Religion in the Daily News

• Right-Wing Activist Tony Perkins Is New Chair Of Major Religious Freedom Commission 19 Jun 2019 23:28 Politics Daily A longtime ally of President Donald Trump known for making vitriolic statements about the LGBTQ and Muslim communities has been tapped to lead the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom. Tony Perkins, who is the president of the Family Research …
• Atheist ashram on Lord Krishna’s home turf roils India’s Hindu nationalists 19 Jun 2019 23:04 Religionnews VRINDAVAN, India (RNS) — In this major pilgrimage center for the Hare Krishna movement, Purnendu Goswami survives as a rare atheist. Goswami, 44, runs the Bindu Seva Sansthan ashram in this northern Indian town that is considered sacred in Vaishnavism, one …
• Despite "reforms", Riyadh grants new powers to the religious police 19 Jun 2019 22:22 Asia News The authorities have approved a rule on "public decency" that targets "indecorous"  clothing and graffiti. Uncertainty about entry into force. According to critics, it lends itself to arbitrary interpretations and applications that …
• Row over ownership of Idukki land after Hindu groups seek removal of crosses  19 Jun 2019 15:36 The New Indian Express Express News Service KOCHI: The protest launched by Hindu groups demanding the removal of crosses installed at Panchalimedu, a tourist destination near Kuttikkanam in Idukki district, has triggered a dispute over the ownership of the land.   While District …
• Meet the new head of the US Commission on Int'l Religious Freedom 19 Jun 2019 14:44 NBCNews It’s been a couple of decades since Congress created the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, whose work is largely self-explanatory. Members of the panel, appointed by the president and lawmakers, are tasked with monitoring threats to …
• Singapore’s key religious organisations affirm commitment to religious harmony 19 Jun 2019 13:36 Channel News Asia SINGAPORE: Representative bodies of Singapore’s key religious communities have affirmed their commitment to safeguard religious harmony in the country. More than 250 organisations have put their names to the commitment, including the Catholic Archdiocese, …
• Oklahoma Conference of Churches opposes placement of immigrant children at Fort Sill 19 Jun 2019 10:04 City Sentinel June 18,  2019 To The Editor:   The way in which we treat refugees, immigrants, and visitors is a matter of faith. Care of “the stranger” and the ministry of hospitality are central to the activity of the people of God. Immigration laws and policies must …
• SL Police harasses Sinhala writer after articles on marauding Sinhala-Buddhist violence 19 Jun 2019 08:55 TamilNet [TamilNet, Monday, 17 June 2019, 19:04 GMT] The Organised Crimes Prevention Division (OCPD) in Colombo is harassing veteran journalist Kusal Perera, a Sinhala political essayist, who was writing about the escalating anti-Muslim Sinhala-Buddhist extremism …
• Violence Is Not The Answer - Reason and Deism Are! 19 Jun 2019 06:59 Op Ed News Holden Matthews is a 21-year-old pagan. He is accused of burning down three historically black Christian churches in Louisiana earlier this year. Matthews is now "charged with three counts of intentional damage to religious property, three counts of …
• Saudi de-fangs religious police but plans to enforce 'decency' 19 Jun 2019 04:45 Digital Journal Saudi Arabia has rendered toothless the once-feared religious police amid a liberalisation drive, but a planned "public decency" law is stoking controversy with some fearing a revival of morality policing. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has …
• China forces churches to sing Communist anthems, bans Christian hymns 19 Jun 2019 04:18 Baptist Message By Leah MarieAnn Klett, Christian Post Reporter | Tuesday, June 18, 2019 A local resident rides a bicycle past a church in Xiaoshan, a commercial suburb of Hangzhou, the capital of China's east Zhejiang province December 21, 2006. | REUTERS/Lang …
• This Far-Right Activist Will Now Lead a Major U.S. Religious Freedom Body 19 Jun 2019 02:15 New York Family Research Council president Tony Perkins. Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images One of the most vitriolic anti-LGBT, anti-Muslim activists in the U.S. will now lead the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom. Tony Perkins, who was …
• Global Christian persecution is worsening while American churches slumber - USA Today 19 Jun 2019 01:39 Sydneyanglicans.net On May 18, extremists in Nigeria interrupted a church choir practice and abducted 17 Christians. They are being ransomed and might never see their families again. Some of the Christian women may be sold into slavery or raped and forced to marry the …
