Time to end mandated celibacy for priests
Friday, January 25, 2019 As the Catholic Church continues to struggle with its child sex abuse problem, no one seems willing to consider or even mention one obvious answer: end […]
India: Demystified: What Is Citizenship Amendment Bill And Why Is It Causing Protests In The North-East?
By Himanshi Parihar – January 31, 2019 Demystifier: An ED Original where we take a complex topic but the content is written in such a way that it is knowledgeable […]
Minister praises the positive role of Ahmadiyyas
February 1, 2019 Venkat Raman Staff Reporter Auckland, February 1, 2019 Ethnic Communities Minister Jenny Salesa has praised the efforts of the Ahmadiyya community in New Zealand, stating that […]
Rampant Child Abuse in Texas’ Churches
Epigraph: Then We caused Our Messengers to follow in their footsteps; and We caused Jesus, son of Mary, to follow them, and We gave him the Gospel. And We placed […]
Sir Zafrullah Khan Introducing the Holy Quran to the World
Epigraph: “As often as we approach the Quran, it always proves repulsive anew; gradually, however, it attracts, it astonishes, and, in the end forces admiration.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe […]
Why I’m starting a global campaign to remove religion from politics
The world’s leading powers have made grave mistakes when dealing with ideological conflicts, playing into the hands of extremists. That’s why it’s time for an international treaty to ban the […]
As rival states jostle for power in Libya, the fate of one Gaddafi son hangs delicately in the balance
Hannibal Gaddafi has been held in Lebanon since 2015 in connection with the disappearance of three men in 1978 – when he was just two Kim Sengupta The Independent Voices […]
Pew Research: Religious people are happier through out the world
Religion’s Relationship to Happiness, Civic Engagement and Health Around the World In the U.S. and other countries, participation in a congregation is a key factor People who are active in […]
People in Netherlands are most willing to accept Muslims as members of their family
% in each country who say they would be willing to accept Muslims as members of their family: 🇳🇱Netherlands 88% 🇧🇪Belgium 77% 🇫🇮Finland 66% 🇩🇪Germany 55% 🇵🇱Poland 33% 🇭🇺Hungary 21% […]
The Afghan scenario is far from gloomy
Source: AT The statement by Suhail Shaheen, the Taliban spokesman in Doha, via an exclusive video message to Associated Press on Wednesday saying they are not seeking a “monopoly of power” in Kabul could be regarded as the first real sighting of land in the insurgent movement’s uncertain voyage to […]
Running Scared of the Most Gracious and the Most Merciful?
Epigraph But whoso does good works, whether male or female, and is a believer, such shall enter Heaven, and shall not be wronged even as much as the little groove […]
Church service stops after 96 days as asylum family pardoned
Netherlands grants amnesty for family relying on medieval law to shield them in Hague church Daniel Boffey in Brussels Thu 31 Jan 2019 10.32 GMT Pardoned family member Hayarpi Tamrazyan […]
How is the present cold in the US related to global warming?
Polar vortex: what is it and how is it linked to climate change? The polar vortex has broken into ‘two swirling blobs of cold air’, bringing the most frigid […]
Jane Goodall’s GPS interview in full
Source: CNN Fareed Zakaria sits down with Jane Goodall to discuss her extraordinary, lifelong study of chimpanzees, and how it led her to become a leading conservationist. Watch the video […]
Asia Bibi, Pakistani Christian Tried For Blasphemy, Headed To Canada: Family Friend
She spent years in solitary confinement. By Amardeep Bassey, HuffPost UK Asia Bibi, a Christian woman who spent eight years on death row in Pakistan for blasphemy, is expected to […]
Almost half a century after it began, here’s how America’s ‘war on drugs’ is still devastating Latin America
The drug trade has so effectively penetrated state institutions that even the top echelons of the police force and the military have been linked to cartels Maria Useche, Javier San […]
As the UN jabs nervously at the truth about Khashoggi, remember how often journalists’ deaths are brushed aside
Why is the fate of the Saudi reporter of infinitely more pressing importance than that of Yaser Murtaja, shot by the Israelis in Gaza? Robert Fisk @indyvoices The Independent Voices […]
Asia Bibi ‘to join her daughters in Canada’ after cleared of blasphemy charges
The Christian woman spent nine years on a death row in a Pakistani prison for a crime she didn’t commit She can freely travel anywhere: Foreign Office by Dawood Rehman […]
In Arab Nation, Christians, Buddhists and Jews Emerge to Worship
Source: The Wall Street Journal By Asa Fitch Jan. 27, 2019 8:00 a.m. ET DUBAI—Every Friday, on the fourth floor of a hotel conference center in this Arab business hub, […]