From The Post-Gazette: The Rev. Adrian Van Kaam, a Catholic priest whose understanding of the dynamics of spirituality was formed as he smuggled food to Jews in hiding during the Nazi occupation of Holland, died Saturday at the nursing home of the Little Sisters of the Poor, North Side. Father Van Kaam, 87, a Spiritan, founded the Institute of Formative Spirituality at Duquesne University. He...
Dutch justice minister OK with Islamic law in Netherlands
The Netherlands’ justice minister says he would welcome Islamic law, or Sharia, to his European nation if the majority of his people vote for it. Piet Hein Donner wants the Netherlands to give Muslims more freedoms to behave according to their traditions, reported the NIS News Bulletin, a Dutch online publication as long as there was no violation of Dutch and any other civilized law...