Migrant crisis: EU to unveil emergency aid plan
Source: BBC The European Union is preparing to spend hundreds of millions of euros on humanitarian aid, as Greece struggles to cope with an influx of migrants. Under plans to […]
Vatican paper lauds ‘Spotlight’ for giving voice to abuse victims
Source: Reuters The Vatican newspaper on Monday lauded the film “Spotlight”, which took home this year’s Oscar for best picture, for giving voice to the pain of the victims of […]
George Pell, Aide to Pope, Is Put on Defensive in Abuse Inquiry
Source: The New York Times ROME — When Pope Francis was chosen to lead the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics three years ago, he pledged to reform antiquated and troubledVatican institutions. He formed an inner circle of nine cardinals as his closest advisers, appointed a commission to deal with sexual abuse […]
Sikh Soldier Sues Defense Dept., Citing Religious Discrimination
Source: The New York Times A combat soldier who is Sikh sued the Defense Department on Monday, saying his beard and turban had made him the subject of religious discrimination […]
Trump’s rhetoric on Muslims plays well with fans, but horrifies others
Source: The Washington Post At a rally in southwest Virginia on Monday, Republican front-runner Donald Trump again told an apocryphal story about a general killing Muslim terrorists with bullets dipped […]
Sanders keeps his Judaism in the background, irking US Jews
Source: Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — As Bernie Sanders headed toward victory in New Hampshire, pundits noted the barrier he was about to break: Sanders would become the first […]
Meet the ‘Nones,’ the Democratic Party’s biggest faith constituency
Source: The Washington Post Joe Stone is part of an enormous but invisible voting constituency. A “troubled atheist,” the retired Virginia accountant calls himself spiritual, celebrates Christmas and defines religious […]
How a snowstorm led 3 friends to accept the kindness of strangers
A short cross-border shopping trip takes an unexpected turn for writer Rania Mirza. Print Nick Kozak / For the Toronto Star Rania Mirza learned to accept the kindness of strangers when a winter storm stranded her and her two friends on a cross-border shopping trip. By: Rania Mirza Special to […]
What If America Looked Like Dearborn, Michigan?
Source: Huffington Post By Brian Stone; LGBT advocate, U.S. Navy Veteran and Dearborn, Mich. resident In this small town of a hundred-thousand residents, folks are used to being accused of […]
It’s Almost Impossible to Crash This New Drone
Source: Time The DJI Phantom 4 can see and avoid obstacles in its path. Chinese drone maker DJI wants to make flying a drone so easy that anyone can do […]
High Stakes for Supreme Court Arguments on Abortion Case
Source: Time Three years ago, Wendy Davis gained national attention during an 11-hour filibuster of one of the toughest abortion bills to come to the Senate floor: it would ban […]
Iraqi PM and US issue warnings over threat of Mosul dam collapse, 1m could die
Iraqi engineers involved in building the Mosul dam 30 years ago have warned that the risk of its imminent collapse and the consequent death toll could be even worse than […]
Pennsylvania grand jury finds widespread sex abuse by priests
Source: Religion News Service HARRISBURG, Pa. — Hundreds of children in western Pennsylvania were sexually assaulted by about 50 Roman Catholic priests over four decades while bishops covered up their […]
Video: Australian converts share their views on Islam
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Islam in Australia is a minority religious affiliation. According to the 2011 census, 476,291 people, or 2.2% of the total Australian population, were Muslims.[1] This […]
Hillary Clinton’s entire Super Tuesday speech
Source of the transcript: Vox You know all across our country today Democrats voted to break down barriers so we can all rise together. I am so delighted to be […]
If You Want to Really Hang Qadri, Repeal the Second Amendment
Written by Abdul Alim: Before it gets out of hand, let us inject a sense of sobriety in what is seen to be a “turning around” of Pakistan. Optimistic elements desperate for signs of hope, have cast the hosting of Oscar winning Shirmin Chinoy in Prime Minister’s house, the passing […]
Why the right hates American history
Source: Salon By THOM HARTMANN, ALTERNET Sure, the war on education helps Republican lawmakers destroy unions and slash government spending, but it’s our history of progressive change that makes Conservatives hate […]
In Pakistan, religious right criticizes women’s protection law
(RNS) Some right-wing Islamist leaders in Pakistan are denouncing a newly passed law criminalizing violence against women in Punjab province, saying it contradicts the Quran and will increase divorce rates. “This law is in conflict with the Holy Quran, the life of [Muhammad], Constitution of Pakistan and values of our country,” Maulana […]
Annual Peace Symposium in Toronto
Ahmadiyya Muslim Women’s Association of Canada is going to hold its 1st Annual Peace Symposium on March 6, 2016 at Tahir Hall Community Center (10610 Jane St, Maple, ONL6A 3A2) […]
The place where you can walk through the multiverse
Source: BBC On a Scottish hillside, a former mining site has been transformed into a landscape of the multiverse – exploring both its galaxies and mysteries about how it all […]