• Justice Department Celebrates Strong Support for Religious Freedom at One Year Mark of the Place to Worship Initiative 18 Jun 2019 17:06 Imperial Valley News Washington, DC - The Department of Justice today announced the one-year anniversary of its Place to Worship Initiative, which focuses on protecting the rights of religious individuals and communities to build, expand, buy, or rent houses of worship and …
• Religious News 6-19-19 18 Jun 2019 16:15 Carolina Gateway Hospice caregivers to meet Hospice Care of S.C. will hold a caregiver support group 10-11 a.m. June 19 (third Wednesday of each month) in the Belair United Methodist Church Family Life Center, 8095 Shelley Mullis Road, Indian Land. For de-tails, call Cory …
• Give Me Religious Liberty—Or Give Me Death 18 Jun 2019 13:52 Politicker An ideological debate among conservatives has some, especially in the south, calling for death to those who don’t fit into their own personal religious convictions. Unsplash/Robert Vergeson There’s a battle going on, not just between liberals and …
• Is the Religious Right Privileged? 18 Jun 2019 10:14 International Herald Tribune Nothing so extra-constitutional has happened in our politics since. But the story of the African-American relationship to liberalism after the Civil War is also a little more complicated than Serwer’s paragraph suggests. As an undercurrent, at least, the …
• Follow Me, Akhi by Hussein Kesvani review – how social media is changing liberal Islam 18 Jun 2019 08:24 Guardian Weekly In 2014, as around 2 million Muslims gathered in the Saudi Arabian city of Mecca to perform the hajj, Islam’s largest annual pilgrimage saw the launch of a new practice. Young and devout Muslims standing in front of the Great Mosque and other locations …
• Zeliangrong settlement at Heibokching, Imphal West: A historical perspective :: Part 1 18 Jun 2019 05:00 E-Pao.net Zeliangrong settlement at Heibokching, Imphal West - A historical perspective - - Part 1 - Dr Budha Kamei * The Zeliangrong are one of the natives of Manipur belonging to the Tibeto-Burman family. The population of this ethnic group is found mainly in …
• Can Bangla Nationalism Counter Hindi-Hindu Nationalism in Bengal? 18 Jun 2019 04:56 South Asia Journal A new brand of cultural politics calibrated to establish the dominance and supremacy of Bengali language and culture is on the rise in the state. What its consequences will be are unpredictable. Will linguistic nationalism be an effective counter to the …
• Louisiana Man Charged with Federal Hate Crimes for Setting Fire to Three St. Landry Parish Churches 18 Jun 2019 03:26 Imperial Valley News New Orleans, Orleans - Holden James Matthews, 21, of Opelousas, Louisiana, was charged by a federal grand jury in an indictment unsealed today for setting fire to and destroying three churches in St. Landry Parish, announced Assistant Attorney General Eric …
• Letter to the editor: During difficult times, reach out to older folks at churches 18 Jun 2019 02:52 Tehachapi News I grew up in the 1960s. The pace was slower, and it was easier to make friends. Kids growing up today have it a lot harder. From the time they can walk they are competing with their peers. Young people today don't want to show any weakness, or they …
• How Rwanda became an oasis of liberal Islam - The Spectator 18 Jun 2019 02:52 Africa News  Kigali, Rwanda To most outsiders, Rwanda is still synonymous with genocide. Nearly a million killed in 100 days; almost three quarters of the Tutsi population dead. The country’s attempts to rebuild have been much commented on, but something else is …
• Islam is in The Soul of Portugal 18 Jun 2019 02:48 Al Bawaba Last year, Lisbon's Islamic Community celebrated its 50th anniversary. The community was established by migrants in the 1960s, but Islam has much more ancient roots in Portugal. "Islam is in Portugal's soul," said the Portuguese President …
• Moore: ERLC helping churches address sex abuse 18 Jun 2019 00:48 Biblical Recorder The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) has been, and will be, helping Southern Baptists address the sexual abuse crisis in churches, Russell Moore said during the entity’s report June 12 at the convention’s annual meeting.   Photo by Van …
• Religious leaders urged to show concern about indiscipline among the youth 17 Jun 2019 23:41 Ghana News Agency Print Monday 17th June, 2019 news, story, article By Boakye Baafi, GNA Ejisu (Ash) June 17, GNA – Leaders of churches and other religious organisations have been urged to show greater concern about the increasing acts of indiscipline and immorality among …
• Regulating churches will create confusion - Bishop Agyinasare 17 Jun 2019 23:26 Joy FM Presiding Bishop of Perez Chapel International, Bishop Charles Agyinasare, has joined many to reject a proposal to regulate churches, saying the move will create confusion. Speaking on a special Father’s Day edition of Joy FM’s Christian talk show, A Walk …
