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, […]
Quebec government asks Montreal school boards if information on staffers wearing religious symbols exists
Source: The Globe and Mail BY RYAN REMIORZ/THE CANADIAN PRESS The Quebec government has asked several school boards in the Montreal region if they have a count of teachers who […]
Pakistan upholds acquittal of woman in blasphemy case
Source: Associated Press By KATHY GANNON ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s top court on Tuesday upheld its acquittal of a Christian woman who spent eight years on death row after being […]
It’s Hilarious That the Pope Called Mary the “First Influencer,” but It’s Also Totally Something He Would Do
Source: Slate By RUTH GRAHAM Photo illustration by Slate. Photos by Thom Masat / Unsplash, Grant Whitty/Unsplash, Thomas Quaritsch/Unsplash, and Peter Paul Rubens/Wikipedia. This past weekend, Pope Francis called the […]
Islam and the State: A Counter Narrative
Source: Author’s website (Political Issues) By Javed Ahmad Ghamidi (Tr. by:Dr. Shehzad Saleem) The situation which has been created today for Islam and Muslims in the whole world by certain […]
American Nobel Laureate Knew About Chinese Scientist Gene-Editing Babies, But Did Not Report Him, Emails Show
Source: Time By CANDICE CHOI AND MARILYNN MARCHIONE Long before the claim of the world’s first gene-edited babies became public, Chinese researcher He Jiankui shared the news with a U.S. Nobel laureate who […]
Sarah Sanders: Donald Trump Is President Because God Wanted Him There
Source: Huffington Post By Rebecca Shapiro White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said she believed God wanted Donald Trump to become president in an interview with Christian Broadcasting Network Wednesday. “I think God […]
A Former Pastor Of Trump’s Church Says He Never Saw Him There
Source: Huffington Post BY Sara Boboltz President Donald Trump gave Bible literacy legislation a shout-out on Monday with a tweet praising states that are “starting to make a turn back” to an […]