adults said they had no religious affiliation, fully 23% now […]