The late Indonesian president and ulama Abdurrahman Wahid, or Gus Dur, was a great protector of minorities who taught his followers to respect and accept others, regardless of race and religion, writes AMY CHEW
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AMY CHEW Gus Dur’s pluralist Islam takes root (The New Straits Times)
Ten Southern Baptists, mostly from two churches in Idaho, have been arrested in Haiti for attempting to illegally take 33 children out of the country that has been severely damaged by the recent earthquake. Yesterday’s Canadian Press reported that a hearing is scheduled for the Americans today
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Ten U.S. Sourthern Baptists Arrested In Haiti For Attempting To Take Children For Adoption
In this pertinent and engaging volume leading Christian philosophers, theologians, and writers from all over the denominational map explode the black-and-white binaries that characterize both sides of the New Atheism debate. …
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Atheism is Dead: “GOD IS DEAD” and I Don't Feel So Good Myself
Amsterdam – An Amsterdam court on Wednesday ruled it was authorized to hear the criminal case against lawmaker and Islam- critic Geert Wilders for incitement to hatred and discrimination. The court rejected the argument by Wilders’ defence at the sta…
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Court rules it is authorized to hear Dutch Islam-critic’s case (EARTHtimes.org)
I recently picked up a copy of ” target=”_blank”> A Witch Alone: The Essential Guide for the Solo Practitioner of the Magical Arts by Marian Green. The book contains 13 chapters, one for each of the 13 moons in a year. I plan to work through one chapter per lunar cycle beginning just after the new moon, as Green recommends
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A Witch Alone by Marian Green: Introduction
By Shweta Srinivasan, New Delhi, Feb 3 : Works on Islam and Buddhism are a big hit at stalls put up by publishers from South Asian countries at the World Book Fair here. Many avid book readers and scholars are happy to have spotted rare books that are not easily available in India.
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Rare books on Islam, Buddhism a hit at South Asian stalls (New Kerala)
Once again this year, churches are looking carefully at copyright rules as they plan their annual Super Bowl Parties for next Sunday. (See prior related posting .) Yesterday’s Christian Post reports that the NFL adopted new Guidelines last year to ease limitations on churches showing the copyrighted Super Bowl Game. Churches are no longer limited to projecting the game on screens of 55 inches or less
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Churches Have Some Greater Copyright Leeway This Year for Super Bowl Parties
According to KGW News8 Portland , yesterday in Oregon City, Oregon, a state court jury by a 10-2 vote convicted Jeff and Marci Beagley of criminally negligent homicide in the death of their 16-year old son. The Beagleys are members of the Followers of Christ Church which avoids doctors.
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Oregon Jury Convicts Parents In Faith Healing Death
Works on Islam and Buddhism are a big hit at stalls put up by publishers from South Asian countries at the World Book Fair here. Many avid book readers and scholars are happy to have spotted rare books that are not easily available in India.
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Rare books on Islam, Buddhism a hit at South Asian stalls (Calcutta News)
I’ve only actually known one Blaise in my life, my Uncle Blaise, who I loved dearly and who died twelve years ago of pancreatic cancer (the same disease the killed my father and that my aunt now suffers from). However, there is one other Blaise I remember from my youth, and that is St
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St. Blaise