Federal Judge Says N.J. Town Unconstitutionally Blocked Mosque
Source: The Wall Street Journal By KATE KING The former mayor of a small New Jersey suburb has won a significant victory in his yearslong effort to build a mosque […]
Woman arrested after threatening violence at Kentwood mosque
Source: Mlive.com By Meagan Beck | KENTWOOD, MI – A woman has been arrested after she demanded money and threatened violence at the At-Tawheed Islamic Center Monday, Jan. 2, Kentwood […]
François Fillon, Embracing His Catholicism, Challenges France’s Secular Tradition
Source: The Wall Street Journal When French presidential contender François Fillon marked the Feast of the Assumption last summer, he attended Mass at Solesmes Abbey, a Benedictine monastery known for […]
Armed men linked to Muslim rebels free more than 150 from Philippine prison
Source: Reuters Around 100 armed men with links to Muslim rebels stormed a prison in the southern Philippines on Wednesday, killing a guard and freeing more than 150 prisoners, some […]
A music video featuring skateboarding women has Saudi Arabia entranced
Source: The Washington Post By Adam Taylor Since it premiered online last month, the music video “Hwages” has been viewed more than 2 million times and has become the subject […]
In eastern Germany, the land of Luther, church pews are mostly empty
Source: Star Tribune By Jean Hopfensperger LEIPZIG, Germany – As a boy, Helge Voigt celebrated Christmas Eve listening to Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, opening a few gifts and savoring a special […]
IS conflict: Baghdad suicide car bomb blast kills 35
Source: BBC At least 35 people have been killed in a suicide car bomb attack in a busy square in Iraq’s capital, Baghdad, security and medical sources say. Sixty-one other […]
Israeli settlements grew on Obama’s watch. They may be poised for a boom on Trump’s.
Source: The Washington Post By Griff Witte SHILOH, West Bank — Through eight years of escalating criticism from the world’s most powerful leader, Israeli construction in these sacred, militarily occupied […]
Pope tells bishops to have zero tolerance for sexual abuse
Source: Reuters By Philip Pullella | VATICAN CITY Pope Francis has told bishops around the world they must adhere to a policy of zero tolerance for clergy who sexually abuse […]
Nightclub Massacre in Istanbul Exposes Turkey’s Deepening Fault Lines
Source: The New York Times By TIM ARANGO ISTANBUL — When a lone gunman murdered dozens of New Year’s revelers early Sunday, he targeted a symbol of a cosmopolitan Istanbul […]
An Afghan Street Artist Boldly Brings Women’s Stories To Life
Shamsia Hassani hopes her work inspires younger Afghan citizens, both men and women, to create. 12/23/2016 09:37 am ET | Updated Dec 26, 2016 Priscilla Frank Arts Writer, The Huffington Post SHAMSIA HASSANI At 22 years old, Shamsia Hassani became interested in graffiti ― spray painting the surreal visions […]
While You Were Asleep New Year’s Day Morning, Muslims Waged Jihad On Your Streets
01/01/2017 Kashif N Chaudhry Physician, Writer, Human Rights Activist New Year’s Eve is marked by celebrations world over. There is lots of partying involved, and consequently, a lot of work for sanitation workers before the New Year morning. In 2015, the Department of Sanitation in New York City estimated close […]
The U.S. is no stranger to interfering in the elections of other countries
One professor’s database cites 81 attempts by the United States to influence elections in other countries, notably in Iran, Guatemala and Chile. Nina Agrawal Update: President Obama on Thursday slapped Russia with new penalties for meddling in the U.S. presidential election, kicking out dozens of suspected spies and imposing banking restrictions […]
Hitler’s ‘Mein Kampf’ becomes German bestseller year after reprint
Source: The Local For 70 years after the end of the Second World War, the brutal dictator’s manifesto remained unpublished in Germany. Its copyright was owned by the state of Bavaria, which prevented new editions from being printed in Germany for fear of reinvigorating Nazi sentiments. But when its copyright […]
A Year Of U.S. Militarism
12/30/2016 Marjorie Cohn Professor Emerita at Thomas Jefferson School of Law One of the most alarming developments in U.S. foreign policy in 2016 was the ratcheting up of the new iteration of the Cold War. Looking back at U.S. foreign policy in this last year of Barack Obama’s presidential tenure, […]
The ISIS Istanbul Reina Night Club Attack: A Lesson In What Happens When One Invites Cannibals To Dinner
01/02/2017 Ahmet S Yayla Professor & Deputy Director International Center for the Study of Violent Extremism (ICSVE) Anne Speckhard Director, International Center for the Study of Violent Extremism, Adjunct Associate Professor of Psychiatry – Georgetown University ISIS attacked again in Turkey, this time on New Year’s Eve in the […]
Sheikh Mohammed Launches Food Bank in UAE as Part of ‘Year of Giving’
Source: MSN Last month it was announced that 2017 is going to be the Year of Giving in the UAE, and they weren’t joking. His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al […]
WORLD WAR THREE, BY MISTAKE
Harsh political rhetoric, combined with the vulnerability of the nuclear command-and-control system, has made the risk of global catastrophe greater than ever. By Eric Schlosser December 23, 2016 A dilemma has haunted nuclear strategy since the first detonation of an atomic bomb: How do you prevent a nuclear attack while […]