• Jordan- Prince El Hassan meets Tunisian religious affairs minister 17 Jun 2019 22:02 MENAFN (MENAFN - Jordan News Agency) Amman, June 17 (Petra)- HRH Prince El Hassan bin Talal received yesterday the Tunisian Minister of Religious Affairs Ahmed Azoum and his accompanying delegation. During the meeting, which was attended by the Minister of Awqaf …
• Churches now outnumber pubs but they are facing a raft of problems 17 Jun 2019 20:59 Lancashire Evening Post There are now more churches than pubs in the UK. We have around 40,500 churches compared with 39,000 pubs, according to research commissioned by The National Churches Trust (NCT) and the Office for National Statistics. Numbers have been boosted by the …
• Orthodox Christian church brings religious diversity to Utah County 17 Jun 2019 17:43 Daily Universe A rendering shows the design of the new Greek Orthodox Church that is being built in Payson. (Ken Hoglund) The Greek Orthodox Church is building a chapel in Payson, near The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint’s Payson Utah Temple. This church will …
• Cartoons underline a history of religious intolerance in NZ 17 Jun 2019 17:37 Stuff OPINION: Since March 15 this year there has been a heightened awareness of religion – and religious differences – in New Zealand. On that day in Christchurch, in his Canterbury University office, Mike Grimshaw was putting the finishing touches to his …
• Lebanon nabs suspect over plots to bomb religious sites 17 Jun 2019 15:57 Press TV Lebanese Security forces have arrested a Syrian national suspected of having links to the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group that was plotting to launch attacks on religious sites in the south of the country. The Internal Security Forces (ISF) said in a …
• Nationalist group condemns Myanmar sedition case against Buddhist monk 17 Jun 2019 13:37 Channel News Asia YANGON: Myanmar's most prominent group of nationalist Buddhist monks on Monday (Jun 17) condemned sedition charges against one of its leading members, Wirathu, ahead of a hearing in the fugitive monk's case expected on Tuesday. Police issued an …
• Trinidad: Venezuelan Hindu marriages being investigated 17 Jun 2019 12:26 Stabroek News (Trinidad Newsday) The Sanatan Dharma Maha Sabha is concerned about Venezuelan migrants entering the country with Hindu marriage licences issued by a pundit in central Trinidad. Pundit Lutchmidath Persad Maharaj, in a telephone interview yesterday, said …
• ‘Buddhist philosophy revitalised Sri Lanka’ – Prime Minister 17 Jun 2019 09:15 On Lanka “Sri Lanka is a unique example in the history of the world, of a society that was revitalised by cultural, political and religious reforms that stemmed from the introduction of Buddhist philosophy,” Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe states in his Poson …
• How can Quebec heal wounds caused by emotional debate over religious symbols? 17 Jun 2019 08:26 CBC In the Beauce, a low-lying valley south of Quebec City, there once was a man who didn't like Muslims. He thought they wanted to impose Shariah law, and that they wanted to convert everyone they met, and that they were terrorists. But one day, this man …
• Religious Leaders In Westmoreland County Object To ‘Drag Queen Bingo’ Fundraisers 17 Jun 2019 07:17 KDKA WESTMORELAND COUNTY (KDKA) — Religious leaders in Westmoreland County are expressing concerns over fundraisers in the community. The one catching their attention: drag queen bingos at volunteer fire departments. A group of seven Christian churches in the …
• PA advisor on Islam warns world ‘will pay’ unless Muslims save Al-Aqsa 17 Jun 2019 04:03 Jerusalem Post The Dome of the Rock is seen in the background as a man waves a Palestinian flag upon entering the Temple Mount, after Israel removed all security measures it had installed at the compound, in Jerusalem's Old City July 27, 2017.. (photo credit: REUTERS …
• The riddle of two cats in a Buddhist monastery and all that talk 16 Jun 2019 21:35 Deccan Chronicle CHENNAI: The ‘moral sense’ so to say, is often imprinted in the minds of young through parables, songs, folk-tales, a ballad, last but not least through our grandmas tales, retelling stories from great epics  and heroic struggles of people. An insight into …
• What happened to our Black churches and Black colleges? 16 Jun 2019 14:43 Florida Courier I was propelled to write this article because of the current status and dilemma of our Black churches and Black colleges. For the past 18 years, since my retirement as a superintendent of schools and college president, I worship on a rotating basis at five …