Source: BBC Malaysian police are investigating a religious school’s assistant warden for murder, after a schoolboy died in a case that has sparked outrage. The accused had allegedly beaten the […]
Source: BBC By Helen Soteriou 27 April 2017 According to legend, pirate treasure reportedly worth £100 million is buried on an Indian Ocean island. Although the region is […]
Source: BBC By David Cox 27 April 2017 At the Institute of Human Genetics in Aachen, Germany, Dr Ingo Kurth is preparing for a rather unusual appointment. She’s collecting blood […]
Source: Pew Research Center BY GREGORY A. SMITH White evangelicals overwhelmingly voted for Donald Trump in the 2016 election and were a key part of his constituency. As his presidency […]
Source: Pew Research Center Overall, U.S. adults with college degrees are less religious than others, but this pattern does not hold among Christians (Mario Tama/Getty Images) The idea that highly […]
Source: Time By Markham Heid As health-conscious eaters have embraced dietary fat, coconut oil’s stock has skyrocketed. The oil, extracted from the meat of a coconut, is mostly saturated fat, but […]
A human being is part of the whole, called by us “universe,” limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest […]
Source: Religion News Service (RNS) By Kimberly Winston, who is a freelance religion reporter based in the San Francisco Bay Area. She covers atheism and freethought for RNS. Saudi Arabia has […]
By Khalid Ahmad Western critics consider polygamy to be an evil and a curse which runs counter to the highest form of civilization. Unfortunately the West has always blamed Islam which they feel is responsible for introducing and promoting this institution. The truth is that polygamy dates back as far […]
February 2017 Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad – The Promised Messiah and Mahdi (as) The Promised Messiahas wrote over 80 books in Arabic, Urdu, and Persian. Excerpts of his collected works have been translated into English and organised by topic. The Review of Religions is pleased to present these excerpts as […]
By Thomson Reuters Foundation – Apr 26,2017 – JORDAN TIMES A Syrian boy stands against a bullet-riddled wall in the rebel-held town of Douma, on the eastern outskirts of the Syrian capital Damascus, on Monday (AFP photo) LONDON — Trade in illegal organs is a booming business in […]
April 26, 2017 Pete Baumgartner Crimean Tatars pray inside a mosque during the Eid al-Adha festival in Crimea. The annexed Ukrainian peninsula has been referenced in a new report on religious freedom that criticizes Russia’s “repressive policies” toward people of certain faiths. Share Print A U.S. government commission on religious […]
Reuters International APR 27, 2017 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a joint news conference at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 20, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo (reuters_tickers) By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump has given the military the authority to reset a confusing […]
Reuters International APR 26, 2017 – FILE PHOTO: U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts speaks at the dedication of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, U.S., September 24, 2016. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo (reuters_tickers) By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Chief Justice John […]
Reuters International APR 26, 2017 – LONDON (Reuters) – Ten Iranian border guards were killed by Sunni militants in a cross-border attack on the frontier with Pakistan on Wednesday, Tasnim news agency reported. The militant group called Jaish al Adl, or the Army of Justice, has claimed responsibility, the report […]
By Abdelhafidh Abdeleli APR 26, 2017 Judaism is a non-Christian religion which has long been recognised officially in Switzerland. (Keystone) A multicultural society is often a multi-religious one. How can Switzerland best manage its growing diversity and the frictions which can arise? We speak with a legal specialist about […]
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Source: The Wall Street Journal By Corinne Ramey The first Buddhist chaplain in the New York City correction department tries helping jail staff at Rikers Island by transporting them to […]
Source: The Detroit News BY Robert Snell Detroit — An Islamic group is pushing a local mosque to denounce female genital mutilation amid a widening conspiracy involving members of the sect […]
Source: NPR BY LAUREL WAMSLEY In November, young boxer Amaiya Zafar traveled from Minnesota to Florida to fight her first competitive bout. But before Zafar even had her gloves on, officials […]