German Village of 102 Braces for 750 Asylum Seekers
Source: The NewYork Times SUMTE, Germany — This bucolic, one-street settlement of handsome redbrick farmhouses may for the moment have many more cows than people, but next week it will […]
Most U.S. Catholics hope for change in church rule on divorce, Communion
Source: Pew Research Center The Vatican synod on the family concluded over the weekend – with somewhat inconclusive results that were open to multiple interpretations. While there were many topics […]
Is the Council of Islamic Ideology trying to incite mass genocide of Ahmadis?
Source: The Nation Sitara was a special kid from the start. Questioning everything around her, she was a difficult student to be satisfied. At the young age of 9, she […]
Let The ‘Tao Of Happiness’ Be Your Guide To A Joyful, Fulfilled Life
Source: Huffington Post If someone told you that happiness was within your reach, without a moment’s delay, would you believe them? The “counterintuitive” nature of that proposal is exactly what […]
Blogger killed in Bangladesh, three others wounded, police say
Source: CNN Another secular blogger was hacked to death and three other people were severely wounded in two separate attacks in Bangladesh’s capital on Saturday, Dhaka police said. Publisher and […]
Christian evangelists win Michigan speech case over Arab festival
Source: Religion news service A federal appeals court said police violated the free speech rights of Christian evangelists by telling them to leave a June 2012 Arab-American festival in Dearborn, […]
Religion and Science
Source: Pew Research Center Are science and religion at odds with each other? A majority of the public says science and religion often conflict, with nearly six-in-ten adults (59%) expressing […]
Trudeau and the power of ‘Positive Politics’
By Fareed Zakaria Thursday, October 22, 2015 Justin Trudeau’s sweeping victory in Canada could be read as one more indication that voters in the Western world are moving left — […]
Islamist al Shabaab attacks Somali hotel, kill at least 13
MOGADISHU, Nov 1 (Reuters) – Security forces in the Somali capital fought for several hours on Sunday before clearing a hotel of Islamist al Shabaab gunmen who had stormed the building after two bombs ripped into it, police and witnesses said. At least 13 people were killed. Al Shabaab, which […]
Antarctic ozone hole expands
Source: Emirates 24/7 The Antarctic ozone hole has swelled this month to one of its biggest sizes on record, UN and US scientists say, insisting that the Earth-shielding ozone layer […]
Why All College Students Should Be Asking The Big Questions
Source: Huffington Post Over the last two years, Evgenia Cherkasova, an associate professor of philosophy at Boston’s Suffolk University, has taught the university’s first course focused entirely on exploring the […]
What Seventh-day Adventists like Ben Carson believe
Source: CNN Donald Trump made headlines this weekend by questioning fellow GOP candidate Ben Carson’s Seventh-day Adventist faith — literally. “I’m Presbyterian,” Trump said at a rally in Florida on […]
Why are some Catholics so afraid of change?
Source: CNN The Synod on the Family, the gathering of bishops from around the world that just concluded, changed no Catholic doctrine. None. But you wouldn’t know that from the […]
NASA Says ‘Great Pumpkin’ Asteroid Will Fly by on Halloween
Source: Time Something strange will appear in the skies this Halloween, and it’s not a witch on a broomstick. NASA says an asteroid dubbed the “great pumpkin” will fly by […]
18% of Americans say they’ve seen a ghost
Source: Pew Research Center On Saturday evening, many American children will encounter costumed ghosts as they roam the streets in search of candy and other treats on Halloween. Before bedtime, to […]
Russia Dismisses ISIS Claim It Brought Down Jet in Egypt
Source: Time Reports “must not be considered reliable,” Russian transport minister says The Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) group is claiming responsibility for bringing down the Russian […]
Oct 31: 95 thesis of Luther will change Christianity forever. Watch PBS documentary in TMT
Martin Luther posts 95 theses today on October 31st in 1517 Source: History.com On this day in 1517, the priest and scholar Martin Luther approaches the door of the Castle […]
In criminal justice push, Hillary Clinton calls for end to racial profiling
Atlanta, Georgia (CNN) Hillary Clinton will push for a series of criminal justice reform plans Friday by calling for eliminating the sentencing disparity for crack and powder cocaine and ending racial […]
How Reluctance to Debate Religion Is Compounding Problems
Source : Huffington post By Raza Habib Raja I have often been much more amazed not at the religious fanaticism of the few, but at passivity of the moderate majority. […]