Archive for the 'Religion' Category
EU Adds Saudi Arabia to Draft Terrorism Financing List
January 25th, 2019Via: Reuters: The European Commission has added Saudi Arabia to an EU draft list of countries that pose a threat to the bloc because of lax controls against terrorism financing and money laundering, two sources told Reuters on Friday.
Pope Francis Unveils New ‘Click to Pray’ App
January 22nd, 2019Via: New York Post: The Holy Father launched an app called “Click to Pray” on Sunday that’ll allow the world’s 1.3 billion Roman Catholics to join him in prayer. The pontiff has a profile on the Android and iOS app that shows Catholics around the globe what he’s currently praying for. Users can then click […]
Does Society Realize It Is Being Initiated?
January 17th, 2019Via: Truthstream Media:
China: “Vocational Schools”
October 24th, 2018Via: BBC: On 12 July 2015 a satellite swung over the rolling deserts and oasis cities of China’s vast far west. One of the images it captured that day just shows a patch of empty, untouched, ashen-grey sand. It seems an unlikely place to start an investigation into one of the most pressing human rights […]
Pennsylvania Report Details Decades of Sexual Abuse by Priests
August 14th, 2018Via: Reuters: Roman Catholic priests in Pennsylvania sexually abused thousands of children over a 70-year period and silenced victims through “the weaponization of faith” and a systematic cover-up campaign by their bishops, the state attorney general said on Tuesday. An 884-page report made public by Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro after a two-year investigation contained […]
Man Arrested at New Mexico Compound Is Son of Imam with Possible Link to 1993 World Trade Center Bombing
August 9th, 2018Update: New Mexico Jihad Compound Mysteriously Destroyed By Authorities Via: ZeroHedge: New Mexico authorities have executed a court order to destroy an encampment where the son of a famous New York Imam ritualistically murdered his three-year-old son and trained nearly a dozen other children to commit school shootings, according to Taos, NM prosecutors. — Refer […]
In Japan, a Buddhist Funeral Service for Robot Dogs
May 27th, 2018Via: National Geographic: A traveler happening upon a funeral for robot dogs might be taken aback. Is this a performance art statement about modern life? Is it a hoax? A practical joke? But this is actually a religious ceremony, and the emotions expressed by the human participants are genuine.
China Reportedly Holding Thousands of Muslims in Internment Camps
May 18th, 2018Via: AP: Since last spring, Chinese authorities in the heavily Muslim region of Xinjiang have ensnared tens, possibly hundreds of thousands of Muslim Chinese — and even foreign citizens — in mass internment camps. This detention campaign has swept across Xinjiang, a territory half the area of India, leading to what a U.S. commission on […]
Israeli Forces Kill Dozens, Wound Thousands in Gaza as U.S. Embassy Opens in Jerusalem
May 14th, 2018Update: Photos (WARNING: GRAPHIC) Via: Daily Mail: Israeli snipers have killed scores of Palestinians and wounded thousands more as 35,000 protesters rallied against the US Embassy opening in Jerusalem overseen by Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy Jared Kushner and daughter Ivanka. A 14-year-old was among 52 shot dead along the Gaza border on what is […]
Wearing a Pretend ‘God Helmet’ Fooled Spiritual People Into Proclaiming Mystical Experiences
January 27th, 2018They ought to try to convince the test subjects that jet fuel can melt steel. Via: Newsweek: The “God helmet” is an odd-looking psychology tool that can evoke mystical experiences in wearers akin to religious visions—despite being nothing more than an elaborate hat. The helmet is purely a placebo and new research shows that self-proclaimed […]
