Indian documentary filmmaker Vijay Kumar, arrested in Houston for allegedly carrying ''jihadist'' literature and brass knuckles in his checked baggage, will remain behind bars without bail but can leave "voluntarily" if his case is resolved within 120 days….More
The scientist has claimed that no divine force was needed to explain why the Universe was formed. In his latest book, The Grand Design, an extract of which is published in Eureka magazine in The Times, Hawking said: “Because there is a law such as gravity, the Universe can and will create itself from nothing. Spontaneous creation is the reason there is something rather than nothing, why the Universe exists, why we exist.” …More
The word respect is bandied about so much today, that one wonders if it still has its original meaning or perhaps changed to mean something else, particularly as we experience the call for respect for all religions, particularly on forums…..More
Lahore, Pakistan (AP) - The triple bombing of a religious procession in Pakistan adds to the strains on a government already struggling with devastating floods and shows that Islamist militants are back in business despite the natural disaster….More
Video footage exposing a Thai teacher caning students at a Catholic boarding school in Nakhon Ratchasima has appeared on Thai television recently. The teacher, not certified by the Teacher’s Council of Thailand, has subsequently been suspended by the school…..More
The former head of Belgium’s Roman Catholic Church said Monday that he should not have suggested to a victim of serial sexual abuse that he say nothing publicly about the episode until after the retirement of the offending bishop, who is the victim’s uncle….More
Germany's Roman Catholic bishops announced tighter standards for reporting and handling clerical sexual-abuse cases Tuesday but stopped short of adopting tough guidelines used by the U.S. Catholic Church, as the scandal surrounding priestly abuse flared up in Europe….More
A MAN who beat a Buddhist monk to death in a suburban park was sentenced to five and a half years in jail. Ian Samuel James McConkey, 38, was sentenced in the Western Australian Supreme Court for the manslaughter of Buu "Paul" Lieu , 48, on January 10….More
Reuters Life!) - The Indonesian branch of the Buddha Bar, an international chain of upmarket bars, has been ordered to close because its name caused distress to Buddhists, local media reported on Wednesday….More
The Libyan government has announced the release of 38 more members of a radical Islamist group who were jailed for plotting to overthrow the government of Muammar Gaddafi and they are expected to leave prison by the close of the day, the country's attorney general Abderhmane al Abbar has said….More
Authorities last week recovered the bodies of three Christian relief workers who had been kidnapped and killed by members of the Pakistani Taliban in the flood-ravaged country, area officials said…..More
