How to triple your memory by using this trick
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 […]
Religious freedom feels the heat from growth in atheism and irreligion
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 […]
A pastor’s suicide should be a wake-up call about mental health and ministry
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 […]
Catholic bishops in Australia reject compulsory abuse reporting, defying new laws
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 […]
Pakistan: Why Imran Khan’s Invocation of Medina is Deeply Regressive
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 […]
Religion: why faith is becoming more and more popular
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 […]
View From Abroad: Cartoon furore satiates Wilders hunger for publicity
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 […]
Was Jinnah wrong?
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 […]
First Achievement of PM Imran Khan: Defusing the Prophet Cartoon Contest and Islamophobia in Netherlands
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 […]
Faith Versus Superstition: How Do We Know?
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 […]
TLP calls off rally after cancellation of blasphemous caricature contest
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 […]
New iPhones Are Just Weeks Away. Here’s Everything We Know So Far
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 […]
Who is killing Yemen’s clerics? Mystery murders are sending a chill through the mosques.
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 […]
“I spoke out because by now the corruption has arrived at the top of the church hierarchy,” Vigano
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 […]
Pakistani Islamists call for Dutch envoy’s expulsion over cartoons
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 […]
Iranian activist jailed over hijab protests goes on hunger strike
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 […]
Bharatiya Janata party cares more about cows than farmers
‘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 […]
Iran’s Jewish community is the largest in the Mideast outside Israel — and feels safe and respected
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 […]
Iraqi Yazidis seek refuge in church as last resort
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 […]
The Man Who Took On Pope Francis: The Story Behind the Viganò Letter
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 […]