Plot to blow up Aventura synagogue ends with man’s arrest
Source: Miami Herald A Hollywood man accused of trying to blow up an Aventura synagogue stood in Miami federal court and gave the judge two names — one real, the […]
Mormon leader: Differing versions of Joseph Smith’s ‘First Vision’ make it the ‘best-documented in history
Source: The Salt Lake Tribune By Peggy Fletcher Stack For years, critics have pointed to the differing accounts of Joseph Smith’s so-called “First Vision” as proof that the Mormon founder made up his boyhood encounter with the divine. But a high-ranking LDS leader said Sunday that those varying versions do just […]
Germany AfD conference: party adopts anti-Islam policy
Source: BBC The German right-wing party Alternative fur Deutschland (AfD) has adopted an explicitly anti-Islam policy. Delegates at a party conference adopted a ban on minarets, the call to prayer […]
Raging fire destroys historic New York City church
Source: Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A historic church in New York City was destroyed in a raging fire just hours after its Orthodox worshippers celebrated Easter. The fire […]
Trump accuses China of ‘raping’ US with unfair trade policy
Source: BBC Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump has accused China of “raping” the US, in renewed criticism of China’s trade policy. He told a rally in Indiana that China was responsible for “the greatest theft in the history of the world”. Mr Trump, a billionaire businessman, has long accused China […]
First U.S. Cruise in Decades Arrives in Cuba
Source: Time (HAVANA)—The first U.S. cruise ship in nearly 40 years crossed the Florida Straits from Miami and docked in Havana on Monday, restarting commercial travel on waters that served as a stage for a half-century of Cold War hostility. Carnival Cruise Line’s Adonia became the first U.S. cruise ship […]
The Case for the 1-Minute Workout Is Getting Stronger
Source: Time By Alice Park Is the one minute workout for real? Here’s what you need to know about whether it’s right for you There’s a lot of talk in the exercise world about high intensity interval training (HIIT) lately, which is exactly what it sounds like — alternating episodes of […]
Poll: Millennials don’t like Trump
Source: Politico By NOLAN D. MCCASKILL Millennials don’t like Donald Trump, a Harvard Institute of Politics poll released Monday shows. Hillary Clinton crushes Trump among millennials, who would overwhelmingly support […]
Anger as Basel pool bans ‘maxi burqinis’
Australian model Mecca Laalaa in a tight-fitting Islamic swimsuit, or burqini. File photo: AFP Anger as Basel pool bans ‘maxi burqinis’ Published: 29 Apr 2016 12:23 GMT+02:00 Updated: 29 Apr 2016 14:00 GMT+02:00 A swimming pool in Basel which is popular with Muslims has banned certain types of burqinis as […]
Mr. Blair, please do not beat the drums of war
By Matin Moslem May 2, 2016 TEHRAN- In spite of being sinful, President Nixon was on the belief that “a good politician is the one who listen more than talk, do not take action hastily and learn lesson from the past!” However, the 37th U.S. president had not observed this […]
No place for racism in Islam
Deana Nassar | Published — Friday 1 April 2016 Islam with its universal concept of brotherhood rejects all artificial and man-made marks of distinction. When listening to the radio, reading newspapers, surfing the Net or watching television, we are confronted daily with the same sad news: Violence, crime, wars […]
Will France Stop Muslim Soccer Players From Praying?
Dana Kennedy http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/05/02/will-france-stop-muslim-soccer-players-from-praying.html?via=newsletter&source=DDMorning NICE, France — Wearing Muslim head scarves in schools has been banned all over the country since 2004. But will the mayor of Nice get away with telling Muslim football players they can’t pray on the field? Many in Nice question why Mayor Christian Estrosi is suddenly […]
Israeli Arabs more optimistic about two-state solution than Arabs living in the Palestinian territories
Fact Tank – Our Lives in Numbers April 27, 2016 By Angelina E. Theodorou and Jacob Poushter1 comment The idea that an independent Palestinian state can peacefully coexist with Israel has been the cornerstone of many Arab-Israeli peace initiatives in recent years. But while significant shares of Israeli Arabs and […]
Will Israel ever learn?
Apr 30,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – MUSA KEILANI The Israeli government committed last week one more strategic mistake that will, in the long run, have a serious impact both on Israelis and on Palestinians. Nearly three decades ago, military occupation authorities in the West Bank and Gaza deported 415 Palestinian […]
Potential jihadis monitored as fewer leave Switzerland
Intelligence report May 2, 2016 – 16:02 Markus Seiler, head of the Federal Intelligence Service, presented his department’s latest report on Monday. (Keystone) In its latest report, the Federal Intelligence Service (FIS) has said it is monitoring the social media activity of about 400 potential jihadis. However, no individuals have […]
When humanitarian assistance turns hi-tech
Helping hands (and feet) When humanitarian assistance turns hi-tech By Isobel Leybold-Johnson May 2, 2016 – 14:45 In 2014, the ICRC helped 300,000 people via its physical rehabilitation services and prostheses (cicr) An affordable prosthetic foot for war amputees is the Lausanne-based Humanitarian Tech Hub’s first project. The research and […]
On Patrol with Saudi Arabia’s Religious Police
https://www.clarionproject.org/videos/patrol-saudi-arabias-religious-police They patrol Saudi Arabia’s streets and shopping malls. Their official name is the Committee for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice. This rare footage shows them in action.
Becoming a parent is the greatest identity change we go through
theguardian: by Tim Lott — If identity is about how power plays out inside us, then having children is the profoundest transformation a human being can experience Becoming a parent tends to be invisible in certain narrow sociological terms … a family walk (posed by models). Photograph: OJO Images/Rex Features […]
Women Demand Equality in Syria After Seeing Honor Diaries
For the first time the documentary on women’s rights was screened in Turkey and seen by Syrian refugees. They want change upon their return. Thu, April 28, 2016, Clarionproject.org A group of Syrian refugees called for wholesale changes to the law in their country to create equality for women. The […]
A French journalist infiltrated a jihadist cell: ‘I never saw any Islam in this affair, only lost, frustrated, suicidal, easily manipulated youths’
Paris (AFP) – A French journalist infiltrated a cell of would-be jihadists, filming them with a hidden camera as they plotted an attack in the name of the Islamic State group, before they were arrested, he told AFP. The journalist, a Muslim using the pseudonym Said Ramzi, carried out the […]