Guardian: In a world facing many grave challenges across many spheres, people look to the United Nations to play a key role in resolving them. Photograph: Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images Yet there is broad appreciation that the UN is failing in vital areas, not least on peace and security. It is at […]
This is a guest post by James Zimmerman. He’s the author of the book Deliverance at Hand!: The Redemption of a Devout Jehovah’s Witness. http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/09/11/want-to-make-a-prophecy-then-follow-these-rules/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=Newsletter&utm_campaign=Nonreligious&utm_content=44 In novels, plays, and motion pictures, it’s a well-known trope. From Star Wars to The Matrix, Lord of the Rings to Battlestar Galactica to Harry Potter and even Julius Caesar, there’s a prophecy, and the characters have […]
Source: Tampa Bay Times BY Christopher O’Donnell, Times Staff Writer TAMPA — For now it’s their hurricane shelter, but Muslim rules about removing your shoes are still being observed at a […]
Source: Reuters BEIJING (Reuters) – China is facing heightened threats from foreign infiltration via religion and from the spread of extremism, a top official for religious affairs said on Tuesday, […]
Source: The New York Times By THOMAS ERDBRINK SEPT. 11, 2017 Photo Nasser, a taxi driver who has been sober for three years, serving tea at an Alcoholics Anonymous association meeting […]
Source: The Wall Street Journal By Niharika Mandhana Sept. 11, 2017 5:30 a.m. ET PANIPAT, India—Across this northern town, clusters of young men embarked on patrols one recent night, some […]
Source: The New York Times By Wajahat Ali Is it permissible to take a selfie in front of the Kaaba during hajj? With spotty internet, I was unable to Google the […]
Source: USA Today BY Paul Singer, USA TODAY If you donate bottles of water, diapers, clothing or any other materials to hurricane victims in Texas or Florida, your donation will likely […]
Source: The Washington Post By Matt Zapotosky September 11 U.S. officials can at least temporarily continue to block refugees with formal assurances from resettlement agencies from entering the United States after the […]
The Local news@thelocal.ch 13 September 2017 A woman wearing a burqa in Vevey. Photo: erix3005/Depositphotos The Swiss may get the chance to vote on the introduction of a nationwide […]
MONTREAL — Fourteen jurors were selected Tuesday at the terrorism-related trial of two young adults, with particular attention in the vetting process paid to race and religion. El Mahdi Jamali, 20, and Sabrine Djermane, 21, each face four charges: attempting to leave Canada to commit a terror act abroad; possession […]
Momani says no Israeli court has jurisdiction over Jerusalem’s holy sites By JT – Sep 12,2017 – JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Jordan on Tuesday condemned an Israeli court decision to […]
Bayit Yehudi MK Bezalel Smotrich hopes to use his powers of persuasion, as in this November 2015 photo, to sell a new right-wing diplomatic plan.. (photo credit:MARC ISRAEL SELLEM) MK […]
The lack of action in both Venezuela and the Philippines is of no surprise considering that the actions of the Council are dictated by its membership, which currently includes both of these countries GRAHAM WATSON Tuesday 12 September 2017 14:29 BST The United Nations Human Rights Council has a varied and […]
“We have to demolish the wall of hatred and prejudice and built the bridge of love, respect, tolerance and harmony in the society” said Imam Nasir. Report by: Mashhood Mirza Chicago The interfaith outreach committee of Congregation ETZ Chaim, Lombard, IL, Hosted a very productive and interactive interfaith event in […]
Source: The New Yorker By James Carroll September 8, 2017 Why was the news that Pope Francis once saw a Jewish psychoanalyst so surprising? Photograph by Donatella Giagnori / Camera Press […]
Source: The Guardian By Giles Fraser The Church of England is woefully unprepared for the ideological winter that is to come. For too long we have been made content by […]
Source: BBC News French police are trying to find a gang who took a Jewish family hostage in their suburban Paris home, in what is seen as an anti-Semitic attack. […]
Source: Associated Press By HAMZA HENDAWI Sep. 10, 2017 KHAZIR CAMP, Iraq (AP) — Fawaz Saleh Ahmed has been secretly sneaking into his own village in northern Iraq to visit […]
Source: BBC News India has lodged a diplomatic protest with Australia over an advert depicting the Hindu god Ganesha enjoying lamb. The TV advert, by a meat industry lobby group, […]