India’s Assam shuts down over plans to amend citizenship law
Source: Al Jazeera The government plans to make it easier for Hindus, Buddhists and Christians to get citizenship while excluding Muslims. by Zeenat Saberin & Abdul Gani Critics say […]
The Trump Administration Wants to Define a Person’s Sex at Birth. It’s Just Not That Simple
Source: Time By Elizabeth Reis, who is a professor of gender and bioethics at the Macaulay Honors College, City University of New York and the author of Bodies in Doubt: An […]
How Hunger Fuels Crime and Violence in Venezuela
Source: Time By Ciara Nugent | Photographs by Ignacio Marin October 23, 2018 Desperate people in Venezuela don’t rob stores or banks. There would be no point; cash machines have been mostly […]
US white nationalist Richard Spencer’s wife says he abused her
Source: BBC News The wife of US white nationalist Richard Spencer has accused him of being “physically, verbally and emotionally abusive”, US media report. In papers filing for divorce, Nina […]
Meghan’s message of female empowerment in Fiji
Source: BBC News Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, is touring Fiji with Prince Harry. In her maiden speech on the tour, she spoke about how important it is for women to […]
Ghamidi’s Urdu Interview: Rationality Versus Orthodoxy in Islam?
Suggested reading Do Muslims Prefer Camels Over Modern Cars? Reason or Orthodoxy: Which One Should Rule? The Holy Quran and the Seventh Century Arabian Metaphors Is God Alive or Dead: A Metaphor for […]
The Vatican Debating to Open Priesthood to Married Men
The Vatican is laying the groundwork to open formal debate on opening up the priesthood to married men in parts of the world where clergy are scarce. https://t.co/vSY6z57l6V — Religion News Service (@RNS) October 23, 2018 Suggested Reading for the best understanding of personal religion in the 21st century Deciding […]
Wildlife Photographer of the Year: Gazing monkeys image wins
Source: BBC By Jonathan Amos; BBC Science Correspondent Two snub-nosed monkeys are pictured resting on a stone and staring intently into the distance. What are they looking at, and what are […]
Documentaries about the Nobel Laureate: Dr. Abdus Salam
Mohammad Abdus Salam[4][5][6] NI, SPk, KBE (/sæˈlæm/; Punjabi, Urdu: عبد السلام, pronounced [əbd̪ʊs səlaːm]; 29 January 1926 – 21 November 1996),[7] was a Pakistani theoretical physicist. He shared the 1979 Nobel Prize in Physics with Sheldon Glashow and Steven Weinberg for his contribution to the electroweak unification theory.[8] He was the […]
Belief is back: why the world is putting its faith in religion
Source: Guardian By Neil MacGregor, who was the director of the British Museum between 2002-2015. He is the author of A History of the World in 100 Objects and Living […]
Thousands of Canada’s indigenous children died in church-run boarding schools. Where are they buried?
Source: The Washington Post By Amanda Coletta TORONTO — Armed with everything from school attendance records to drones, researchers across Canada are racing to shed light on a bleak part of the […]
Mount Athos, a Male-Only Holy Retreat, Is Ruffled by Tourists and Russia
Source: The New York Times By Neil MacFarquhar MOUNT ATHOS, Greece — The skulls, lined up five deep on wooden shelves, date back hundreds of years, with the names of […]
Birth of a new Ukrainian church brings fears of violence
Source: Associated Press By YURAS KARMANAU KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — The rough-looking young men brought clubs and brass knuckles to the Pechersk Monastery in Kiev , one of Orthodox Christianity’s most important […]
Row over Muslim scholar’s invitation to preach at Anglican service
Source: The Guardian By Harriet Sherwood, Religion correspondent Blog claims sermon by imam at Oxford church contrary to ‘sacred act of divine worship’ in keeping with C of E rites An […]
Coalition airstrike targets mosque used by Islamic State
Source: Associated Press By LOLITA C. BALDOR AL-UDEID AIR BASE, Qatar (AP) — An airstrike by the U.S.-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group targeted a mosque in Syria last […]
Young Catholics urge Vatican to issue inclusive LGBT message
Source: Associated Press By NICOLE WINFIELD VATICAN CITY (AP) — Catholic bishops are entering their final week of debate over hot-button issues facing young Catholics, including how the church should […]
Australia’s Jerusalem ploy fails to avoid by-election beating, risks Muslim backlash
Source: Reuters By Tom Westbrook , Colin Packham SYDNEY (Reuters) – In the kosher cafes of Sydney’s east, Australia’s surprise move to mull recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital won some […]
Want to leave the Catholic Church? Officially, you can’t.
Source: The Washington Post By Dan Waidelich Mary Combs remembers her last Mass. It was about 15 years ago, when sexual abuse by Catholic clergy in Boston, her hometown, was […]
Ahmadi Muslims welcome their spiritual leader to Baltimore County mosque
Source: The Baltimore Sun BY Michael Dresser Contact ReporterThe Baltimore Sun Ahmadi Muslims from around the United States and Canada welcomed the spiritual leader of their faith to their Baltimore […]
Pakistani doctor elected President of Royal Society of Medicine’s ENT section
Source: The News LONDON: A British Pakistani has been elected as President of the Royal Society of Medicine (ENT Section) in recognition of his services to Britain’s National Health Service […]