Source: Pew Research Center BY RUTH IGIELNIK AND JULIANA MENASCE HOROWITZ Women are running for Congress in record numbers this year, and most Americans say this is a good thing. But there’s little consensus among […]
Source: BBC News By Bryan Lufkin 29 August 2018 If you’ve got a full-time job, chances are you’re working eight hours or more a day, probably Monday to Friday. Of […]
Rohingya crisis: Myanmar leader Suu Kyi ‘should have resigned’ Source: BBC News The outgoing UN human rights chief says Myanmar’s de-facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi should have resigned over […]
Source: CNN By James Griffiths, CNN (CNN)Japan’s space agency will attempt to land a robotic unmanned landing craft on the surface of an asteroid 300 million-kilometers (186.4 million-miles) away from Earth […]
Source: Science Daily Date:August 29, 2018 Source:University of Kent Summary:Biologists have developed a new technique for manipulating small cell structures for use in a range of biotechnical applications including the […]
‘Ain’t nobody been locked up. And they ain’t trying to solve nothing.’ Source: The Washington Post By Wesley Lowery August 30 at 8:00 AM CHICAGO — Deangelo Norwood had been in the […]
Source: BBC News By Adrienne Bernhard 5 January 2018 Rome’s ultra-wealthy took weekend trips here to party. Powerful statesmen built luxurious villas on its beach, with heated spas and mosaic-tiled […]
Source: Time By MARKHAM HEID Look into my eyes. The phrase calls to mind images of a psychotherapist swinging a pocket watch. Or maybe you picture Catherine Keener in the film Get Out, tapping […]
Source: TED Talk Do you recall studying for your exams? You probably do. But do you remember how you studied, how you memorized French words or the year of the […]
Source. CT It is dismaying to see religious freedom struggling for life in the countries which pioneered it. The most important reason must surely be the growth in non-belief and irreligion. For what is the surest foundation on which religious freedom may rest? Is it not the solemn recognition of […]
Source: CT I still hear people wondering why a pastor needs a day off. The comment usually taking the form of ‘I have a full time job outside the church, AND volunteer with my spare time. I don’t get time to myself either.’And therein lies the problem. Ministry brings unique […]
Source: Christian Today The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference (ACBC), the country’s top Catholic body, said it did not accept a recommendation from an official inquiry which would force priests by […]
Why Imran Khan’s Invocation of Medina is Deeply Regressive By Arshad Alam, New Age Islam When politicians fail to deliver basic promises related to food, shelter and security, they normally turn to religion. Promising an illusory hope, they think that the dope of religion will help people forget […]
The Guardian: Faith is on the rise and 84% of the global population identifies with a religious group. What does it mean for the future? How many believers are there around the world? If you think religion belongs to the past and we live in a new age of reason, you […]
Source: Dawn By Shada Islam, Dawn’s correspondent in Brussels GEERT Wilders, the fiercely anti-Islam Dutch politician, has got what he wanted: his decision to hold a controversial cartoon competition on his party’s […]
Source: Dawn MANY who listened to Prime Minister Imran Khan’s maiden speech on Aug 19 would not have failed to note the striking similarities in his address and the Quaid-i-Azam’s oft-quoted speech of Aug 11, 1947. That’s not really surprising, given that Khan described Jinnah as his role model, one […]
Dutch anti-Islam lawmaker cancels blasphemous caricatures contest Source: Dawn Dutch anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders says he has cancelled a planned blasphemous caricatures contest following “death threats and concerns other people […]
New poll finds even religious Americans feel the good vibrations Source: Religion News Service By Yonat Shimron (RNS) — Amanda, a 28-year-old Los Angeles resident, used to go to church […]
Source: Geo TV LAHORE: Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan (TLP) called off its protest rally after cancellation of a blasphemous caricatures contest in Holland late Thursday. The rally, led by Peer Muhammad Afzal […]
Source: Time By PATRICK LUCAS AUSTIN As usual, Apple is planning a big event for September, during which it’ll likely present the world with a new iPhone. While the company has yet to […]