How evangelism is growing in a poor, troubled town in Brazil
Brazilians Turn To Evangelical Church In Rural Town Wracked By Drugs And Poverty Source: NPR By Philip Reeves To the outsider, there is a beguiling charm and tranquility about the […]
Feeling sidelined, Israel’s Druze protest Jewish nation bill
Source: Associated Press By ILAN BEN ZION TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Tens of thousands of members of Israel’s Druze minority and their Jewish supporters, some chanting “equality,” packed a […]
Retired Pope Benedict accused of anti-Semitism after article on Christians and Jews
Source: Religion News Service BY Tom Heneghan PARIS (RNS) — Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, head of the Roman Catholic Church from 2005 to 2013, is being accused of fostering anti-Semitism after publishing […]
Woman fined 1000 Danish Kroner for wearing Niqab
Woman fined $156 for wearing face veil in Denmark Source: Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — A 28-year-old woman wearing a face veil has become the first person in Denmark to […]
Beyonce Says She Had Toxemia During Her Pregnancy With Her Twins. Here’s What That Means
Source: Time By ALICE PARK Beyonce revealed that she experienced toxemia, also known as preeclampsia, while she was pregnant with her twins, Sir and Rumi. The condition left her swollen and […]
Saudi Arabia retaliating over human rights criticism by relocating their students from Canada
Saudi Arabia Is Pulling Thousands of Students From Canada in Escalating Dispute Over Human Rights Source: Time By BILLY PERRIGO Saudi Arabia announced on Monday it would be suspending all government-funded […]
List of Pittsburgh priests, accused of abuse or misconduct during the past seven decades, to be released
Pittsburgh bishop to release names of accused priests Source: Catholic News Agency Pittsburgh, Pa., Aug 6, 2018 / 11:30 am (CNA).- The Bishop of Pittsburgh has pledged to release the […]
Sexual harassment goes unchecked as most victims do not want to hurt the mission of their churches
He’s a Superstar Pastor. She Worked for Him and Says He Groped Her Repeatedly. Source: The New York Times By Laurie Goodstein SOUTH BARRINGTON, Ill. — After the pain of […]
Her Mormon college upheld her sex-assault complaint — but kicked her out anyway. The case shows a ‘loophole’ in BYU’s Honor Code amnesty, experts and victims say.
Source: The Salt Lake Tribune By Erin Alberty When a student at Brigham Young University-Idaho reported being sexually assaulted in July, she thought she could not be punished under the […]
Tales of multiculturalism from Kolkata, India
Tales from a street of mosques, synagogues, churches and temples Source: Aljazeera By Jenny Gustafsson Siraj Khan is a caretaker at the Beth El synagogue. Kolkata’s synagogues have always had […]
The repetitive lifecycle of the burqa ban across European countries
Banning Muslim Veils Tends to Backfire—Why Do Countries Keep Doing It? Source: The Atlantic BY SIGAL SAMUEL Denmark this week wrote the latest chapter in a global story that is becoming […]
Duke Divinity School’s first woman dean, steps down after a short two-year tenure
Duke Divinity School dean steps down as diversity struggle continues Source: Religion News Service BY Yonat Shimron DURHAM, N.C. (RNS) — Duke Divinity School’s first woman dean, Elaine Heath, has […]
How the U.S. Is Empowering Iran in Yemen
Washington’s Policy Is a Strategic Blunder and a Humanitarian Disaster By Daniel Byman The Trump administration’s top goal in the Middle East is clear: counter Iran, which U.S. President Donald […]
Suicide bomb attack on Afghan Shi’ite mosque kills 39, 80 injured
Source: Reuters KABUL (Reuters) – Thirty-nine people were killed in a suicide bombing of a Shi’ite mosque in eastern Afghanistan, and the death toll may climb further, police and government […]
What the Israelis wonder: Will Imran Khan change Pakistan’s relations with Israel?
Khan married the British socialite Jemima Goldsmith in 1995. Goldsmith is not Jewish, but has ethnic Jewish roots and recounts being “made familiar with Jewish tradition.” By CHARLES DUNST/JTA August […]
Nine-in-ten Americans believe in a higher power, but only a slim majority believe in God as described in the Bible
Epigraph: He is Allah, the Creator, the Maker, the Fashioner. His are the most beautiful names. All that is in the heavens and the earth glorifies Him, and He is […]
Melania Trump compliments LeBron James after husband’s insults
ASSOCIATED PRESS PublishedAugust 5, 2018 First lady the U.S. Melania Trump stepped away from her husband’s criticism of NBA star LeBron James to compliment his work on behalf of children […]
Lombok residents warned of strong aftershocks
Lombok earthquake: Expert warns of strong aftershocks in Indonesia Source: BBC News Indonesian geologist Danny Hilman Natawidjaja warns of strong aftershocks of up to magnitude 6 following the latest earthquake […]
Trump admits son met Russian for information on opponent
Source: BBC News US President Donald Trump has admitted his son met a Russian lawyer in June 2016 “to get information on an opponent”, but argues it was legal. Donald […]
Mass evacuations underway after a powerful earthquake hits Lombok, Indonesia
Lombok quake: Thousands evacuated after dozens die on Indonesia island Source: BBC NEWS Some 10,000 people have been evacuated on the Indonesian island of Lombok after a powerful 6.9 magnitude […]