Church of England threatens oil firm crackdown
Source: BBC News The Church of England is to sell its shares in oil and gas firms that fail to do enough to tackle climate change. It will pull its […]
Pope says walls, occupation and fundamentalism hamper Mideast peace
Source: Reuters By Philip Pullella BARI, Italy (Reuters) – Pope Francis led a summit of Christian leaders on how to promote peace in the Middle East on Saturday and said […]
Al Qaeda-Backed Terrorist Group Has a New Target: Plastic Bags
Source: The New York Times By Rukmini Callimachi Over the years, the Shabab, a terrorist group in East Africa that has pledged allegiance to Al Qaeda, have banned music, cinemas, […]
Iran executes 8 over 2017 Islamic State attack on Tehran
Source: Associated Press By AMIR VAHDAT and JON GAMBRELL TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran executed eight men convicted over the 2017 Islamic State attack on parliament and the shrine of […]
Japanese cult leader Shoko Asahara executed for Tokyo sarin attack
Source: CNN By James Griffiths and Yoko Wakatsuki, CNN Tokyo (CNN)Seven members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult, which carried out the deadly 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway, have been […]
Italian Catholic priests go to war with Salvini over immigration
Source: The Guardian BY Angela Giuffridaand Lorenzo Tondo Gianfranco Formenton, a priest in Umbria, has long preached against racism. Gianfranco Formenton, a priest in Italy’s central Umbria region who has long preached […]
Clash Between Duterte and Catholic Church in Philippines Intensifies
Source: The Wall Street Journal By Jake Maxwell Watts July 9, 2018 8:52 a.m. ET A public feud between President Rodrigo Duterte and the Roman Catholic Church in the Philippines […]
Duterte vows to resign if anybody can prove God exists
Source: Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine president, who recently sparked outrage for calling God stupid, has courted new controversy in his largely Roman Catholic country by saying […]
Jalsa Salana Muslim convention focuses on nine principles of peace
Source: The Star By PETER EDWARDS Staff Reporter The first time there was a Jalsa Salana Muslim convention in Toronto, it was possible to fit all the attendees into a single photograph. […]
How to Have the Most Fun in Your Free Time, According to Science
Source: Time By JAMIE DUCHARME The calendar is an indispensable tool in our over-committed and over-stimulated culture, and one no longer reserved solely for work commitments and appointments. Many busy people, […]
Why Vertigo is so horrifying today
Source: BBC News By Nicholas Barber 9 July 2018 Vertigo gets better with age. Alfred Hitchcock’s mind-bending mystery wasn’t a critical or commercial hit when it was released 60 years […]
Can you train people to be less biased?
Source: BBC News This story is from The Inquiry on BBC World Service. It was presented by Helen Grady and produced by Josephine Casserly and Dearbhail Starr. To listen to more episodes of The Inquiry, please click here. Adapted by Sarah Keating. In April two black men went into a Starbucks in Philadelphia. They were early for a business meeting, so they sat down to wait. Two minutes […]
Coverage of American Muslims is Bigoted and Inaccurate. This Group is Using Hard Facts to Fix it
Source: Huffington Post By Rowaida Abdelaziz Studies have shown that 80 percent of news coverage about Muslims is overwhelmingly negative. An organization looking to use data to combat the overwhelming […]
Japan floods: ‘Extreme danger’ amid record rainfall
Source: BBC News “We’ve never experienced this kind of rain before,” a weather official said. More than 60 people are dead and dozens missing after record rainfall caused rivers to […]
Religion, The Supreme Court, And Why It Matters
Source: NPR By SARAH MCCAMMO & DOMENICO MONTANARO Lots of controversial cases at the intersection of religion and the law wind up before the Supreme Court. And, for most of U.S. […]
Trump’s possible Supreme Court nominees: The faith factor
Source: Religion News Service By Emily McFarlan Miller (RNS) — The three judges have been on the legal world’s radar since they appeared in November on a White House list of potential Supreme Court […]
Your Morning Cup of Coffee Is in Danger. Can the Industry Adapt in Time?
Source: Time By JUSTIN WORLAND/ALAJUELA, COSTA RICA June 21, 2018 Howard Schultz wants to know if I drink coffee. The Starbucks boss is sitting on a balcony overlooking the company’s leafy farm in […]
What the Qur’an Meant: And Why It Matters
Source of review: Amazon By Garry Wills, who is one of the most respected writers on religion today. He is the author of Saint Augustine’s Childhood, Saint Augustine’s Memory, and […]
Switzerland: Wildlife: Rare bear seen again in the Bern area
This content was published on July 5, 2018 Like Finn (pictured), who lives in the BearPark in Bern, is wild bear M29 going to stay in Switzerland? (KEYSTONE/Peter Klaunzer) Swiss wildlife […]
About His Holiness – Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad
About His Holiness His Holiness Mirza Masroor Ahmad (Mir-za Mas-roor Ah-mad), is the fifth Khalifa (Caliph) of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. Elected to this lifelong position on 22nd April 2003, […]