Religion

Twisted so called Islamic State jihadis are raping Yazidi women captives on the orders of their chiefs. It followed a decree that a yazidi slave who is raped by ten jihadis will automatically become a Muslim, even though in Islam rape and slavery are forbidden, according to some Imams. It is believed that in Iraq around 3,500 people, mostly women and children from the Yazidi community, are currently being kept as slaves by Daesh. The Daily Express reports: As part of their religion, the Yazidi women worship the sun.

A group of international physicists have announced that the concept of a human soul may actually be measurable by quantum physics, and have suggested that the human soul has a quantum state just as real as ‘wave-particle dualism’.  Below is a selection of quotes from world-renowned physicists that suggest that the human soul is in fact real. Huffingtonpost.co.uk reports: Dr. James G. of San Francisco, a former coworker of the German Max-Planck Society in Frankfurt, reported the following incredible story.

Did you see the Benedictine Monks of Norcia on CBS Sunday Morning yesterday? These are the guys I’m going to spend a week with next month, and who are going to be a key part of the Benedict Option book! I had no idea that their recording of their Gregorian chanting had his No. 1 on the Billboard classical charts. See here to learn more about that particular monastery. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: if you are an unmarried Catholic man and sense that you may have a monastic calling, go to Norcia and meet these monks.

Erin Doom, left, director of the Eighth Day Institute, and Kevin Brown (Photo by Rod Dreher)