India opens first school for transgender pupils
Source: BBC A residential school for transgender people has been opened in the Indian city of Kochi, to help adults who dropped out of school finish their education. Transgender people […]
Pentecostal church looks to white Britons to boost congregations
Source: The Guardian The UK’s biggest and fastest growing Pentecostal church is embarking on an ambitious expansion programme in 2017, in part aimed at attracting white Britons to join its […]
Bears Ears and Gold Butte: Obama creates two nature preserves
Source: BBC President Barack Obama has unilaterally designated two new “national monument” nature preserves in the western US states of Nevada and Utah. The Bears Ears National Monument and the […]
American Jews Divided Over Strain in U.S.-Israel Relations
Source: The New York Times By ADAM NAGOURNEY and SHARON OTTERMAN For Rabbi Gerald Sussman of Temple Emanu-El on Staten Island, the Obama administration’s recent confrontation with Israel was a […]
With the two-state solution a distant dream, Palestinians ask if it’s time to push for a one-state solution
Source: Los Angeles Times By Joshua Mitnick For nearly three decades, governments around the world have insisted that the best way to end the most intractable conflict in the Middle […]
In ‘Red’ and ‘Blue’ Israel, Separate Lives and Divergent Narratives
Source: The New York Times By PETER BAKER JERUSALEM — The two front-page headlines told very different stories about Secretary of State John Kerry’s lengthy address about Middle East peace. […]
Catholics in China should integrate into socialist society-senior party official
Source: Reuters Chinese Catholics must run their church independently, implying at arms length from the Vatican, and guide believers on a “Sinicisation path”, said a senior Communist Party official, as […]
Inauguration speaker Franklin Graham: God allowed Donald Trump to win
Source: RNS By Emily McFarlan Miller (RNS) The Rev. Franklin Graham isn’t sure which Scripture he’ll read at the Jan. 20 inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump. The evangelist and head […]
Future of US relationship with UN in doubt
Source: CNN By Stewart Patrick Stewart Patrick is the senior fellow and director of the program on International Institutions and Global Governance at the Council on Foreign Relations. The views […]
Russia-US row: Putin rules out tit-for-tat expulsion of diplomats
Source: BBC Russian President Vladimir Putin has ruled out a tit-for-tat response after the US expelled 35 Russian diplomats amid a row over hacking. He said Russia would not “stoop” […]
Female lawyers in Saudi courts: ‘We are equal to male counterparts’
AISHA FAREED | Published — Thursday 29 December 2016, Dima Talal Al-Sharif JEDDAH: After years of being prohibited from appearing in court, female lawyers in 2013 achieved a significant victory in being able to practice law and argue their cases in Saudi courtrooms.Female lawyers have the right to advocate for issues that […]
PRESS RELEASE 122nd JALSA SALANA QADIAN CONCLUDES WITH ADDRESS BY HEAD OF THE AHMADIYYA MUSLIM COMMUNITY
PRESS RELEASE 122nd JALSA SALANA QADIAN CONCLUDES WITH ADDRESS BY HEAD OF THE AHMADIYYA MUSLIM COMMUNITY Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad says all Muslims must heed the perfect example of Holy Prophet of Islam (peace be upon him) Read more:https://www.khalifaofislam.com/press-releases/jalsa-qadian-2016/
Canada: New mosque to be ‘nucleus’ for the Ahmadiyya community
MATTHEW OLSON, thestarphoenix.com More from Matthew Olson Published on: December 29, 2016 | Last Updated: December 29, 2016 6:00 AM CST The exterior of the new Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at mosque. GORD WALDNER / SASKATOON STARPHOENIX SHAREADJUSTCOMMENTPRINT The group in charge of constructing Saskatoon’s first purpose-built mosque wants it to be more than just […]
Putin blocks expulsion of US diplomats, looks to Trump
Source: Times of Israel. Obama on Thursday unleashed a barrage of sanctions against Russia over alleged cyberattacks aimed at tilting the election in Trump’s favor. The move came after years of bad blood with Putin that has seen Washington slap sanctions on Moscow over its interference in Ukraine and Syria. […]
Netherlands insurer defends coverage for circumcisions
Source: Times of Israel. The right-leaning news blog GeenStijl, which boasts 2 million views per month, wrote that Zilveren Kruis is moving into the niche that until recently was occupied only by specialized insurance companies catering specifically to Muslims. Zilveren Kruis began including non-medical circumcision of boys in some of […]