Source: Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The European Court of Human Rights says an Austrian woman’s conviction for calling the prophet of Islam a pedophile didn’t breach her freedom of speech. The Strasbourg-based ECHR ruled Thursday that Austrian courts had “carefully balanced her right to freedom of expression with the […]
Source: The Guardian BY Harriet Sherwood Irish voters will decide on Friday whether to remove a clause in the country’s constitution that makes blasphemy a criminal act. A yes vote […]
Source: Vice By Trevor Bach July 7 was a clear day in northern Michigan. Late in the evening, Jeremy Sheaffer climbed onto the roof of the cottage on Bluff Street, […]
Source: Bloomberg By Noah Feldman A South Carolina foster-care agency has asked the Trump administration to rule that it has a constitutional right to discriminate against non-Protestant and gay parents under the […]
Source: Chicago Tribune BY Tracy Swartz Contact Reporter Chicago Tribune A documentary about a tenured Wheaton College professor who lost her job after she posted pictures of herself in a hijab […]
Source: Jewish Telegraphic Agency By Ron Kampeas WASHINGTON (JTA) — When Ron DeSantis, the Republican congressman running for governor of Florida, was asked in a debate to defend his record on […]
Source: USA Today Former University of Cincinnati associate head basketball coach Larry A. Davis Thursday pleaded guilty to federal misdemeanor assault charges in Charlotte, N.C. over an incident that also cost the […]
Source: Independent By Harriet Agerholm A Muslim and a Christian have made a new translation of the Quran to underline the similarities between their two religions. The authors, who are also friends, said they hoped the […]
Source: CNN BY Fozia Bora Fozia Bora is a lecturer in Middle Eastern History and Islamic History at University of Leeds. The views expressed in this commentary are solely those […]
Source: Time By TIA POWELL, JULES CHYTEN BRENNAN, VIRAJ PATEL, VAFA TABATABAIE Dr. Powell is Dr. Shoshanah Trachtenberg Frackman Chair in Biomedical Ethics at Montefiore Health System and Albert Einstein College […]
Source: Time By GINA MARTINEZ and KATIE REILLY Law enforcement officials are still investigating at least 10 packages containing pipe bombs that were part of attempted attacks targeting high-profile Democrats, including two former […]
Source: BBC News Jim McCants took green tea capsules in a drive to get healthy in middle age. His doctors now say they left him needing an urgent liver transplant, […]
Suggested Reading If the Atheists and the Christians Debate, Islam Wins! Pope John Paul II and Me: ‘Truth Cannot Contradict Truth?’ Pope Francis joins Pope John Paul II in evading conflict between […]
The most and least educated U.S. religious groups https://t.co/4sZJ9E65Lf pic.twitter.com/BVCvUAnxOc — Pew Research Center (@pewresearch) October 26, 2018
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times This concept has been traced to the 12th century, attributed to Bernard of Chartres. Its most familiar expression […]
By Andrew Dickson White, who was the cofounder of Cornell University and served as its first president for nearly two decades [This is a chapter from the book A History of […]
Catholic Exorcist Prays For Brett Kavanaugh In Response To Witches’ Planned Hex Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla The Rev. Gary Thomas said those targeting the Supreme Court justice are […]
Source: The Inquirer During its inauguration Friday night, the gleaming Bait-ul-Aafiyat mosque in North Philly lived up to its name: It’s Arabic for “house of security,” and there was plenty of that. My Uber driver could get no closer than a block from the three-story, $8 million mosque at 1215 W. […]
Source: Huffington Post By Ed Mazza “Halloween is all about scary and spooky things,” he said. Ken Ham, the creationist behind a Noah’s Ark attraction in Kentucky, is calling on […]
By Zubair Khan Pictures: Bekim Bici Thursday, 18.10.2018 was a nice day for the inhabitants of Division 7 of Tirane Municipality. The administrative Head of the division Ms Gjinovefa Kadriu along with from ruling party MP Mr Besnik Bare were present to distribute the food items among 125 needy families. […]