Church of England plan for welcoming trans people under fire
Source: The Guardian BY Harriet Sherwood Religion correspondent More than 2,000 clergy and lay members of the Church of England have signed a letter calling on bishops to withdraw or […]
Canada looks to ensure safety of Christian acquitted of blasphemy in Pakistan
Source: The Star OTTAWA—Canada’s foreign ministry says it is prepared to do everything it can to ensure the safety of a Christian woman acquitted of blasphemy by Pakistan’s top court. […]
Israel leader scorned for wooing Holocaust-distorting allies
Source: Associated Press BY Aron Heller JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s warm welcome to Lithuania’s prime minister marks his latest embrace of an eastern European leader who […]
Philippines urges calm after grenade attack on mosque kills two
Source: Reuters MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine authorities called for calm on Wednesday after a grenade attack on a mosque in a mainly Christian southern province killed two people, just three […]
How to have productive disagreements about politics and religion
Source: The Conversation By Larisa Heiphetz In the current polarized climate, it’s easy to find yourself in the midst of a political disagreement that morphs into a religious argument. People’s […]
Teaching the Bible in Public Schools Is a Bad Idea—For Christians
Source: The Atlantic BY Jonathan Merritt Shortly after Fox & Friends aired a segment about proposed legislation to incorporate Bible classes into public schools on Monday morning, President Donald Trump cheered these […]
How Can the Muslims Stop Worshiping the Jinn?
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times There is a very interesting dialogue recorded in Surah Saba in the holy Quran that will happen between […]
Top Vatican Official Resigns After Being Accused Of Sexual Harassment
Source: Huffington Post By Carla Herreria VOICES OF FAITH Former nun Doris Wagner has spoken publicly about the harassment and abuse she says she faced in the Roman […]
Why Muslims are the world’s fastest-growing religious group
Source: Pew Research Center BY MICHAEL LIPKA AND CONRAD HACKETT […]
Christian Schools Like Karen Pence’s Are The Real Threat To Academic Freedom
Source: Huffington Post By David Perry Last week, the “second lady” of the United States, Karen Pence, went to work as an art teacher at Immanuel Christian School in Northern […]
How Shanghai Saved 20,000 Jews from the Nazis
Source: The Daily Beast BY Natalie Pompilio 01.26.19 10:11 PM ET SHANGHAI—Before he starts his walking tour of Jewish Shanghai, Dvir Bar-Gal warns his audience that they will be disappointed. “Do […]
The enduring appeal of violent jihad
Source: BBC News By Frank Gardner The Islamic State group (IS) has lost its short-lived caliphate in the Middle East, with hundreds – possibly thousands – of would-be international […]
They Created a Muslim Enclave in Upstate N.Y. Then Came the Online Conspiracies.
Source: The New York Times By Rick Rojas HANCOCK, N.Y. — Deep in the dense woods near the Catskill Mountains, a settlement was started decades ago by Muslim families, many […]
North Carolina Boy, 3, Found After Missing in the Woods for 2 Days. He Says He ‘Hung Out With a Bear’
Source: Time By TARA LAW A 3-year-old boy who was found after missing for two days in the North Carolina woods, says he “hung out with a bear.” The child, Casey […]
Want to Stay Safe Online? Use Two-Factor Authentication. Here’s How
Source: Time By PATRICK LUCAS AUSTIN January 23, 2019 The massive and numerous data breaches over the last few years prove at least one thing: Passwords alone can’t protect you. And […]
Tunisia’s Fledgling Democracy Shows Signs of Wear and Tear
Source: Time By IAN BREMMER January 24, 2019 Tunisia will forever be remembered as the birthplace of the Arab Spring in 2011. That has been both a blessing and a curse […]
Russia Wants to Undermine Trust in Elections. Here’s How Rhode Island Is Fighting Back
Source: Time By ABIGAIL ABRAMS / PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND When a group of Rhode Island’s top officials gathered in a chilly warehouse in Providence in mid-January to fight foreign interference in […]
Who Is Roger Stone? Trump Adviser Arrested in Special Counsel Investigation
Source: Time By ABIGAIL ABRAMS Roger Stone, a longtime informal adviser to President Donald Trump, was arrested by the FBI early Friday morning on criminal charges relating to Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation. […]
Endless War. A Visit with the Taliban in Afghanistan
More than 17 years after the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan, the country is still at war. The Afghan army is weak, a resurgent Taliban is mounting fresh attacks and new […]
Former Jakarta governor Basuki attacked on social media for plan to marry Muslim woman
Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja Indonesia Correspondent JAKARTA – Former Jakarta governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, who was just released from prison last week after serving a two-year sentence for blaspheming against Islam, is […]