Three arrested over Qld mosque harassment
Source: The Australian BY David Sigston Australian Associated Press Three men will face court accused of badgering worshippers at two Brisbane mosques. The group, believed to be members of the […]
Why migraines are so misunderstood
Source: BBC News By Lauren Sharkey The first time I experienced a migraine was one evening after school. A dull headache turned into splitting pain, blurring my vision and converting […]
Duterte is Assassinating Opponents Under the Cover of the Drug War, Philippine Rights Groups Say
Source: Time By Joseph Hincks July 5, 2018 The assassination of two provincial mayors in two days has raised fresh fears that law and order in the Philippines—already in a […]
Half the country thinks Donald Trump is a racist. HALF.
Source: CNN Analysis by Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large (CNN)A new Quinnipiac University poll has a striking result: 49% of people said they believe President Donald Trump to be a racist […]
Red-hot planet: All-time heat records have been set all over the world during the past week
Source: The Washington Post By Jason Samenow July 5 at 10:51 AM Simulation of maximum temperatures on July 3 from American (GFS) weather model at two meters above the ground. […]
What to Know About Denmark’s Controversial Plan to Eradicate Immigrant “Ghettos”
By Billy Perrigo July 2, 2018 Pupils in 24 Danish schools will be “guinea pigs” for a new policy aimed at integrating non-Western immigrants into Danish society. From 2019, it […]
A Health Care Worker Is Accused of Killing 8 Babies and Trying to Kill 6 Others
Source: Time By ASSOCIATED PRESS July 3, 2018 (LONDON) — British police arrested a female health care worker Tuesday on suspicion of murdering eight babies and trying to kill six others […]
Denmark’s “Ghetto” Policies Are an Ominous Sign That Liberal Europe Is Starting to Unravel at the Seams
Source: Time By AMRO ALI Ali is a sociologist based in Alexandria, Egypt. At the blazing apogee of the Second World War, a poignant essay on the embattled life of refugees and immigrants […]
Is God male? The Episcopal Church debates whether to change its Book of Common Prayer.
Source: The Washington Post By Julie Zauzmer The terms for God, in the poetic language of the prayers written for centuries, have almost always been male: Father. King. Lord. And […]
Britain’s royal family is ready for its first same-sex marriage — even as some straight Britons opt out
Source: Los Angeles Times By CHRISTINA BOYLE JUL 03, 2018 | 3:00 AM In Britain, heterosexual couples are now fighting for the right to not wed, while same-sex partners are embracing the age-old […]
A group of Christians attended a pride parade to apologize for how they’ve treated the LGBT community
Source: CNN By Ursula Perano, CNN Updated 0039 GMT (0839 HKT) July 3, 2018 Members of the Church of Freedom in Christ Ministries apologize for Christians at a gay pride […]
Australian Archbishop Sentenced To Home Detention For Sex Abuse Cover-Up
Source: NPR A Roman Catholic archbishop in Australia convicted of covering up child sex abuse by a fellow priest that occurred more than four decades ago, has been sentenced to […]
MP: May is ‘failing women’ by not acting over Northern Ireland abortion laws
Source: Belfast Telegraph By David Hughes Theresa May has faced calls to act urgently to give MPs the opportunity to liberalise Northern Ireland’s abortion laws. The Prime Minister has been […]
UK government to ban ‘gay conversion therapy’
Source: CNN By James Masters, CNN London (CNN)The British government is planning to outlaw so-called gay conversion therapy as part of an effort to counter intolerance and discrimination. The £4.5 […]
Bomb Rattles an Afghan Minority So Small ‘No One Is a Stranger’
Source: The New York Times By Mujib Mashal and Fatima Faizi KABUL, Afghanistan — In downtown Kabul, from a large mural painted on blast walls at the end of a busy shopping […]
New book counters myths about Muslims in America
Source: Rice University News and Media By Amy Mccaig A new book from a Rice University sociologist responds to stereotypes of and misinformation about Muslims in the United States from […]
July 4th: Muslims have been an integral part of the United States of America since her birth
Source: The Huffington Post By Mike Ghouse, who is committed to build a cohesive America and offers pluralistic solutions on issues of the day. Did you know that the […]
Malaysia 1MDB: Ex-Prime Minister Najib arrested by anti-corruption officials
Source: BBC News Former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak has been arrested by anti-corruption authorities and is due to be charged on Wednesday. Mr Najib, who has long been plagued […]
The best way to understand ourselves?
Source: BBC News By Fiona Macdonald 26 June 2018 A man talking to a skull. A monologue about suicide, at the porous border between sanity and madness. A girl drowning […]
How perfectionism leads to depression
Source: BBC News This article originally appeared on The Conversation, and is republished under a Creative Commons licence. The authors are Marianne Etherson, PhD candidate and graduate teaching assistant at York […]