A Moment of Truth: Christianity or Islam?
Epigraph: Then We caused Our Messengers to follow in their footsteps; and We caused Jesus, son of Mary, to follow them, and We gave him the Gospel. And We placed […]
Algeria: Amnesty International calls to halt the wave of arrests & prosecutions of Ahmadi Muslims
Source: https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2017/06/algeria-wave-of-arrests-and-prosecutions-of-hundreds-of-ahmadis/ Algeria must halt its clampdown against members of the minority Ahmadiyya religious movement, said Amnesty International today, ahead of the appeal hearing on 21 June of six Ahmadis sentenced to up to four years in prison for charges relating to the exercise of their religion. There are an estimated […]
UK: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community to host Annual Peace Symposium in Milton Keynes on July 15th
Source: http://www.miltonkeynes.co.uk/news/ahmadiyya-muslim-community-to-host-annual-peace-symposium-in-milton-keynes-next-month-1-8014708 The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is holding its annual Peace Symposium and dinner on Saturday, July 15 at 3pm at the Ridgeway Centre in Wolverton. The theme of this year’s event is ‘Challenging Intolerance’ and the symposium will touch on issues that have been brought into sharp focus by recent […]
Top Australian Catholic official charged with sexual assault offenses
Epigraph: Then We caused Our Messengers to follow in their footsteps; and We caused Jesus, son of Mary, to follow them, and We gave him the Gospel. And We placed […]
Unitarian Universalists elect first woman president
Source: Religion News Service By Adelle M. Banks | June 27, 2017 Adelle M. Banks, production editor and a national reporter, joined RNS in 1995. An award-winning journalist, she previously was the religion […]
Why are Indian women wearing cow masks?
Source: BBC News By Geeta Pandey BBC News, Delhi Image copyrightSUJATRO GHOSH A photography project which shows women wearing a cow mask and asks the politically explosive question – whether […]
111 terminally ill patients took their own lives in first 6 months of California right-to-die law
Source: Los Angeles Times By Soumya Karlamangla Contact Reporter A total of 111 people in California took their own lives using lethal prescriptions during the first six months of a law […]
Lawyers prepare to defend travelers to US at airports
Source: Associated Press By COLLEEN LONG and AMY TAXIN NEW YORK (AP) — When the Trump administration’s travel ban takes partial effect this week, immigrant-rights lawyers plan to head to […]
Man destroys new Ten Commandments statue at Arkansas Capitol
Source: Yahoo News Jill Bleed and Andrew Demillo, Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A man yelled “Freedom!” as he crashed his vehicle into Arkansas’ new Ten Commandments monument early Wednesday, nearly three years after he was arrested in the destruction of Oklahoma’s monument at its state Capitol, authorities […]
Forget Words, a Lot of Millennials Say GIFs and Emojis Communicate Their Thoughts Better Than English
Source: Time BY Katy Steinmetz Jun 27, 2017 Visuals like emojis and GIFs can make up for the useful cues that are often missing from digital chit-chatting: the raise of an eyebrow, the shrug […]
The career ladder is dead But the career ‘web’ may be far more daunting
Source: BBC News By Alina Dizik When Nina Cheng graduated from university less than a decade ago, she didn’t think she’d be selling fox fur iPhone cases for upwards of […]
Sarah Palin sues New York Times
Source: CNN By Dylan Byers The former Alaska governor and vice presidential candidate filed a lawsuit against the Times on Tuesday alleging that a recent editorial falsely portrayed her as […]
Inside French Prisons, A Struggle To Combat Radicalization
Source: NPR By ELEANOR BEARDSLEY With 2,500 inmates, the penitentiary institution of Fresnes, about 20 miles south of Paris, is one of the largest prisons in Europe. Like most French prisons, […]
50 Years After War, East Jerusalem Palestinians Confront a Life Divided
Source: The New York Times By ISABEL KERSHNER Photo The Dome of the Rock at the Al Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem’s Old City.CreditUriel Sinai for The New York Times JERUSALEM […]
Vatican concerns over bishop detained in China
Source: BBC News The Vatican has expressed “grave concerns” for one of its bishops who was detained after being “forcibly removed” from his diocese in China. Chinese Catholic bishop Peter […]
A Battle Over Prayer in Schools Tests Canada’s Multiculturalism
Source: The New York Times By DAN LEVIN JUNE 25, 2017 Photo An elder demonstrated the call to prayer at a mosque in Brampton, Ontario, Canada.CreditIan Willms for The New York […]
USA: Al Franklin warns Christian ‘zealot’ Pence worse than Trump
Al Franken Warns Christian ‘Zealot’ Pence Worse Than Trump June 27, 2017 by Michael Stone 12 Comments Impeachment worries: Senator Al Franken warns Mike Pence is a dangerous Christian “zealot” who “would be worse” than Donald Trump.http://www.patheos.com/blogs/progressivesecularhumanist/2017/06/al-franken-warns-christian-zealot-pence-worse-trump/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=BRSS&utm_campaign=Nonreligious&utm_content=367 In a recent interview Senator Al Franken discussed the possible ramifications of impeaching President Donald Trump. In […]
PM Justin Trudeau: The Best Ambassador for Interfaith Tolerance
Eid Mubarak! My best wishes to Muslims celebrating Eid al-Fitr tonight. https://t.co/HD5iqu5tIV — Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau) June 25, 2017 The Muslim Times has the best collection of articles on the […]
Iran : Fighting Iran’s dress code for women with a hashtag
DAWN.com https://images.dawn.com/news/1177901 Before she begins her Wednesday morning, Iranian activist Masih Alinejad spends hours sifting through scores of videos and photos sent to her of women in Iran wearing white headscarves or white clothing as part of a growing online protest. To campaign against the obligatory wearing of headscarves – […]
Social media abuzz over Justin Trudeau’s Pride appearance with ‘Eid Mubarak’ socks
Trudeau wore socks featuring the text “Eid Mubarak,” honouring the religious holiday that marks the end of Ramadan, which coincided with Pride this year. Canada’s Justin Trudeau took part in Toronto’s Pride parade, with the prime minister’s official photographer Adam Scotti there to mark only the second time that a […]