Source: NPR By TOM GJELTEN The global refugee crisis, political strife and economic dislocation all contributed to a worldwide deterioration of religious freedom in 2015 and an increase in “societal intolerance,” according to the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom. “At best, in most of the countries we cover, religious […]
Source: Yahoo News Marseille (AFP) – A synagogue in cfris to be converted into a mosque, reflecting demographic shifts in the southern French city, a Jewish leader has told AFP. […]
Source: Associated Press By SAM McNEIL and MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Jordan has banned a performance by a popular Lebanese rock band on religious grounds, spurring criticism of […]
Source: Yahoo News New Delhi (AFP) – A group of hardline Hindu activists and police stormed a church in central India and stopped a wedding midway after accusing the pastor […]
Source: The Guardian Heather Stewart Political editor Jeremy Corbyn has caved in to pressure and suspended Naz Shah, the Bradford West MP, over remarks she made about Israel on Facebook. Shortly before he faced David Cameron in the House of Commons on Wednesday afternoon Corbyn had issued a statement saying […]
Source: iPolitics By Amira Elghawaby Social media was buzzing this week over a new Environics poll of Canadian Muslims. It should have served to dismiss a lot of poisonous misperceptions […]
Source: The Washington Post By Thomas Gibbons-Neff Thomas Gibbons-Neff is a staff writer and a former Marine infantryman A Marine discharged for failing to remove a Bible verse posted in her […]
Source: Reuters BY AYLA JEAN YACKLEY AND ERCAN GURSES A call by Turkey’s parliament speaker for a new constitution to drop references to secularism provoked opposition condemnation and a brief […]
Source: Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping says that China must be on guard against nefarious religious influences from abroad. His comments over the weekend follow a tightening of religious space that has seen bans on the wearing of veils and beards in the predominantly Muslim region […]
Epigraph: Almost a million people commit suicide every year in the world. Source: Breitbart By ALI WAKED JAFFA, Israel – The reason suicides in the United States reached a nearly three […]
Source: Pew Research Center More countries restrict women’s ability to wear religious symbols or attire than require women to dress a certain way In many countries around the world, women’s choices about their attire and appearance are restricted to some degree by government laws, policies or regulations. In recent years, […]
Source: Pew Research Center Highly religious Americans are happier and more involved with family but are no more likely to exercise, recycle or make socially conscious consumer choices A new Pew Research Center study of the ways religion influences the daily lives of Americans finds that people who are highly […]
Source: International Business Times By Vasudevan Sridharan The Pakistani government is poised to make learning Quran compulsory in all public schools. Lawmakers in the country are talking to all parties involved in […]
So far this year, roughly half of converts to Christianity in Vienna have been Muslim, according to reports About half of the 83 adults to have been approved for baptism […]
Source: the Huffington Post By Kashif N. Chaudhary An Ahmadi Muslim shopkeeper, Mr. Asad Shah, was recently stabbed to death in Glasgow, UK. Mr. Tanveer Ahmad, a Sunni Muslim […]
The Muslim Council of UK has recently declared that a person who believes in any kind of prophet after the Holy Prophet Muhammad is not a Muslim and therefore Ahmadis […]
Epigraph: Seek the guidance of thy conscience! Seek the guidance of thy conscience! Seek the guidance of thy conscience! The virtuous deed is one whereby thy conscience feels restful and thy heart […]
Source: Ottawa Sun It was a sad day in Canadian history when the Supreme Court of Canada struck down the Criminal Code provisions against assisted suicide in the February 2015 […]
Provided by: Baylor University Most Americans pray for healing; more than one-fourth have practiced ‘laying on of hands’ Nearly nine of 10 Americans have relied upon healing prayer at some […]
Source: Pew Research Center More countries restrict women’s ability to wear religious symbols or attire than require women to dress a certain way In many countries around the world, women’s […]