Dawn: Religion is big business. Just how big? A new study, published Wednesday by a father-daughter researcher team, says religion is bigger than Facebook, Google and Apple — combined. The article in the Interdisciplinary Journal of Research on Religion said that the annual revenues of faith-based enterprises — not just […]
Source: The Washington Post By Amanda Abrams Aaron Graham is talking to Washingtonians about power. “How do you live out your identity and have influence, not just in your personal […]
Source: The New York Times By Nicholas Kristof ONE puzzle of the world is that religions often don’t resemble their founders. Jesus never mentioned gays or abortion but focused on the […]
18-year-old Hindu girl Pooja Kushwaha has been teaching the Holy Quran to Muslim children in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Speaking to the Times of India, she revealed how she learned to read Arabic and begin teaching the Holy Quran, despite being a Hindu. “Many years ago, there was another woman […]
Source: RNS By Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News Dapinder Ahluwalia’s 14-year-old son starts high school next month. Like many parents, she’ll spend the last days of summer ensuring he has the […]
Source: The guardian By Dr Melissa Crouch, a senior lecturer at the University of New South Wales. She is the author of Law and Religion in Indonesia: Conflict and the […]
What’s the difference between a cult and a religion? Are all cults evil? What exactly is a cult? Religious scholar and host of CNN’s Believer Reza Aslan explains. Suggested Reading […]
Source : The New York Times Michael Barbaro A quick quiz about presidential candidates and their religions. John F. Kennedy? Easy: A Catholic. George W. Bush? A born-again Christian, who found God in midlife and frequently talked about it. Mitt Romney? A Mormon, the first to clinch his party’s nomination. […]
Source: Associated Press By KATHLEEN FOODY ATLANTA (AP) — A proposal to build a mosque and Muslim cemetery has so angered some residents of Newton County outside Atlanta that their commissioners have temporarily banned all building permit approvals for religious institutions. The moratorium prompted the Council on American-Islamic Relations and […]
Source: The Washington Post By Julie Zauzmer It took petitions from everyone from schoolchildren to members of Congress, and 12 years of waiting. Soon, a long-hoped-for goal will be a […]
Source: Associated Press By JEFF HORWITZ WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump’s paid campaign staffers have declared on their personal social media accounts that Muslims are unfit to be U.S. citizens, […]
Source: The Washington Post By Julie Zauzmer When Rajeev Ram stood on the Olympic podium alongside doubles partner Venus Williams to receive their silver medal in tennis, children much like the […]
Promoted post: Urdu Drama: Shariah Law, Divorce, Halala and Fundamentalism? LONDON: The issue of divorce among Muslim women has taken a dangerous turn because clerics are out to exploit them […]
Source: World Religion News WHEN IT COMES TO RELIGION AT THE WORKPLACE, THERE ARE TWO WAYS IN WHICH PEOPLE REACT. Expression of religious beliefs has become a major issue in […]
Source: Huffington Post By Kerry Walters Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, Gettysburg College; Catholic priest I can think of nothing that’s done more damage to American Christianity than the Religious Right. Despite what the movement’s prophets sanctimoniously shout from their pulpits, it’s not secular humanism, gay marriage, abortion, the ACLU, evolution, porn, […]
Source: Pew Research Center BY ALEKSANDRA SANDSTROM All states prosecute parents whose children come to severe harm through neglect. But in 34 states (as well as the District of Columbia, Guam and […]
Source: Huffington Post By Roy Speckhardt; who is executive director of the American Humanist Association. Religious freedom isn’t an excuse to be a bigot, it isn’t a free license to discriminate, […]
Source: the Dallas Morning News By Caleb Downs Follow @calebjdowns cdowns@dallasnews.com Breaking News reporter A woman is suing Dallas County after she says her job offer with the sheriff’s office […]
Source: The Sacramento Bee BY ANSHU SIRIPURAPU asiripurapu@sacbee.com After intense opposition from the state’s religious schools, the author of a controversial bill that would have exposed private religious colleges in California to anti-discrimination lawsuits has agreed to remove a key provision. Pushed by gay rights organizations, Senate Bill 1146 would […]
Source: Yahoo Ankara (Turkey) (AFP) – Turkey suspended over 2,500 more staff from the powerful religious affairs state agency on Tuesday in the latest purge after last month’s failed coup […]