Religion

Having come under pressure to address an uptick in incidents targeting Jewish institutions across the US, President Trump denounced anti-Semitism Tuesday when during a tour of the National Museum of African-American History and Culture he said that “Anti-Semitism is horrible and it’s going to stop and it has to stop.".

Trump: Anti-Semitic incidents are "horrible and painful" https://t.co/QmRTDXgq5E

— Daniella Diaz (@DaniellaMicaela) February 21, 2017

The first minaret in Cuba could soon issue calls to prayers to faithful Muslims across Havana. The predominantly Catholic nation of Cuba, which generally has a chilly relationship with religion, is planning to build its first official Mosque for roughly 10,000 Muslims who are currently living on the island. The funding is reportedly being provided by Saudi Arabia. Sputnik reports: Cuba has officially been a secular state since its communist revolution in 1959.

"Mission accomplished"?

The Huffington Post recently visited a monastery in southern France to interview Buddhist monks and nuns and ask for their advice on how best to deal with President Trump. Vietnam war activist and renowned Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh is an advocate of mindfulness and non violence. The Huffington Post interviewed the nuns and monks who practise Engaged Buddhism at the 90-year-old Zen master’s Plum Village monastery in southern France. What they learnt opened their minds. The fact that the world around us defines us and we define the world, hence all is one.

Actress Leah Remini has dropped a bombshell about the Church of Scientology, claiming that its leaders allow certain high ranking members to commit murder. Speaking on the The Joe Rogan Experience podcast, Ramini says that high ranking members such as Tom Cruise and John Travolta are literally allowed to “get away with murder,” claiming its the policy of the Church to let them take another life if they wish to do so. In a recent interview on The Joe Rogan Experience, the actress suggested that John Travolta could literally get away with taking another human beings life.