The Dangerous Success of Radical Young Clerics
Imams in Germany have long tended to be older men who preach primarily in Turkish or Arabic. Now, though, officials are worried about a new breed of cleric: young, dynamic and followers of a...
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Dolphins deserve same rights as humans, say scientists
Dolphins should be treated as non-human “persons”, with their rights to life and liberty respected, scientists meeting in Canada have been told. Experts in philosophy, conservation and animal behaviour want support for a Declaration...
Rhode Island teen who fought against prayer banner gets scholarship from atheist group
CRANSTON, R.I. – The Rhode Island teen who was recently thrust into the national spotlight for fighting to have a prayer banner at her high school removed, is now receiving a scholarship from an...
Facing death, a top pastor rethinks what it means to be Christian
Washington (CNN) – Ed Dobson is not afraid of dying. It’s the getting there that really scares him. A former pastor, onetime Christian Right operative and an icon among religious leaders, Dobson has Amyotrophic...
Obama overstepping his constitutional authority?
(multimedia) President’s use of power on issues like contraception questioned.
“Personhood” bill gains momentum in Okla.
(AP) OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma Senate has overwhelmingly approved an anti-abortion “personhood” bill that declares life begins at conception. The vote Wednesday upset doctors who fear the proposed law will jeopardize reproductive medicine....
Colorado student quits high school choir over Islamic song praising ‘Allah’
“I don’t want to come across as a bigot or a racist, but I really don’t feel it is appropriate for students in a public high school to be singing an Islamic worship song,”...
Mormons apologize for posthumous baptisms of Wiesenthal’s parents
(CNN) – The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has apologized for “a serious breach of protocol” in which the parents of the late Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal were posthumously baptized as Mormons....
Va. House passes “personhood” abortion bill
(AP) RICHMOND, Va. – A Republican supermajority has muscled two of the most restrictive anti-abortion bills in years through the Virginia House, including one that would all but outlaw the procedure in the state...
Queen of Sheba’s lost gold mine discovered
A British archaeologist working in northern Ethiopia believes she may have discovered an ancient goldmine that holds clues about where the Queen of Sheba obtained her storied wealth. Louise Schofield, a former curator at...
