How did Jesus Christ become an issue in this NC primary?
Source: Charlotte Observer BY JIM MORRILL AND AND TIM FUNK NOVEMBER 27, 2017 04:01 PM UPDATED NOVEMBER 27, 2017 07:44 PM Republican U.S. Rep. Robert Pittenger, who faces a Baptist […]
Here’s a New Reason You Should Worry About Antibiotics
Source: Time By Alexandra Sifferlin Updated: November 28, 2017 4:01 PM ET | Originally published: November 27, 2017 TIME Health For more, visit TIME Health. There’s a global push for doctors and patients to […]
Toxic blasphemy politics threatens Pakistan
By Seth J. Frantzman November 26, 2017 The immediate spark for the protests came from far-right Islamist politicians whipping up populist intolerance against the Ahmadi Muslim minority. A POLICE officer stands guard outside the Batul Noor mosque of the Ahmadi community in Lahore in 2013.. (photo credit: REUTERS) […]
List of demands put forward by TLY and accepted by govt for ending the Faizabad protest
Source: Dawn News The government on Monday gave in to the demands of Tehreek-i-Labaik Ya Rasool Allah (TLY) in order to end the Faizabad sit-in. The agreement document — bearing signatures […]
It’s Not Just Congress. Sexual Harassment Plagues California Legislature Too
Source: Time By Katy Steinmetz November 27, 2017 America is in the midst of a cultural reckoning, as women call out inappropriate behavior they have endured in workplaces from coast to […]
Deal on Rohingya Repatriation Inches Forward, but Hurdles Remain
Source: The New York Times By HANNAH BEECH NOV. 23, 2017 Rohingya refugees preparing an evening meal in the Kutupalong camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, on Thursday. CreditAdam Dean for The New […]
Pope dives into Rohingya crisis upon arrival in Myanmar
Source: Associated Press By NICOLE WINFIELD YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Pope Francis opened a diplomatically fraught trip to Myanmar and Bangladesh on Monday by immediately diving into the crisis over […]
In Pa., students can go to church during school, under a few conditions
Source: USA Today By Joel Shannon, York (Pa.) Daily Record YORK, Pa. — It’s 2:00 on a Thursday afternoon in November — a school day. Right on schedule,18 elementary school students come running: They’re […]
Supreme Court won’t take Texas case over student-led prayer
Source: Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is leaving in place a court ruling that a Texas school board can open its meetings with student-led public prayers without […]
Why Did Ratko Mladic Commit Genocide Against Bosnia’s Muslims?
Source: The New Yorker By David Rohde Minutes before an international war-crimes tribunal in The Hague convicted him, last week, of committing genocide, Ratko Mladić, the former Serbian Army commander, now a […]
After 25 years on the culture war’s front lines, this prominent pastor-activist thinks liberals are winning.
Source: The Washington Post By Michelle Boorstein November 27 Longtime Americans United for Separation of Church and State executive director, Rev. Barry W. Lynn, poses for a portrait outside the Supreme Court of […]
Is There an Evangelical Crisis?
Source: The New York Times BY Ross Douthat About 20 years ago, the eminent sociologist of religion Christian Smith coined a useful and resonant phrase, describing evangelical Christianity in the post-1960s […]
Why Muslim extremists attacked this mosque in Egypt
Source: The Washington Post By Amanda Erickson November 25 On Friday, at least 305 Egyptians were killed by terrorists who detonated a bomb in a crowded mosque, then sprayed frantic worshipers with gunfire as […]
Who are the Sufis and why does IS see them as threatening?
Source: The Conversation Over 200 people were killed and many more injured in an attack on a Sufi mosque in Egypt’s North Sinai region on Friday. The assault began with a […]
Swedish Lutherans urge use of gender-neutral words for God
Source: Associated Press STOCKHOLM (AP) — The Church of Sweden is urging its clergy to use gender-neutral language when referring to the supreme deity, refraining from using terms like “Lord” […]
Here’s what it was like to be Mansa Musa, thought to be the richest person in history
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’s net worth just crossed $100 billion, the first time in modern history that a person has been known to hold such a massive amount of wealth. […]
Our Renaming of Dawn’s Editorial: Pakistan’s March to Islamism
Dawn Editorial: Faizabad surrender is a blow to the legitimacy of government and all state institutions Source: Dawn IT is a surrender so abject that the mind is numb and […]
A Comprehensive Compilation of Anti-Ahmadiyya Publications in Pakistan – Sep – Oct 2017
Minorities Worship Places Under Constant Attack in Pakistan SEPTEMBER 14, 2017 By Waqar Hussain Kashif Nawab, 40, is a regular church-goer in Yohanabad, a majority Christian neighborhood in Lahore. However, […]
Ted Talk: Two Canadas: My story of generosity and systemic racism | Honorable Ahmed Hussen
Epigraph “All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of […]
Congressman Calls Trump ‘An Idiot’ For Using Egypt Mosque Attack To Promote Border Wall
Source: Yahoo News BY Hayley Miller Rep. Filemon Vela (D-Texas) lashed out at President Donald Trump for using Friday’s deadly mass shooting at an Egyptian mosque to keep up his push for construction of […]