Controversy erupts over Bible in Okinawa US naval hospital display
RNS US Navy officials are investigating complaints about the placement of a Bible in a public display about POW/MIAs at the US Naval Hospital Okinawa, the service’s largest overseas medical facility. The investigation, opened Friday, follows the filing of a complaint by the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, a non-profit established to promote religious freedom in the US […]
UN Secretary-General urges world to learn from “Rwandan tragedy”, says he’s “particuarly troubled” over Rohingya plight
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has used an international day to remember the victims of the Rwandan massacre to express his concerns over the “rise of racism, hate speech and xenophobia around the world” and the plight of those who are being killed, displaced or abused including, in particular, the Rohingya Muslims of Myanmar. In a […]
MIGRATION: LIVING IN LIMBO – INDONESIA’S REFUGEES FACE UNCERTAIN FUTURE
MICHAEL TAYLOR, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on the plight of refugees in Indonesia…
Rules to govern sun-dimming technology “urgently” needed, says expert
Thomson Reuters Foundation With a miniature experiment to try to cool the planet by blocking sunlight planned in Arizona within a year, international rules to govern “geoengineering” efforts must be put in place quickly, a governance advocate said. An open, inclusive discussion on how the world will research and govern solar geoengineering is “urgently” needed […]
ESSAY: ANOTHER FUNERAL FOR KING
In an article first published on Religion News Service, Rev RAPHAEL G WARNOCK, senior pastor of Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist Church and author, says it’s time to remember the real Martin Luther King, Jr, not the “faux King” America has created…
THIS LIFE: COPING WITH CREATIVITY – FIGHTING PAIN THROUGH POETRY
BRIAN NIXON, in an article first published on ASSIST News Service, reflects on how a creative outlet helped him in the wake of his son’s death…
Conservative faith leaders worry Kenya will repeal ban on gay sex
RNS In Kenya, where conservative Christian and Muslim leaders often preach passionately against gay relationships, a court could soon overturn the national ban on gay sex. “We are concerned about move to legalise the acts. We still believe in the Bible. The Bible is above our cultures and does not allow it. So we must […]