Islam… A journey through Hajj, Islam’s special pilgrimage 18 Aug 201818 Aug 2018 From KPAX Mt via CNN By Tamara Qiblawi and Kara Fox, CNN Graphics by Henrik Petterson CNN (CNN) -- For the 1.8 billion Muslims around the world, the Hajj is…
Islam… Monday marks start of holy time for Islam 18 Aug 201818 Aug 2018 From The Courier On Monday evening, U.S. Muslims will kick off celebrations to mark the annual conclusion of the hajj, a five-day pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Mecca is Islam’s…
Islam… What Westerners get wrong about the hijab 18 Aug 201818 Aug 2018 From The Washington Post By Ola Salem August 17 at 6:00 AM On Aug. 1, Denmark’s ban on the burqa kicked in. A few days later, former British foreign secretary Boris…
Catholicism… Vatican statement on Pa. grand jury clergy sex-abuse report 18 Aug 201818 Aug 2018 The statement released Thursday by the Holy See: Regarding the report made public in Pennsylvania this week, there are two words that can express the feelings faced with these horrible…
Orthodox Christianity… Orthodox Christians mark Virgin Mary’s assumption to heaven 18 Aug 201818 Aug 2018 From Daily Sabah Orthodox Christians living in Turkey on Wednesday held a religious ceremony on an island in the historic Çanakkale province. Fener Greek Patriarch Bartholomew took part in the…
Israel… Ronald Lauder: Israel, This Is Not Who We Are 17 Aug 201819 Feb 2019 From the New York Times By Ronald S. Lauder Mr. Lauder is president of the World Jewish Congress. Orthodoxy should be respected, but we cannot allow the politics of a radical…
Judaism… Where science and Judaism meet, in synagogue 17 Aug 201817 Aug 2018 From The Jewish News of Northern California BY ELISSA EINHORN | AUGUST 15, 2018 At Congregation Shir Hadash in Los Gatos, science is a familiar field: Two-thirds of the congregants work in science…
Catholicism… Where Is Jesus in the Midst of the Church’s Sex-Abuse Crisis? 16 Aug 201816 Aug 2018 A Disclosure from the Editor of Worldview Foundations: Our Editor is a practicing Traditionalist Roman Catholic, Latin-Rite and at the same time has denounced abuse of children by the Church and all…
Israel… Does the Future of Judaism Lie in Israel? 16 Aug 201819 Feb 2019 From the Algemeiner Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, former chief rabbi of Great Britain, is correct in pointing out that never before in Jewish history has there been a thriving Diaspora and…
Sikhism… Who are the Sikhs and what are their beliefs? 15 Aug 201815 Aug 2018 From Simran Jeet Singh / The Conversation Henry R. Luce Post-Doctoral Fellow in Religion in International Affairs Post-Doctoral Fellow, New York University New Jersey’s first Sikh attorney general, Gurbir Singh Grewal,…