Pope christmas message: Time for weapons to be still
Source: Aljazeera Pope Francis has urged an end to the fighting in Syria as he gave his Christmas address at the Vatican, saying “far too much blood has been spilled” […]
Russia-Linked Malware Found on Vermont Electric Department Laptop
Source: Time (BURLINGTON, Vt.) — Malware code linked to Russian hackers and found on a Vermont electric utility’s computer is further evidence of “predatory” steps taken by that country against […]
Boy with epilepsy finds ‘normal life’ with cannabis oil
Source: Aljazeera Bruno Delgadillo, a young boy in the US state of Florida, suffered as many as 300 epileptic seizures per day but according to his mother a daily intake […]
Microsoft’s Holiday Ad Celebrates The People Who Made 2016 A Better Year For Everyone
Source: Huffington Post Microsoft’s 2016 holiday advertisement celebrates the accomplishments of ordinary people who worked hard to make 2016 a better year for everyone. The global tech company worked with […]
‘We the People’: Five Years of Online Petitions
Source: Pew Research Center BY PAUL HITLIN During President Obama’s first full day in office on Jan. 21, 2009, he issued a statement committing his administration to pursue “an unprecedented […]
Aid flotilla to help Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar
Source: Religion News Service By Rozanna Latiff KUALA LUMPUR/YANGON (Reuters) An aid flotilla carrying food and emergency supplies for Rohingya Muslims will sail from Malaysia for Myanmar’s troubled Rakhine State […]
Church of Scientology slams A&E
Source: Religion News Service LOS ANGELES (Variety.com via Reuters) Just days after A&E pulled their Klu Klux Klan docuseries, the Church of Scientology is lashing out at the network for […]
Angela Merkel says Islamist terrorism is biggest test for Germany
Source: RNS BERLIN (Reuters) Islamist terrorism is the biggest test facing Germany, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Saturday in a New Year’s address to the nation, and vowed to introduce […]
Brexit vote sparks rush of British Jews seeking Portuguese passports
Source: The Guardian BY Sam Jones in Madrid The UK’s decision to leave the European Union has fuelled an 80-fold increase in the number of British Sephardic Jews seeking Portuguese […]
Allow married Catholic priests to halt decline in Ireland, says clergyman
Source: The Guardian Harriet Sherwood Religion correspondent The Catholic church should accept married men for ordination in an effort to prevent the extinction of priests in Ireland, a prominent clergyman […]
Jan 1, 1863 Abraham Lincoln signs the final Emancipation Proclamation, which ends slavery
Source: MSN 1863: The Emancipation Proclamation takes effect President Abraham Lincoln signs the final Emancipation Proclamation, which ends slavery in the rebelling states. Check out additional 11 things that happened […]
PM’s Video: Happy New Year! I will always stand against the politics of fear
Happy New Year! Let’s make this our year, Canada! pic.twitter.com/ihzkDiERZW — Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau) December 31, 2016 Justin Pierre James Trudeau PC MP (born December 25, 1971) is a Canadian […]
Video: President Obama’s Optimistic New Year Message
Through diplomacy @POTUS:Shut down Iran’s nuclear weapons program ✓Opened a new chapter with the people of Cuba ✓https://t.co/UldBhTwM1T — The White House (@WhiteHouse) December 31, 2016 //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js
Friday Sermon: The Islamic way of celebrating the New Year
Sermon Delivered by Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad at Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. After reciting THANA, TAWUZ and Surah Fatiha Hazoor-e-Anwar(aba) Said: According to the Gregorian Calender, the New Year will insha’Allah start after two days. Worldly people pass these days in worldly pleasures, thus ending the previous year […]
Saudi Arabia jails man for a year after he publically called for end of male control over women
Source: Independent By Samuel Osborne @SamuelOsborne93 Man said he launched campaign after finding some ‘female relatives were facing injustice at the hands of their families’ A Saudi man has been jailed […]
Ending Religious Violence in the Middle East
MOHA ENNAJI Moha Ennaji is President of the South North Center for Intercultural Dialogue and Migration Studies in Morocco and Professor of Cultural Studies at Fez University. His most recent books include New Horizons of Muslim Diaspora in North America and Europe and Muslim Moroccan Migrants in Europe. FEZ […]
How to Help the African Dust Bowl
JEFF RAIKES Jeff Raikes is Co-founder of the Raikes Foundation, former CEO of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and, previously, President of Microsoft Business Division. He is a board member of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA). SEATTLE – Picture a small farm under a […]
Terrorized Tunisia
TUNIS – The recent terror attack on Berlin’s Christmas market – which killed 12 and injured more than 50 – cast a pall over this year’s holiday celebrations across Europe. Viewed from Tunis, where I happened to be during the fallout, the attack has also had a major, albeit different, […]
The Next Migrant Wave
STEPHEN GROFF Stephen Groff is the Asian Development Bank’s vice-president for East Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Pacific. MANILA – Imagine that you are a farmer. Your crops are withering as weather patterns become more volatile, your well water is too salty to drink, and rice is too expensive […]
Ban the Burkini?
(This is one of the ten most read articles in 2016 of the Project Syndicate) https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/multiculturalism-versus-french-burkini-ban-by-peter-singer-2016-09 MELBOURNE – My parents came to Australia as refugees, fleeing Nazi persecution after Hitler annexed Austria. They arrived in a country eager to assimilate immigrants into its dominant Anglo-Irish culture. When my parents spoke […]