by Josef Kuhn | Oct 26, 2011 | News
WASHINGTON (RNS) A Muslim organization is working to counter radicalization by providing the work of progressive Islam scholars online in simple, youth-friendly language. Muslims for Progressive Values (MPV), a nonprofit group that has established liberal Muslim...
by Omar Sacirbey | Oct 26, 2011 | News
(RNS) A Muslim civil rights group is accusing the FBI and other federal agencies of “bad policing” and flaunting the Constitution in a 56-page report released to mark the 10th anniversary of the Patriot Act. The Tuesday (Oct. 25) report by Muslim Advocates, “Losing...
by Francis Rocca | Oct 25, 2011 | News
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Blaming the world’s economic and financial crisis on an “economic liberalism that spurns rules and controls,” the Vatican on Monday (Oct. 24) released an ambitious proposal for global regulation of the financial industry and the international money...
by Al Webb | Oct 25, 2011 | News
LONDON (RNS) More than a week after welcoming anti-corporate protesters onto its grounds, London’s historic St. Paul’s Cathedral now wants them to go away because their presence is costing too much money. Asking the demonstrators to leave peacefully after nine days of...
by Ron Csillag | Oct 25, 2011 | News
TORONTO (RNS) The collapse of a lender that offered Shariah-compliant mortgages has left Muslim homeowners in the Toronto area with many questions and so far, few answers. Founded in 2004, Toronto’s UM Financial partnered with an Ontario credit union to offer...
by Baptist Times Staff | Oct 25, 2011 | News
Following the award of a substantial grant, the treasures of Baptist history in Great Britain are set to reach a wider audience. Regent’s Park College in Oxford has successfully applied to the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) seeking support for a project at its...
