by Al Webb | Nov 24, 2010 | News
LONDON (RNS) The British government has warned a network of Islamic schools in the wake of a BBC investigation that claims extremist Shariah law is being taught to thousands of Muslim students. The televised report, by the BBC’s Panorama program, said as many as 5,000...
by Michele Chabin | Nov 24, 2010 | News
JERUSALEM (RNS) The Western Wall, the holiest site in Judaism, is actually a Muslim shrine, according to an official report published Monday (Nov. 22) by the Palestinian Authority’s Ministry of Information. The document, which was written by Al-Mutawakei Tahad, a...
by Adelle M. Banks | Nov 23, 2010 | News
WASHINGTON (RNS) Significant progress on global malnutrition can be made in 2011, the ecumenical anti-hunger group Bread for the World said Monday (Nov. 22) in its new annual report on hunger. The U.S. government’s “Feed the Future” initiative has the potential to...
by Kelly Heyboer and The Star-Ledger | Nov 23, 2010 | News
SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. (RNS) It is the class that wasn’t supposed to happen. In a basement classroom at Seton Hall University, 24 undergraduates meet twice a week for a course known as “Special Topics in Political Theory: Gay Marriage.” Most of the tension that surrounded...
by Al Webb | Nov 23, 2010 | News
LONDON (RNS) A Church of England bishop has triggered fury for publicly describing Prince William and his bride-to-be as “shallow celebrities” and the whole royal family as a collection of “philanderers.” Bishop of Willesden (London) Pete Broadbent, a self-described...
by Baptist Times Staff | Nov 23, 2010 | News
A scathing attack on fair trade from a free-market think-tank has led to a strong defense of the movement from the Fairtrade Foundation and from BMS World Mission. Fair trade is an organized social movement that promises to pay producers a guaranteed price for their...
