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 […]
Source: Huffington post Antonia Blumberg Associate Religion Editor, The Huffington Post Muslim Americans have served in the U.S. Armed Forces since the days of George Washington. They have fought and died […]
Source: The Guardian ExpressJet is a Georgia-based airline that is partnered with American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and United Airlines. Photograph: slobo/Getty Images Nicole Puglise in New York A Muslim […]
Source: The New York Times By ELLEN BARRY NEW DELHI — As his party prepares for elections in key states, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has distanced himself from right-wing cow […]
Source: World Religion News AUSTRALIANS CLAIMING ‘JEDI’ AS THEIR RELIGION IS A PROBLEM FOR ATHEISTS. In what has been labeled an absurd move by the people of Australia, close to […]
Source: Huffington Post By Manjot Singh Fellow in Public Affairs at Coro Pittsburgh I don’t like the idea of reflection pieces. It makes me think that there is a prescribed time in which we must reflect. Mourning should not be reserved just for anniversaries. We can try to intellectualize hate as […]
Source: News.com.au By Charis Chang AUSTRALIANS are being warned not to mark “no religion” on the Census survey over fears we could become a “Muslim country”. But emails and Facebook posts […]
Source: Vox Updated by Todd VanDerWerff A lot of what seems inexplicable about Hillary Clinton often makes more sense when you realize her formative years in the public eye were […]
Source: USA Today By Richard Wolf, USA TODAY WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court’s defense of religious freedom may be on the decline. Still reeling from the death of its most […]
Source: RNS By Kimberly Winston (RNS) Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton announced Tim Kaine, the junior Democratic senator from Virginia and former governor of that state, as her vice […]