How a child rape became a religious flashpoint for India
Source: BBC News India’s top court has moved the trial in the rape and murder of an eight-year-old Muslim girl out of the state of Jammu and Kashmir. The BBC’s […]
PM Orban vows to preserve Hungary’s Christian culture
Source: Reuters BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Viktor Orban said on Monday the main task of his new government will be to preserve Hungary’s security and Christian culture, sticking to his nationalist […]
Erdogan slams French personalities over statement on Quran
Source: Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has reacted angrily to a group of some 300 well-known French personalities who urged prominent Muslims to denounce anti-Jewish […]
In historic votes, Lutherans elect two African-American women bishops
Source: RNS By Mark A. Kellner The Rev. Patricia A. Davenport speaks after being elected bishop of the ELCA Southeastern Pennsylvania Synod during its assembly at Franconia Mennonite Church in Telford, […]
A Genetic Test Could Help Predict the Right Antidepressant For You
Source: Time Depression is a complicated condition, and so are the people it affects. It’s often difficult — and can take months or even years — to find the right drugs to treat the heterogeneous mood disorder. But for decades, doctors have been treating depression essentially by prescribing a drug and […]
Hitting Women – That’s Messed Up – Nouman Ali Khan
I believe every ayah is a perfect gift from Allah. So protecting the integrity of an ayah about hitting women is very important. A new episode of “That’s Messed Up” […]
Domestic Violence: New York AG Eric Schneiderman resigns over assault allegations
Washington (CNN) New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has resigned, following a report on allegations of assault by multiple women in The New Yorker. “It’s been my great honor and […]
From the Ismaili Community: What Does Mawlana Hazar Imam Do with the Religious Dues (Zakat/Dasond) given by the Community?
Posted on March 8, 2018 by Ismaili Gnostic EDITORS’ NOTE: This post is originally from the The Essential Ismaili website, which will be taken offline in May 2018. This article […]
Pakistan and India, the failure of nation state idea
Pakistan and India are two foremost examples today of why the idea of nation state as organization of humanity has turned out to be an unmitigated disaster at least in this Century. The Peace of Westphalia in 1648 was no doubt an iconic achievement bringing to an end the wars […]
God’s Divine Plan = Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad a.s.
I am quite certain that the manner in which God Almighty now draws near and manifests Himself and reveals hundreds of matters of the unseen to His servant, is […]
Twitter being weaponized as 4 million anti-Semitic Tweets posted in 2017, ADL reports
Source: Haaretz Report highlights uptick in anti-Semitic tweets in months when white supremacists held rally in Charlottesville and President Donald Trump announced decision to move U.S. Embassy in Israel to […]
‘We are shocked’: More than 1,000 Southern Baptist women denounce leader’s ‘objectifying’ comments, advice to abused women
Source: The Washington Post By Sarah Pulliam Bailey More than 1,000 Southern Baptist women have signed an open letter to the trustees of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary that says they are “grieved by […]
What Lebanon’s elections can teach us about the importance of religion
Source: The Washington Post By Melani Cammett, Dominika Kruszewska and Sami Attalah May 5 Supporters of Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri, who is a candidate for the parliamentary elections to be held May 6, cheer […]
Promised temple is coming, visiting apostle Dieter Uchtdorf tells Russia’s Mormons, but the process ‘will be slow’
Source: The Salt Lake Tribune By Peggy Fletcher Stack When LDS Church President Russell M. Nelson declared April 1that the Utah-based faith planned to build a temple at a yet-to-be-determined […]
Quebec Mosque Shooter Was Consumed by Refugees, Trump and Far Right
Source: The New York Times BY DAN BILEFSKY QUEBEC — When Alexandre Bissonnette learned of Justin Trudeau’s now-famous tweet welcoming refugees to Canada, the waif-like 28-year-old political science student told police that he snapped. Just […]
Iraq-born refugee could become first Arabic speaker to head Britain’s Jews
Source: The Guardian Baghdad-born candidate standing for presidency of UK’s most powerful Jewish group says more diverse representation is needed BY Harriet Sherwood Religion Correspondent Edwin Shuker on a trip back […]
Raul Castro’s daughter to push for gay marriage in Cuba
Source: Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — Mariela Castro, a Cuban lawmaker and daughter of Communist Party chief Raul Castro, says she will push for gay marriage to be included in a constitutional reform process expected to begin in July. The reform is expected to encompass a wide range of modernizing […]
Germany’s Liberal Bishops Gain Influence Under Pope Francis
Source: The Wall Street Journal By Francis X. Rocca ROME—Germany’s Catholic bishops, after decades of being out of favor at the Vatican, have regained influence at the church’s highest levels […]
Over a dozen killed in mosque blast, as violence grips Afghanistan
Source: CNN By Sheena McKenzie and Ehsan Popalzai, CNN (CNN)At least 14 people were killed and 33 others injured after an explosion at a mosque in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday, […]
Islamic countries call Rohingya crisis ‘ethnic cleansing’
Source: Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A grouping of Islamic countries said Myanmar’s treatment of Rohingya Muslims is a “serious and blatant violation of international law” and it is […]