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After scandal-scarred incumbent Anthony Weiner resigned from his seat, Democrats and many political sages confidently predicted that the district he represented — New York’s 9th, a rock-solid Democratic district – would stay in the Democratic fold. “They were convinced that David Weprin, a machine politician who did not live in the district, would bury Republican…

Nearly half of British adults would like to see more demonstrations of faith in their local communities, according to a poll. The survey was conducted by the Congregational & General Insurance Co., which said that out of 1,000 British adults, 44 per cent said they would like to see faith be more prominent in Britain’s public life.  While nearly…

Writing on USA Today‘s editorial page, attorney Jay Sekulow says “New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s decision not to invite clergy of any faith to commemorate the anniversary Sunday at Ground Zero is a mistake.” The move is deeply offensive to the many Americans who find solace and healing in prayer, notes Sekulow: For many,…

The Australian government may force the Church of Scientology there to pay millions in past salaries to former members who say they were forced to work for free. The move came after Australian labor officials received confidential statements from several former Scientology workers who claim they were underpaid, or not paid, for at least a…

A Christian nurse here has told police she was raped by a Muslim co-worker who filmed the act and showed it to her family in an attempt to blackmail her into renouncing her faith and marrying him. Christians have little legal or societal standing in Pakistan — and Muslim criminals tend to assume they will…

The People Against Poverty and Apathy Festival attended by about 500 free spirits in a field north of Baltimore “is completely outside of what you might see in a typical Sunday morning service,” writes blogger Julia Duin. “In fact, most of the amiable 20- and 30-something people I encounter are involved in church lightly,” she…

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Guiliani was just a little sarcastic as he advised Mayor Michael Bloomberg that the microphones won’t melt if plans are changed and clergy are allowed to pray at Sunday’s memorial observances as Ground Zero.  

“Jesus Daily” — which started off as a preacher’s son’s hobby now has the most highly engaged Facebook audience in the world, reports Jennifer Preston in the New York Times. The page hosted by Aaron Tabor, 41, a North Carolina physician, far surpasses anything offered on Facebook by celebrities and sports teams — and that includes Justin Bieber, Lady…

Tolerance – understood in its classical liberal sense as a virtue essential to freedom – has been hijacked and bankrupted, argues British sociologist Frank Furedi. “Dragged into the politicisation of identity, tolerance has become a form of ‘polite etiquette. Where once it was about the tolerance of individuals and their opinions, it has now been ‘redeployed…

“A tough-looking, leather-clad gang of Hasidic Jewish bikers who call themselves “Rebbe’s Riders” are cruising the tri-state area of New Y0rk, New Jersey and Connecticut, bringing the truth of the Torah to other motorcycle-riding Jews they meet on the road. The Riders — members of the strict Brooklyn-based Lubavitch sect — “say their love of choppers…
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