Muslim scholar gives 1st US talk since ban was lifted, tells NYC audience he’s glad to be back

No longer banned, Muslim scholar speaks in NYC

NEW YORK – A Muslim scholar who was banned from entering the United States for years has made his first public U.S. appearance since the ban was lifted, saying he looks forward to when he can enter the country without answering questions from authorities on what he plans … Original source on Gaea Times at : Muslim scholar gives 1st US talk since ban was lifted, tells NYC audience he’s glad to be back.

Report: Vatican No. 2 official says sex scandal causing great pain to the pope

Report: Official says pope in pain over scandal

VATICAN CITY – The clerical sex abuse scandal is causing Pope Benedict XVI great pain, the Vatican’s No. 2 official said Thursday.
Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, the Vatican’s secretary of state, said that like all pastors the pope has suffered greatly for the cases of sex abuse of minors by …. Source  : Gaea News Network.

NYC Sikhs protest appearance of Indian minister they blame for instigating 1984 riots in India

NYC Sikhs protest appearance of Indian minister

NEW YORK – Several dozen Sikhs on Thursday protested a speech by an Indian minister who they say instigated mob riots in their country in 1984 that left more than 3,000 dead, most of them Sikhs.
About 100 members of the Sikhs for Justice, a U.S.-based human rights organization, gathered … Read more >>.

NJ regulators issue warning to Jewish artifact burial site; neighbors call it illegal dump

Jewish artifact burial site raises concerns in NJ

LAKEWOOD, N.J. – Environmental regulators in New Jersey are trying to decide what to do about an unlicensed religious artifact burial site.
A rabbi coordinated the dumping of 2,000 trash bags full of Jewish text and clothing on private land in Lakewood during Passover. Orthodox Jews are not permitted … Read more >>>.