Malala’s brief but revealing homecoming to Pakistan
Source: BBC News By M Ilyas Khan Malala Yousafzai’s first homecoming in six years was brief, and revealing. Brief, given the amount of time she would have otherwise liked to […]
Fiji PM: Climate change threatens our survival
Source: BBC News Fiji’s prime minister has said the Pacific island nation is in “a fight for survival” as climate change brings “almost constant” deadly cyclones. Frank Bainimarama said Fiji […]
Was ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ anti-Semitic?
Source: Religion News Service By Jeffrey Salkin | April 2, 2018 John Legend, as Jesus, is carried during a dress rehearsal scene from NBC’s “Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert.” Photo by Virginia […]
‘Love a Muslim Day’ list in response to hate letter
Source: BBC The man who created a ‘Love a Muslim Day’ list in response to letters promoting hateful acts hopes his idea will “bring people together”. It was sparked by […]
A disturbing number of millennials believe that the Earth is flat, study reveals
Source: Independent By Greg Evans The Flat Earth conspiracy is starting to feel like that annoying relative who always outstays their welcome at family events. The more coverage that it […]
Same-sex marriage supporter easily wins Costa Rica elections
Source: Associated Press By JAVIER CORDOBA SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — Voters gave a resounding no to an evangelical pastor who rose to political prominence by campaigning against same-sex […]
Pope, after Gaza violence, says ‘defenseless’ being killed in Holy Land
Source: Reuters BY Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis, in his Easter address on Sunday, called for peace in the Holy Land two days after 15 Palestinians were […]
Does Hell Exist? And Did the Pope Give an Answer?
Source: The New York Times By JASON HOROWITZ Pope Francis has had several chats with a left-wing Italian journalist who considers himself an atheist and occasionally puts words in the pope’s […]
Turkish president recites Muslim prayer at the Hagia Sophia
Source: Associated Press By ZEYNEP BILGINSOY ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s president recited an Islamic prayer Saturday in the Hagia Sophia, a historic Istanbul landmark that has become a symbol of […]
Nazis destroyed this Berlin synagogue. A Muslim politician and a Jewish leader want to rebuild it.
Source: The Washington Post By Luisa Beck April 1 at 4:37 PM Email the author A memorial marks the vacant lot in Berlin’s Kreuzberg neighborhood where the Fraenkelufer synagogue once stood. There are […]
Major Jewish private donor ditches Labour over antisemitism
Source: The Guardian BY Michael Savage One of Labour’s biggest private donors has said he no longer feels “any affinity or connection” with the party, and accuses its leadership of failing […]
Anxious Hong Kong Catholics told to make leap of faith over China deal
Source: Reuters By Greg Torode, Venus Wu HONG KONG (Reuters) – A looming deal between the Vatican and China is causing divisions between the church hierarchy and Catholics in Hong Kong, […]
Tibetan leader urges efforts to enable Dalai Lama’s return
Source: Associated Press DHARMSALA, India (AP) — The prime minister of the self-declared Tibetan government-in-exile urged his compatriots Saturday to strengthen efforts to make the return of the Dalai Lama […]
Hijab ban attempt is ‘racism dressed up as liberalism’, teachers’ conference told
Source: The Guardian By Richard Adams Education editor Amanda Spielman has called for ‘muscular liberalism’ to promote British values in schools. Photograph: Graeme Robertson for the Guardian Efforts to bar girls […]
2 British IS members say hostage beheadings were a ‘mistake’
Source: Associated Press By SARAH EL DEEB and ANDREA ROSA KOBANI, Syria (AP) — Two British militants believed to have been part of an Islamic State group cell notorious for […]
Are ‘Trump Christians’ really Christian?
Source: Boston Globe By Margery Eagan IT’S THE DAY after Easter, 2018, a good time to call out Donald Trump supporters who claim to be Christians. They’re not. Here’s the […]
Democrats Are Christians, Too
Source: The New York Times By Amy Sullivan March 31, 2018 Now that Stormy Daniels has confirmed on national television that Donald Trump initiated sex with her just months after his […]
Yes, we’ve lost our faith in God, but we’ve lost our faith in reason too
Source: The Guardian By Kenan Malik Abandon all hope, ye who enter here. So runs the inscription above the gates of hell in Dante’s Inferno. Through those gates walks Dante […]
You should read the Bible
Source: The Washington Post By Christine Emba Columnist March 30 Email the author On Wednesday, the Wall Street Journal was compelled to issue an amusing, if embarrassing, correction after misquoting Israel’s prime minister the day before. […]
How the FBI Infiltrated the Civil Rights Movement
Source: MSN News By Marc Perrusquia Bobby Doctor understood the movement came with peril. Eagerly, he dodged fists and boots while integrating lunch counters; he negotiated angry mobs as he marched […]