U.S. Muslims are religiously observant, but open to multiple interpretations of Islam Source: Pew research center By Elizabeth Podrebarac Sciupac, who is a research associate focusing on religion at Pew […]
Source: The Washington Post By Ann E. Marimow December 15 at 6:00 AM Thousands gathered in Lafayette Square in February to protest the first version of the Trump administration’s travel ban on […]
Source: Wall Street Journal By Charlotte Allen Dec. 14, 2017 6:26 p.m. ET Israel had long planned to take part in a major exhibition of the Dead Sea Scrolls in […]
Source: AlJazeera By Tharik Hussain 15 Dec 2017 At 6am on December 25, 1888, the winter sun was yet to rise over the English city of Liverpool. A Victorian terrace […]
Source: New Haven Register By Mary E. O’Leary Published 6:24 pm, Thursday, December 14, 2017 Photo: Peter Hvizdak / Hearst Connecticut Media NEW HAVEN — A contractor has pulled a permit […]
Source: The Salt Lake Tribune By Peggy Fletcher Stack In a move that seems designed to provide more gender equality for Mormon teens, the LDS Church is making small changes […]
Source: The Washington Post By Julie Zauzmer and Sarah Pulliam Bailey December 14 at 9:08 PM PASADENA, Calif. — They all decided they wanted to become preachers and enrolled in seminary to learn how to […]
Source: BBC News By James Gallagher British doctors say they have achieved “mind-blowing” results in an attempt to rid people of haemophilia A. Patients are born with a genetic defect […]
Source: Religion News Service By Tom Krattenmaker | December 14, 2017 (RNS) — After radio host Garrison Keillor was dumped from his media throne for sexual misconduct, a friend of mine quipped on Facebook, “Are there any old famous dudes who haven’t been sexually gross?” They are fewer by the day. With idols […]
Source: The Washington Post By NICK CUMMING-BRUCE Refugees from Myanmar crossed the Naf River as they headed into Bangladesh in September, part of an exodus of nearly 650,000 Rohingya Muslims who […]
Source: The Washington Post By CARLOTTA GALL ISTANBUL — Leaders and officials of Muslim nations declared East Jerusalem the Palestinian capital on Wednesday at a summit meeting in Istanbul, producing the […]
Source: CNN By Jim Sciutto and Zachary Cohen, CNN Washington (CNN)Recent anti-Muslim rhetoric from President Donald Trump and administration policies such as the travel ban are making counterterrorism “more difficult,” according to outgoing National Counterterrorism Center Director Nick Rasmussen. Speaking during an on-the-record interview Wednesday, Rasmussen said, “I don’t think it’s arguable it’s […]
Source: The Washington Post By Loveday Morris December 13 JERUSALEM — Some of the festive cheer was missing last weekend at a public Christmas tree lighting near the site where Christians believe an […]
Source: Reuters NEW DELHI (Reuters) – A Hindu man in India tried to raise money for a campaign against minority Muslims by issuing an appeal for donations with a video […]
Source: Associated Press CRANBROOK, British Columbia (AP) — A Canadian man found guilty of marrying two dozen women says he believed he was entitled to practice polygamy because he wasn’t […]
Source: MSN News BY Suman Varandani Researchers have found an ancient shark in North Atlantic, believed to be 512 years old, which could be the oldest living vertebrate in the world. While the […]
Source: BBC News At least 6,700 Rohingya were killed in the month after violence broke out in Myanmar in August, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) says. Based on surveys of refugees […]
Source: Huffington Post The author responded to Moore’s claim that “God is always in control.” By Elyse Wanshel Author J.K. Rowling was among the many thrilled by Democrat Doug Jones’ victory […]
Source: CNN By Daniel Burke, CNN Religion Editor Washington (CNN)Religion didn’t come up when Jack Phillips, a Christian baker in Colorado, told a gay couple he wouldn’t make their wedding cake […]
Source: Pew Research Center BY DAVID MASCI AND DREW DESILVER With the Australian Parliament’s recent passage of legislation legalizing gay marriage, 26 countries now permit gays and lesbians to wed. And if a recent high […]