Source: Reuters By Jilian Mincer | NEW YORK American women are ending pregnancies with medication almost as often as with surgery, marking a turning point for abortion in the United States, data reviewed by Reuters shows. The watershed comes amid an overall decline in abortion, a choice that remains politically […]
Source: The New York Times By CHRISTINA ANDERSONOCT LUND, Sweden — Almost 500 years after Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses to a church door, setting off more than a century of religious warfare and forever changing the practice of Christianity worldwide, Pope Francis on Monday urged atonement and Christian […]
Source: Associated Press By MARIA DANILOVA FILE – In this July 17, 2016 file photo, Islamic cleric Fethullah Gulen speaks to members of the… Read more WASHINGTON (AP) — A senior State Department official said Monday that Turkey’s contention that a Pennsylvania-based Muslim cleric and his followers were involved in […]
Source: Reuters By Alistair Scrutton and Philip Pullella | MALMO, SWEDEN Pope Francis celebrated Mass on Tuesday for Sweden’s tiny Catholic community, made up of many refugees and migrants, praising […]
Source: BBC By Paul Rincon Science editor, BBC News website 31 October 2016 Image copyrightGETTY IMAGES Scientists have transformed the humble spinach plant into a bomb detector. By embedding tiny tubes in the plants’ leaves, they can be made to pick up chemicals called nitro-aromatics, which are found in landmines […]
Source: BBC By Melissa Hogenboom 1 November 2016 Off the north-east coast of Scotland, 3,300ft (1,000m) under the sea, life is thriving amidst an otherwise drab and muddy ocean […]
Source: BBC By Husna Haq 1 November 2016 When Yazan Fadhli introduces himself to people and mentions that he’s from Iraq, his homeland conjures questions about the Islamic State, sectarian […]
Source: Time By Alice Park The Zika virus is known to influence developing fetuses and pregnant women, and now researchers are turning their attention to the possible effects on men. There is growing evidence that Zika can be sexually transmitted from an infected man to another partner, and studies show […]
Source: Motto By Krysta Rodriguez “At least you caught it early.” If you have ever had cancer and lucked into surviving, as I did, you will hear this phrase almost daily. It’s well-meaning, it’s comforting and it makes everything seem OK. That is, if you’re the person saying it. If […]
The middle section of this interview is about women rights, segregation and Hijab in Islam, starting at minute 11 of this video. Peter Mansbridge One on One with Hazrat Mirza […]
Source: Huffington Post By Mohamud Awil Mohamed; Student of History and the Islamic Sciences, passionate about social justice, mental health and the liberating power of storytelling. Existing at perhaps the […]
Islam and Psychology: A Collection of ArticlesSource: USA Today By Tyler J. VanderWeele and John Siniff Church attendance is correlated with longer life and a sense of meaning. If one […]
Source: RNS By Jacob Lupfer (RNS) On Monday (Oct. 31) in Sweden, Pope Francis will take part in an ecumenical service commemorating the beginning of the Protestant Reformation’s 500th year. […]
Source: The Washington Post By Julie Zauzmer Peter Manseau was born for this job. The son of a priest and a nun, Manseau was meant to be a scholar making […]
Source: CNN By Daniel Burke, CNN Religion Editor Editor’s note: This is the second of two stories on the religious beliefs of the presidential nominees. Read about the faith of Donald Trump here. (CNN)At a Catholic charity event this month, Hillary Clinton, a onetime Sunday school teacher, made a small […]
Source: The Washington Post By Julie Zauzmer SOUDERTON, Pa. — She stepped into the pitch-dark room, illuminated only by eerie flames, as the sound of moans and shrieks rose over the ominous music. A hooded figure, dressed in black, leapt from the darkness to hiss in her ear. Shadeilyz Castro burst […]
The city police department’s new chaplain to its Muslim officers holds rather archaic and sexist views when it comes to the role of women. BY MEIRA SVIRSKY, Mon, October 31, 2016 http://www.clarionproject.org/analysis/toronto-pd%E2%80%99s-muslim-chaplain-wives-must-be-available-sex Musleh Kahn (Screenshot) The Toronto police department has appointed a new chaplain to service its Muslim officers. […]
Source: BBC Iraqi special forces are now less than 1.5km from the eastern outskirts of Mosul and are preparing to enter the city held by Islamic State fighters. Hundreds of Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS) troops entered Bazwaya, the last village before the city limits, after launching a dawn assault on Monday. […]
Source: BBC Angry residents of the Indian capital, Delhi, are sharing images of smog, one day after Diwali celebrations saw huge quantities of fireworks set off. Levels of pollutants in […]
Source: BBC Harry Reid accused FBI director James Comey of violating an act which bars officials from influencing an election. News of the FBI inquiry comes less than two weeks […]