Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla, Religion Reporter “Vaisakhi diyan lakh lakh vadhaiyan!” Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is celebrating his country’s religious diversity with a holiday message for Sikh Canadians. […]
Source: Asia Times: President Xi Jinping’s China is becoming a more fearful place. The government has cracked down both on dissent and contact with the West. Religious persecution also is rising: the communist god that failed fears competition. A new Freedom House report details how “the authorities have intensified many […]
Source: Asia Times: Each for its own reasons, the world’s major powers have decided to accept Iran as a regional hegemon, I wrote March 4 in Asia Times, leaving Israel and the Sunni Arabs in isolated opposition. The global consensus on behalf of Iranian hegemony is now coming clearly into […]
Reuters International APR 17, 2017 – 16:53 Migrants try to stay afloat after falling off their rubber dinghy during a rescue operation by the Malta-based NGO Migrant Offshore Aid Station […]
By AFP – Apr 18,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Protesters hold portraits of Palestinian prisoners during a rally in the West Bank city of Ramallah to show their support to […]
Turkey is surrounded by many actual or potential enemies – Syrian, Kurdish, Iranian, Russian – who see how easy it will be to exploit and exacerbate the country’s deep divisions […]
Dozens of children were killed in Syria this weekend but where is the US president’s lament on how ‘beautiful’ they are, let alone action? Where are the denunciations by the EU and the UK? The West must react with equal outrage when it is Shias that are the victims of terrorism. Or […]
Guardian: One of North Korea’s most senior representatives to the United Nations warns that the Trump administration’s aggressive approach to dealing with the secretive nation risks pushing the situation to “the brink of war”. Kim In-ryong tells a press conference on Monday that his country is ready to “react to […]
Source: CNN Only at a North Korean press conference at the United Nations, can you hear a diplomat say he hoped journalists had a good holiday weekend and then warn of possible thermonuclear war. North Korea has consistently issued threats of war toward the United States in recent decades, but […]
Source: CNN Indonesia’s capital is on edge one day before a vote that has become a test of tolerance in the world’s most populous majority-Muslim nation.The incumbent governor of Jakarta, Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama, an ethnic Chinese Christian, is facing a challenge by a Muslim former government minister backed by […]
Source: Dawn A medieval brutality, a very cancer of the soul, has permeated this society. Not only has it pervaded the hinterland, it has also spread to places where minds are supposed to be enlightened by knowledge and learning. Each ghastly detail of Mashal Khan’s murder on Thursday illustrates this […]
It is Jewish video but more applicable to the Pakistani ground reality right now. A word of caution: You have to be not living in Pakistan to enjoy the video.
Ahmadi Muslims hold the unique belief that Jesus (peace be upon him) survived the crucifixion and travelled towards India to continue his ministry among the Lost Tribes of Israel. Furthermore, they claim that his tomb, containing his body, has been recently re-discovered in India where it can be seen to […]
Arif Khan – UK SOURCE: http://www.reviewofreligions.org/2727/rozabal-–-the-tomb-of-jesus-christas/ It is a commonly-held belief among Christians and Muslims that Jesus(as) rose to heaven, and that his body was never buried. However, recent media coverage has brought the attention of the world to the Rozabal Tomb in Kashmir, said to contain the body of […]
Saudi father forgives the killer of his two sons for the sake of God and family ties. (Supplied) Staff writer, Al Arabiya English Sunday, 16 April 2017 Six months after the […]
Source: Huffington Post By Christopher Mathias 1.8k Two resolutions condemning Islamophobia died quietly in the U.S. House of Representatives at the beginning of January, neither having made it out of […]
Source: BBC By Elle Metz 14 April 2017 Last month, both the US Department of Homeland Security and the UK Department of Transport issued a new ban. Passengers flying from […]
Source: The Washington Post By Robin M. Jensen April 14 Christians worldwide are commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus in Good Friday worship services, followed by celebration of his resurrection on […]
Source: The New York Times BY Nicholas Kristof Christians celebrate Easter on Sunday. But wait — do we really think Jesus literally rose from the dead? I asked questions like that […]