Islam
Muslim Cemetery Latest Ban Disappoints and Angers
The Islamic Cultural Center wanted a cemetery, but local residents stopped the plan. When Alexandre Bissonnette, a resident of Quebec City, shot dead six Muslims outside…
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Issues
Religious Leaders Are Protesting A Coal Mine in Australia
Religious leaders demand environmental minister withdrawal support for coal mine. Josh Frydenberg, the federal environmental minister of Australia had a tough morning when religious leaders from…
Buddhism
Dalai Lama Says Caste System is Against Religion
Dalai Lama speaks out against caste discrimination While in Padum, Zanskar for the Avalokiteshvara initiation, the Dalai Lama took some time to touch on caste discrimination[/tweetit].…
Agnosticism
Karen Armstrong TED Talk: Reviving the ‘Golden Rule’ For Everyone
Karen Armstrong — Religious Scholar and winner of the 2008 TED Prize — is a provocative, original thinker on the role of religion in the modern…
Christianity
Kentucky Public Schools Will now Have Bible Literacy Classes
The Freedom From Religion Foundation has strong views against House Bill 128. The last week of June witnessed Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin signing a bill permitting…
Hinduism
Huge Protests All Over India About Muslim Violence, Both Christians and Hindus Get Involved
Many believe the Central and State governments are complicit in the matter. Indian citizens all over the country held aloft placards and posters when they took…
Christianity
Yes, You Can Be a Gay Christian
You Can Love Who You Want and God Being LGBT+ in the United States comes with a laundry list of inequalities, all at a systemic, institutional…
Atheism
Karen Armstrong: Don’t Blame Religion For Terrorism
Karen Armstrong examines the knotted history of religion and violence In a time when Muslim extremists quote the Koran as they behead their victims, it can…
Catholicism
Trump’s New Ban Unlocks Religious Anger and Praise
Leaders on Media Condemn and Applaud There has been a vocal response to President Trump’s Tweet that he will be banning transgender people from the military,…
Christianity
Two-Thirds of Evangelicals Think That Muslims Don’t Belong in America
US Muslims are apprehensive about Islamic extremism in the U.S. As U.S. society slowly goes secular, a report published by the Pew Research Center reveals American…
Catholicism
Italy’s Drought is So Bad They Turned Off the Vatican Fountains
The Baroque fountains at St. Peter’s Square are also affected. For the first time ever the Vatican is turning off the water. The 100 decorative and…
Christianity
Lawsuit Filed over Rainbow Flag Outside CA Lawmakers Offices
Four lawmakers are being targeted for displaying a rainbow flag outside their office. Chris Sevier, an LGBTQ rights opponent, has filed a case against four Democratic…