Gallup: 19% of Americans Think Polygamy Is ‘Morally Acceptable
By Gavi Greenspan | June 8, 2018 | (YouTube) (CNSNews.com) – A new survey shows that 19% of Americans believe polygamy is “morally acceptable,” which is up from 17% in […]
What is Donald Trump’s family-separation endgame?
Source: BBC By Anthony Zurcher For months we’ve been heading toward this moment, a political conflagration on the border over immigrant policy. But what is Donald Trump’s endgame – and […]
How Chechen strongman became Putin’s bridge to Muslim world
Source: AT It was a curious cargo for a Russian military aircraft: No bombs, no munitions, no troops, only women and children. The aircraft landed in Grozny, the capital of Russia’s Chechnya region, last October. The passengers were relatives of radicalized Russian nationals fighting for Islamic State, held captive in […]
Women can now view male sporting events in Saudi Arabia, but not in Iran
Source: AT High up in Moscow’s Luzhniki Stadium on June 14, Vladimir Putin shrugged apologetically. The Russian president then reached out to shake the hand of Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman after the Russian national team thrashed their Middle Eastern opponents 5-0 in the opening game of the […]
US leaving UN Human Rights Council — ‘a cesspool of political bias’
Source: CNN By Laura Koran, CNN Washington (CNN)US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley announced the United States is withdrawing from the UN Human Rights Council Tuesday, accusing the […]
Families divided at the border: ‘The most horrific immigration policy I’ve ever seen’
Guardian: One month before Donald Trump’s administration enacted a policy that allowed the government to take thousands of migrant children from their parents, the president twice told crowds at his rallies that immigrant gang members were not people. “These are animals,” he said in May. Over the weekend, video and photos emerged […]
Saint’s bone, found in rubbish, returned to Catholic Church
Source: BBC News By Judith Burns A drama that spans a continent and 2,000 years, includes the execution of a Pope by drowning and a central London car break-in, has […]
Saudi Arabia’s women drivers get ready to steer their lives
Source: Reuters DHAHRAN, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) – On June 24, when Saudi women are allowed to drive for the first time, Amira Abdulgader wants to be sitting at the wheel, […]
Moment of silence held for attack near London mosque
Source; Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Grieving family members joined community leaders Tuesday for a moment of silence to remember a man who died and a dozen others who were […]
Meet the straight woman arranging same-sex marriages in India
Source: NBC News By Priti Salian “When I first saw him at the airport, I was unable to control my emotions,” recalled Amar, referring to the moment he met his […]
Trinidad and Tobago Catholics aid Venezuelan migrants amid government crackdown
Source: Religion News Service BY Melissa Williams-Sambrano PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago (RNS) — Yesenia Gonzalez immigrated to Trinidad and Tobago, the twin island Caribbean nation, from Venezuela 40 […]
Evangelicals visit West Bank to see life — and Christian faith — on the other side
Source: Religion News Service NABI SALEH, West Bank (RNS) — Bassem and Nariman Tamimi’s squat but expansive one-story home of stucco and tile sits near the highest point of the […]
Jail urged for Archbishop Philip Wilson despite poor health
Source: The Sydney Morning Herald By Sam Rigney The only way to send a clear message to powerful religious organisations about institutional concealment of child sexual abuse is to send […]
Evangelical Christians step up abortion clinic protests in Queensland
Source: The Guardian BY Ben Smee An evangelical group has ramped up demonstrations outside several Brisbane abortion clinics as Queensland prepares to reform its 1899 laws that make abortion a […]
Church suspends talks to ease Nicaragua political crisis
Source: Associated Press MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — Nicaragua’s Roman Catholic hierarchy has suspended a dialogue with the government aimed at ending a two-month political crisis. The Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua […]
Hundreds of members at Sessions’s church write formal complaint over immigration policy
Source: The Hill By Brooke Seipel More than 600 members of the United Methodist Church signed on to a letter Monday condemning Attorney General Jeff Sessions for the Trump administration’s […]
Why many white evangelicals are not protesting family separations on the U.S. border
Source: The Washington Post By Michelle Boorstein and Julie Zauzmer At pulpits across the country, pastors, priests, rabbis and imams delivered impassioned sermons over the weekend, fiercely denouncing the morality of […]
Your iPhone Will Soon Send Your Exact Location to First Responders When You Call 911
Source: Time By Ciara Nugent June 18, 2018 iPhones will soon automatically share your location with first responders when you call 911, thanks to a new partnership between Apple and […]
The World Health Organization Now Considers ‘Gaming Disorder’ a Unique Mental Health Condition
Source: Time By Jamey Keaten and Maria Cheng / AP (GENEVA) — Obsessive video gamers know how to anticipate dangers in virtual worlds. The World Health Organization says they now […]
Free Eye Surgery for 150 Patients – Ahmadiyya Muslim Hospital Kano, Nigeria
By Economic Confidential – June 19, 2018 Eye Screening and Surgery Free Eye Surgery for 150 Patients In continuation of her Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), the Ahmadiyya Muslim […]