For American Muslims, family border separations are personal
Source: Religion News Service BY Aysha Khan (RNS) — When Imam Arjan Abu Sa’ad turned on the news to see reports of toddlers being pulled from their families and detained in […]
For most highly educated women, motherhood doesn’t start until the 30s
Source: Pew Research Center BY GRETCHEN LIVINGSTON When should women who want to advance professionally have children? The public is split — 36% say that having kids early in her career […]
A third of U.S. adults say they have used fertility treatments or know someone who has
Source: Pew Research Center BY GRETCHEN LIVINGSTON Triplets Rosalie, Regan and Rocco Mullane, now age 3, were among the many in vitro fertilization children taking part in the Boston IVF Baby […]
More Women Are Having Heart Attacks During Pregnancy and Birth
Source: Time By ALEXANDRA SIFFERLIN The number of women who have a heart attack during pregnancy, labor or in the weeks following birth appears to be rising. In a new study, published Wednesday […]
Jewish nation state: Israel approves controversial bill
Source: BBC News Israel’s parliament has passed a controversial law characterising the country as principally a Jewish state, fuelling anger among its Arab minority. The “nation state” law says Jews […]
Australia overtaking UK for overseas students
Source: BBC News By Sean Coughlan BBC News education and family correspondent Image copyrightGETTY IMAGESImage captionStudents arriving in Melbourne – ranked this year as one of the world’s best student […]
Richard Dawkins accused of Islamophobia after comparing ‘lovely church bells’ to ‘aggressive-sounding Allahu Akhbar’
Source: Independent By Samuel Osborn Richard Dawkins has been accused of Islamophobia after he suggested the Muslim call to prayer was “aggressive-sounding” compared to the “so much nicer” sound of church bells. […]
Religious education needs overhaul to reflect UK, says report
Source: The Guardian Ex-education secretary says assemblies, syllabus and admissions policy need change By Harriet Sherwood Religion correspondent The law on RE has become a barrier to schools’ ability to help […]
In West Bank, 99.7% of Public Land Grants by Israel Go to Settlers
Source: The New York Times By Isabel Kershner JERUSALEM — Over five decades in control of the West Bank, Israel has marked out hundreds of thousands of acres as public […]
Turkish court rejects appeals to release jailed American pastor
Source: The Washington Post By Kareem Fahim ALIAGA, Turkey — A Turkish court on Wednesday rejected appeals to release Andrew Brunson, an American pastor being tried on terrorism-related charges whose prosecution and […]
ISIS is making a comeback in Iraq just months after Baghdad declared victory
Source: The Washington Post By Liz Sly and Mustafa SalimJuly 17Email the author BAGHDAD — The Islamic State is creeping back into parts of central Iraq just seven months after the government declared victory […]
The elite engineers leading a challenge to India’s homosexuality ban
Source: Reuters BY Sai Sachin Ravikumar, Tanvi Mehta NEW DELHI (Reuters) – When Akhilesh Godi was depressed and contemplated suicide while questioning his sexuality, he could not bring himself to see […]
With Weddings in Cyprus, Israelis and Lebanese Bridge a Divide
Source: The New York Times By Ben Hubbard LARNAKA, Cyprus — They eat falafel, live on the Mediterranean and worry that a new war could erupt across the hostile border […]
Victorian judge bans niqab in court’s public gallery
Source: The Guardian By Calla Wahlquist A Victorian judge has banned a woman whose husband is facing terrorism charges from wearing a niqab in court, saying it posed a potential security […]
Myanmar police focused interrogation on Rohingya story: Reuters journalist
Source: Reuters BY Thu Thu Aung, Aye Min Thant YANGON (Reuters) – A Reuters reporter on trial in Myanmar said the police questioning after he and a colleague were arrested in […]
Genetic Screening To Be Tailored For Amish Newborns In Wisconsin
Source: WISCONSIN PUBLIC RADIO By Kate Archer Kent University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers are working to expand newborn genetic screening for Wisconsin’s Amish and Old Order Mennonite, collectively known as Plain sect communities. […]
Is China’s atheist Communist Party trying to eradicate Islam?
Source: South China Morning Post In a west China city, Muslim children have been banned from religious activity, while authorities have curtailed the number of people over 16 allowed to […]
Belgium struggles to manage its burgeoning Islamic scene
Source: The Economist As Donald Trump stormed through Brussels this week, alternatively dishing out anti-European tirades and paeans of fawning praise, he had little time to mingle with the city’s […]
Duterte vs. God
Source: Foreign Policy By Emily Schultheis Relatives of people killed during the anti-drug operation participate in a Catholic-led protest in Manila on November 5, 2017. (NOEL CELIS/AFP/Getty Images) MANILA, Philippines […]
Creating God
Source: NPR BY Shankar Vedantam ,Laura Kwerel,Tara Boyle ,Rhaina Cohen,Parth Shah,Lucy Perkins and Jennifer Schmidt Let’s take a moment to go back in time. For most of human history, we […]