China’s Uighurs told to share beds, meals with party members
Source: Associated Press By DAKE KANG and YANAN WANG ISTANBUL (AP) — The two women in the photograph were smiling, but Halmurat Idris knew something was terribly wrong. One was […]
Hate crimes in Canada jump 47 percent in 2017
Source: Reuters BY Anna Mehler Paperny TORONTO (Reuters) – Hate crimes in Canada increased 47 percent in 2017, primarily targeting Muslims, Jews and black people, according to figures released by […]
A faithful response to Trump’s border crisis, from a Catholic, a Protestant, a Muslim and a Jew
Source: The Washington Post By Wajahat Ali , Rev. Dr. William Barber II , Sr. Simone Campbell and Stosh Cotler November 30 at 7:00 AM The Trump administration has fired tear gas this week […]
‘You are loved’: Muslim girl threatened in Framingham is flooded with supportive notes
Source: Boston Globe By Travis Andersen GLOBE STAFF More than 500 people from over 20 states have written supportive letters to a 10-year-old Muslim girl who was recently called a terrorist and […]
West Virginia diocese releases names of accused priests
Source: Associated Press BY John Raby CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia’s Roman Catholic archdiocese released the names Thursday of priests or deacons who it said have been credibly accused […]
New Mexico archdiocese to file for bankruptcy over sex abuse
Source: Associated Press By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The Archdiocese of Santa Fe announced Thursday it will soon be filing for bankruptcy protection, as the Catholic church […]
Cameron Underwood: Face transplant means I can smile again
Source: BBC News Cameron Underwood says he doesn’t get as many “stares or questions from strangers” since his face transplant. “I have a nose, and a mouth so I’m able […]
The science is in: God is the answer
Epigraph: And whoso honors the sacred things of Allah, it will be good for him with his Lord. … Shun therefore the abomination of idols, and shun all words of […]
Holy See renews appeal to ban killer robots
Geneva, Switzerland, Nov 28, 2018 / 12:18 pm (CNA).- A Vatican representative to the United Nations called on the international community to ban killer robots – known as Lethal […]
Official US Trailer for ‘Islam and the Future of Tolerance’ Documentary
By Alex Billington “I’ve always wanted to debate important ideas.” The Orchard has released the first official trailer for a compelling new intellectual debate documentary titled Islam and the Future […]
This Is The Future Of AI According To 23 World-Leading AI Experts
William Falcon Contributor Science I write about AI, its business use and ethical use. Getty This post has been updated since it was originally published. The AI-hype would have you […]
CNN splits with contributor over Israel-Palestine remarks
Agence-France Presse 30 November 2018 Marc Lamont Hill, who is a professor at Philadelphia’s Temple University, called to “free Palestine from the river to the sea” US network CNN […]
Investigators Raid Offices of President of U.S. Catholic Bishops
Source: The New York Times By Laurie Goodstein Dozens of local and federal law enforcement officers conducted a surprise search of the offices of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston […]
Buddhist monks to consider whether Dalai Lama should reincarnate
Source: Religion News Service By Meagan Clark and Vishal Arora DHARAMSHALA, India (RNS) — Tibetan Buddhist monks from around the world are gearing up to discuss whether the aging Dalai […]
Why The Abortion Rate In Pakistan Is One Of The World’s Highest
Source: NPR BY Diaa Hadid When at 19 Mehnaz became pregnant for the fifth time, she panicked. She already had four daughters, and her husband was threatening to throw her […]
Jewish Americans sue Airbnb over West Bank listing ban
Source: Reuters BY Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) – A group of Jewish Americans sued Airbnb Inc on Wednesday in U.S. federal court, accusing the home rental company of religious discrimination over […]
Evangelical, Muslim, Jewish. It’s time we all renew our commitment to religious freedom.
Source: USA Today BY Oliver Thomas and Charles C. Haynes, Opinion contributors In the turbulent 1960s, John Courtney Murray famously reminded Americans that the Constitution begins with “we the, people,” […]
Atheism as Bad Religion
Source: National Review BY MADELEINE KEARNS People walk through an exhibit at the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters). Suggested reading: If the Atheists and the Christians Debate, […]
Video: Reza Aslan on Neoatheism
Reza Aslan (Persian: رضا اصلان, IPA: [ˈɾezɒː æsˈlɒːn]; born May 3, 1972) is an Iranian-American author, public intellectual, religious studies scholar, producer, and television host. He has written three books on religion: No God but God: The Origins, Evolution, […]
Nigeria tries to rally troops as extremists’ toll revealed
Source: Associated Press By SAM OLUKOYA LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s military finally revealed a death toll of 39 from a new series of extremist attacks on soldiers, while President […]