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 […]
Source: The Washington Post By Sudarsan Raghavan ADEN, Yemen — A white Toyota Corolla pulled up next to Safwan al-Sharjabi as he walked along a crowded road one evening this spring after […]
Pope’s cover-up crisis turns battle lines into first salvo Source: Associated Press BY NICOLE WINFIELD VATICAN CITY (AP) — The author of the bombshell accusation of sex abuse cover-up against […]
Source: Reuters LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) – An Islamist party in Pakistan called for the expulsion of the Dutch ambassador on Wednesday as it launched a protest against a far-right Dutch politician’s plan for a cartoon competition featuring caricatures of the Muslim Prophet Mohammed. Several thousand activists gathered in the eastern […]
Source: The Guardian Farhad Meysami accused of having badges saying he was against the compulsory hijab BY Saeed Kamali Dehghan Iran correspondent Farhad Meysami faces multiple charges, including threatening national […]
‘I ward them off with a cricket bat’: Indian farmers despair over marauding cows Source: The Guardian By Amrit Dhillon in Uttar Pradesh By day, Munidev Tyagi is a farmer, growing […]
Source: USA Today TEHRAN, Iran – In a large room off a courtyard decorated in places with Islamic calligraphy and patterned tiles featuring intricate geometric shapes and patterns, men wearing tunics, cloaks […]
Yazidis seek church asylum as Europe’s empathy for refugees wanes Source: AlJazeera In a German convent, the church is now being used as a last-resort shelter for a group of […]
Source: New York Times By Jason Horowitz ROME — At 9:30 a.m. last Wednesday, Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò showed up at the Rome apartment of a conservative Vatican reporter with […]
Intimate portraits show the diversity of America’s Muslims Source: CNN Written by Bard Wilkinson, CNN “When you look at my series,” said photographer Carlos Khalil Guzman, “the stereotype that Muslims can […]
Source: Vox By Tara Isabella Burton Reeling from new claims of unfettered sexual abuse at the hands of priests and cover-ups by high-ranking officials, the Catholic Church is facing one of […]