Religion

Candidate Answers to the HFF Questionnaire ....

In 2009, Muslims tricked the Hawaii Legislature into celebrating 'Islam Day' on September 24--which is September 11 in the old Julian calendar.  Seven years later, UH Manoa professors are still feeling the thrill ....

...what happens in blue states doesn’t stay in those states....

Hassan Maan Melhem later pleaded no contest to fourth-degree sexual assault and was given a deferred sentence and probation....

There are now 36 million yoga practitioners in the United States alone, with another 80 million Americans preparing to practice for the first time in the next 12 months. Practitioners are spending $16 billion per year on clothing, products and classes.....

The Primary Election is just around the corner....

The deadline to submit proposals is 4 p.m. on August 19, 2016....

The complaints describe the actions of a number of serial pedophiles active in the 1950s through the 1970s....

...Leon Siu discusses with host Keli`i Akina the historic relationship between Christianity and Hawaiian history....

...Pew Research Center’s most recent Religious Landscape Study....

...urging Christians to vote....

Called Decision America Tour, the focus of these prayer rallies will be to challenge Christians to pray for the United States and its leaders, and to live and promote biblical principles at home, in public and at the ballot box....

...his committee has the oversight responsibility over DLNR....

This “licensed therapist” loophole is something that liberals would use to dictate what religions can and cannot believe in....

...Sai Hansen was a big contributor to Tulsi Gabbard ($5,000)....

As of 10AM Friday November 20, 2015, 1,848 persons have signed....

It’s like a bad Monty Python sketch....

This is the second time Turkish Muslims have disrupted a moment of silence for victims of ISIS....

...Ige's office has been flooded with over 500 phone calls and about 300 emails from constituents....

Senator Sam Slom wrote a letter to Governor Ige, urging him to reconsider his position....

'Screening': Syria is 10% Christian, 'Refugees' are 2% Christian....

According to the NYT, so far no Syrian refugees have been resettled in Hawaii....

...Obama has been refusing to label terrorist group ISIS as “Islamic extremists,” instead opting for “violent extremists,” a choice Maher called “crazy” on his HBO talk show. “Words do matter,” he said....

In a letter to MRFF dated Oct. 9, Killeen wrote that the “sign will remain in its present location and not be altered in any way”....

...The sign at Marine Corps Base Hawaii reads: "God bless the military, their families, and the civilians who work with them." It has stood there for 14 years....

“Only someone with a great misunderstanding of the First Amendment or an axe to grind against religion would claim that such a slogan poses a threat or is in any way unconstitutional."

Keli'i Akina speaks with Tom and Cindy Bauer of Surfing the Nations about the incredible transformation in Wahiawa....

Normally she keeps her cult connections under wraps, but Butler's need to assert himself in internal Krishna politics likely forced her hand on this....

Host Keli'i Akina speaks with Pastor Robb Finberg about the intention/design of the Aloha Heritage Center of Hawaii....

...The Marquesas Islands...The Hawaiians Send a Mission to Them....

Evangelical Protestants are becoming less white....

At 6:10 a.m. Thursday (February 26), Kona Patrol officers responded to a report of a fire at the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Captain Cook....

Church attendance provides ties that bind members to their communities, and research shows that at the individual level, those who are most religious have higher well-being than those who are less religious....

...“coexist,” written on a wall using a Muslim crescent as the letter “C,” a Star of David as the letter “X,” and a Christian cross as a “T.”....

Saturday, January 31, 2015 @ Kewalo Basin Park- check in 6:30 am- start @ 7:00 am....

Hawaii remains at the bottom of the list for voter registration and turnout....

“The only thing these churches have done is serve the schools and bring great benefit to their surrounding communities. They don’t deserve to be dragged through court any longer by two people who are seeking financial gain by attacking these congregations.”

Honolulu City Lights will celebrate three decades of tree lightings and holiday fun on Saturday, Dec. 6, starting at 6 p.m. at Honolulu Hale....

Ministers face a 180-day jail term and $1,000 fine for each day they decline to celebrate the same-sex wedding....

...a statement agreeing that the IRS should not control the content of a pastor’s sermon....

...Kahle and Huber moved from Hawaii to Norton Shores (MI) last year....

The Hawaii Family Forum/Hawaii Catholic Conference voter guide for the General Election is now available.... 

... holding the Research Institute for Hawaii USA (RIH), and its CEO Christopher Damon Haig, liable for religious and sexual harassment ....

...Ideology has no basis in evidence or reason. It is based in a core set of beliefs, just like religion....

Applications must be received by this Friday, August 29 before 4:30 p.m. at the Mission Memorial Building next to Honolulu Hale, 550 South King St....

The pitch of public controversy surrounding cultural issues...can give the impression that we live in an intractably divided society with incompatible differences.  But the Hobby Lobby decision suggests that such a tone is overwrought....

Schatz is among several Senate Democrats trying to counter the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in the Hobby Lobby case....

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