Source: Associated Press By NICOLE WINFIELD VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has removed two cardinals from his informal cabinet after they were implicated in the Catholic Church’s sex abuse […]
Source: Reuters BY Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) – A U.N. human rights watchdog has urged Saudi authorities to free over a dozen rights activists detained in the kingdom, alleging that some […]
Source: BBC News Police investigating a deadly shooting in a cathedral in the Brazilian city of Campinas have identified the gunman. Euler Fernando Grandolpho opened fire in the Metropolitan Cathedral […]
Source: Associated Press BY Jim Gomez MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine Congress on Wednesday approved a request by the president to extend martial law in the country’s volatile south […]
Source: CNN By Emanuella Grinberg (CNN)Over the course of four days, five reports of hate-related incidents recently made national headlines. The news illustrates a disturbing trend, civil rights groups say. […]
Source: Associated Press NEWAYGO, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan school board has decided to keep a display of the three wise men at a public elementary school, despite complaints that […]
Source: Associated Press By Tracy Simmons (RNS) — A pre-dawn fire engulfed a Jehovah’s Witnesses worship center near Olympia, Wash., last week, the fifth deliberately set blaze targeting the denomination […]
Justice Markandey Katju Follow mkatju Published on December 12, 2018 L’infame Ahmadiyyas are a tiny peaceful community of about 5 million in Pakistan,( which has a total population of […]
Netanyahu vows to ‘legalise’ thousands of housing units considered unlawful even by Israel By AFP – Dec 14,2018 -JORDAN TIMES RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories — A Palestinian shot dead two Israeli […]
by Dr. Alex Joffe BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 577, September 3, 2017 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The concept of “settler colonialism” has been applied with almost unique vehemence against Israel. […]
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Dome of the Rock, Temple Mount, Jerusalem, Israel, image via Wikimedia Commons BESA Center Perspectives No. 582, September 8, 2017 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Moderate leaders warn that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict […]
nymag.com: Everyone has a religion. It is, in fact, impossible not to have a religion if you are a human being. It’s in our genes and has expressed itself in every culture, in every age, including our own secularized husk of a society. By religion, I mean something quite specific: a practice […]
Source: The Washington Post By Katie Mettler December 7 Conservative pastor E.W. Jackson began his radio program Wednesday with an outraged rant about a rule change that congressional Democrats are proposing […]
Source: AZ Central By Lauren Castle, Arizona Republic A priest and rabbi stood on a beach for a “party interrupted by a wedding.” A chuppah shaded the bride and groom. The […]
Source: Pew Research Center As long-simmering debates continue over how American society should commemorate the Christmas holiday, a new Pew Research Center survey finds that most U.S. adults believe the […]
Source: Dawn News The United States said on Tuesday it has added Pakistan to its blacklist of countries that violate religious freedom, ramping up pressure over the treatment of minorities […]
Source: BBC News The sacking of a food delivery man in India after he was filmed eating a client’s food and resealing the containers has sparked a conversation about the […]
Epigraph: We gave David Solomon. He was an excellent servant who always turned to God. When well-bred light-footed horses were paraded before him near the close of day, he kept […]