The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom yesterday announced two appointments to the Commission. On May 10, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi reappointed Dr. Tenzin Dorjee, who had been initially appointed to USCIRF in December 2016. Dorjee, a Professor in Human Communications...
Month: June 2018
British Court Sentences Former Army Officer Over Anti-Semitic Speech
From England, The Independent reported yesterday that right-wing activist Jeremy Bedford-Turner was sentenced by the Southwark Crown Court to one year in jail after a jury convicted him of stirring up racial hatred in violation of the Public Order Act1986. The charges stem from a 15-minute long...
Native Americans Sue To Keep Use of Prayer Ground
On Monday, a suit was filed in New Jersey federal district court on behalf of the Native American Ramapough Lenape Nation claiming that local officials along with a neighboring housing association are attempting to prevent the Ramapoughs from using their own prayer ground for religious activities....
Four Fun Things
Have you seen Killing Eve? Sandra Oh plays a spy chasing an international assassin. It has twisty plots, plenty of action and cliffhangers galore. Best of all, both the lead and the villain are women — fascinating, flawed and likable as can be.… Read more The post Four Fun Things appeared first on...
Monthly Challenge: Become an Early Bird
In the Disney movies of my youth, there was always a glorious “early morning sequence.” As the cartoon sun began to rise, some unbearably cheerful bluebird or woodland creature — or heck, the entire animal kingdom — would emerge from their slumber to greet the day.… Read more The post Monthly...
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