Source: The Guardian By Harriet Sherwood Martin Luther’s burning of the Papal Bull excommunicating him in 1520 led to five centuries of religious division in Europe. Photograph: Getty A simple act, it […]
Source: Pew Research Center BY DAVID MCCLENDON AND ALEKSANDRA SANDSTROM2 COMMENTS About 57,800 minors in the U.S. ages 15 to 17 were married as of 2014. That might sound like a lot of people (and it is), but it’s also just five of every 1,000 in that age group, a […]
Source: CNN By Ben Tinker, CNN (CNN)The US Department of Health and Human Services released its 14th Report on Carcinogens today, including seven “newly reviewed” substances, bringing its total number of known human carcinogens to 248. Five viruses have been added to the list: Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) […]
Source: Politico Magazine By KATIE ZAVADSKI NEW YORK—Earlier this summer, Deborah Fikes, a former executive adviser of the World Evangelical Alliance, which represents some 600 million evangelical Christians in 129 […]
Source: The Salt Lake Tribune By PEGGY FLETCHER STACK The optics tell a stunning story of Mormon decline — or so many observers insist. Photos of Mormons gathering en masse […]
Source: BuzzFeed News By McKay Coppins BuzzFeed News Reporter SALT LAKE CITY — When Mike Pence took the stage for a campaign rally last week in this most improbable of 2016 […]
Source: The New York Times By CAMPBELL ROBERTSON and RICHARD FAUSSET GREENVILLE, Miss. — A predominantly African-American church here was badly burned on Tuesday evening, with the words “Vote Trump” […]
Source: BBC More than 200 migrants are believed drowned in two shipwrecks off the coast of Libya, migration officials say. The UN refugee agency was told the news by survivors […]
Source: TOI A group of madrasa students demonstrated on the premises of Brahmanbarhia Press Club while hundreds of people blocked Sarail-Nasirnagar-Lakhai road by torching tyres on Sunday. After the mayhem […]
Source: TOI ISLAMABAD: Signalling a fresh slide in ties, Pakistan and India may temporarily recall their high commissioners and scale down the size of diplomatic staff in each other’s missions in the wake of the latest diplomatic spat over the spying episode, a media report said on Friday. The latest spat […]
Source: CNN By Euan McKirdy (CNN) Thousands of protesters waving flags are marching through Jakarta demanding the ouster of the city’s governor, who has been accused of blasphemy against Muslims. […]
Source: AT While it is alright to insist that Geelani is an Indian citizen and that Kashmir is an integral part of India – or, that the only thing to discuss with Pakistan is its vacation of occupied territories – the ground reality is that Pakistan can be of help […]
Washington (CNN) Donald Trump’s path to 270 electoral votes remains precarious — but with some breaks, he can get there. Trump’s campaign has made clear exactly what its targets are. […]
Source: The Local Germany’s mass refugee influx may have abated, but the fears and tensions it stoked loom large as a weakened Chancellor Angela Merkel is expected to lead her party into a tough election year. More:
Source: The Local A US-made video, showing German cathedrals turned into mosques and Oktoberfest without alcohol or pork, is being deployed to convince US voters to cast their ballots for Donald Trump. More:
Source:BBC Brexit Secretary David Davis said he presumed the court ruling meant an act of Parliament would be required to trigger Article 50 – so would be subject to approval by both MPs and peers. But the government was going to contest that view in an appeal, and said the […]
Source: BBC By Camelia Sadeghzadeh; BBC Persian Child sex abuse allegations involving one of Iran’s best-known Koran reciters are causing shock and anger in the country, days after several accusers took […]
Source: Toronto Star In a public sermon on Oct. 21, the Ethiopian imam allegedly called for the killing and denunciation of Muslims who refused to participate in prayers at the […]
Source: RNS By Emily McFarlan Miller ST. PAUL, Minn. (RNS) The Xcel Energy Center was full of women – young and old, Protestant and Catholic, on fire for Jesus and burned out by church. Some came alone. Some came with the same groups of friends and family that have attended similar […]