(Image by Phil Camill via Flickr) Happy Halloween –No Happy Reformation Day! I know. October 31st is known for witches, goblins and trick or treat plus the Catholic Church tried unsuccessfully to redeem it all by calling it ‘All-Saints Day’. However a real earth shaking game changing event happened on October 31, 1517 when Martin [...]
(Image via Wikipedia) Last week at a conference sponsored by the World Council of Churches and the National Council of Churches in India, 31 Indian churches condemned the continuing practice of caste discrimination in India particularly against those who are considered “untouchables” (Dalits). The churches in a joint ‘affirmation of faith’ condemned casteism as a: [...]
(Image via Wikipedia) A Muslim husband from Qatar was joking with his wife on Skype chat about divorcing her and the whole thing backfired. Now Muslim religious authorities have issued a ruling (fatwa) that the couple is officially divorced and must separate even though both want to remain married. The husband says he: "Jokingly typed [...]
On Tuesday, The World Council of Churches announced an upcoming conference in Geneva between key Christian and Muslim leaders to discuss mutual concerns about the future: High-ranking Muslim and Christian leaders as well as renowned scholars and interfaith practitioners, representing various Islamic and Christians organizations, will gather 1-4 November at the Ecumenical Centre in [...]
(Image by . SantiMB . via Flickr) The Roma (Gypsies) community has been discriminated against in European countries for centuries. In fact just this last summer thousands of Roma were deported from France and sent packing back to Romania and Bulgaria. However, there is another little known backstory that is happening among the Roma people [...]
On October 19, the Christian chapel of Gordon College, part of the Presbyterian Church University in Rawalpindi, Pakistan was illegally taken by force by a group of over 20 radical Muslims who now are claiming ownership of the building with the support of local authorities. The group says that they intend to destroy the Chapel [...]
(Image via Wikipedia) During his last 2 speeches, here in LA and in Las Vegas, Nevada on Friday, President Obama quoted from the Declaration of Independence and when he included and enunciated the words: “by their Creator” the crowds reportedly responded with thundering applause that seemed totally out of place unless you are aware of [...]
