Video: If You Still Want Shariah Law, I May Have You Declared a Witch
If Taliban rule and our large collection of articles and videos for secularism, have not convinced you, not to demand Shariah Law, here is a video to show you what […]
The Witches: What Really Happened In Salem In 1692 — An All Together Conversation With Stacy Schiff
Source: Huffington Post By Paul Brandeis Raushenbush; Executive Editor Of Global Spirituality and Religion, The Huffington Post Over nine months in the year 1692, 14 women and five men were executed in […]
Call for improvements in blasphemy law not objectionable: Supreme Court Pakistan
Source: Dawn ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has held that a call for improvements in the blasphemy law in order to provide safeguards against its misuse by levelling false allegations should […]
Book Review: Thomas Jefferson’s Qur’an: Islam and the Founders
Book Review from Amazon In this original and illuminating book, Denise A. Spellberg reveals a little-known but crucial dimension of the story of American religious freedom—a drama in which Islam […]
In Indonesia, minorities under threat from Muslim hardliners
ACEH SINGKIL: When a mob of Muslims swooped on a little church deep in rural Aceh in Indonesia this month, the local police were nowhere to be seen, although they had received warnings of a possible attack. When they did arrive, the police were mostly unarmed and outnumbered by hundreds […]
America as a “Christian Nation” Doesn’t Ring Historically True
Source: Huffington Post By Craig Considine; Sociologist, Speaker, Writer “America is a Christian nation” is one of the Christian right’s favorite slogans. Consider Ben Carson, a radical Christian and frontrunner for […]
Nigerians free hundreds in raid on Boko Haram camps, army says
(CNN) Nigerian troops rescued 338 people held captive at suspected Boko Haram terrorist camps, the Nigerian army said in a statement Wednesday. At least 30 Boko Haram terrorists were killed during […]
EU Parliament votes to protect Edward Snowden
By Dana Ford, CNN Updated 6:41 PM ET, Thu October 29, 2015 (CNN) The European Parliament voted Thursday in support of a resolution that calls on member states to protect Edward […]
Osteoporosis becoming a painful reality in the UAE
Source: Gulf News Vitamin D and calcium deficiency in most of the population leads to bones weakening over the age of 60 Nearly 70 per cent of the UAE’s population […]
Yemeni riyal collapse may spark ‘hunger revolution’
Source: Gulf News A ‘hunger revolution’ is expected to erupt in Sana’a as a result of the country’s economic decline, analysts say. The Yemeni riyal, which is reportedly nearing 300 Riyals to the dollar, is lower than it has ever been. Consequently, a reported 80 per cent of Sana’a’s population […]
Hindu ‘cattle patrols’ in India seek to protect cows from beef eaters
Source: Washington Post By Rama Lakshmi October 28 at 8:30 PM YADAVNAGAR, India — Dozens of men spread across the moonlit farm, hiding behind trees and wielding long-handled machetes and […]
World Health Organisation right to be wary about first malaria vaccine
Source: The Guardian Mosquirix is one of the most widely anticipated vaccines to have been developed. It is the first vaccine for malaria – a disease that kills more than […]
China abandons one-child policy after 35 years
China has scrapped its one-child policy, allowing couples to have two children for the first time in more than three decades, official media has reported. The announcement was made at the close of a Communist party meeting focused on financial reforms and maintaining growth at a time of heightened concerns […]
Mind-Reading Experiment Sends Thoughts Over the Internet
Researchers have managed to send thoughts over the Internet, using a direct brain-to-brain connection and a big magnet. It’s not very efficient — the volunteers could only send “yes” or “no” answers to one another. But using EEG (electroencephalographs) to read brain signals, and a big magnet on the other […]
China Communist Party says to allow two children for all couples
BEIJING (REUTERS) – China’s ruling Communist Party said on Thursday (Oct 29) it will ease family planning restrictions to allow two children for all couples. The rules are a major […]
Is Islam Compatible with Our Modern Way of Life?
By Seidu Malik Patheos.com: Experience has shown that many natural phenomenon or processes are initially discovered with limited understanding or benefit to society. However, with pain staking effort and unbiased […]
Pakistan supreme court warns against false blasphemy accusations
Guardian: Pakistan’s supreme court has called on the country’s politicians to ensure that hundreds of people facing imprisonment and even execution under controversial blasphemy laws have not been falsely charged, often […]
Is It a Fake? DNA Testing Deepens Mystery of Shroud of Turin
Source: MSN By Tia Ghose Is it a medieval fake or a relic of Jesus Christ? A new analysis of DNA from the Shroud of Turin reveals that people from all […]
‘Every child is born a Muslim’ the Prophet Muhammad and recent research
Posted by Zia Shah ScienceDaily (Oct. 7, 2011) — A new study presents the first evidence that a basic sense of fairness and altruism appears in infancy. Babies as young as 15 months perceived the difference between equal and unequal distribution of food, and their awareness of equal rations was linked […]
Honoring 9/11 victims in our global village!
This is the transcript of my speech given on September 11, 2011 in the Park Church, Elmira, New York — A United Church of Christ Congregation! It was very well […]