Sarah Palin sues New York Times
Source: CNN By Dylan Byers The former Alaska governor and vice presidential candidate filed a lawsuit against the Times on Tuesday alleging that a recent editorial falsely portrayed her as […]
Inside French Prisons, A Struggle To Combat Radicalization
Source: NPR By ELEANOR BEARDSLEY With 2,500 inmates, the penitentiary institution of Fresnes, about 20 miles south of Paris, is one of the largest prisons in Europe. Like most French prisons, […]
50 Years After War, East Jerusalem Palestinians Confront a Life Divided
Source: The New York Times By ISABEL KERSHNER Photo The Dome of the Rock at the Al Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem’s Old City.CreditUriel Sinai for The New York Times JERUSALEM […]
Vatican concerns over bishop detained in China
Source: BBC News The Vatican has expressed “grave concerns” for one of its bishops who was detained after being “forcibly removed” from his diocese in China. Chinese Catholic bishop Peter […]
A Battle Over Prayer in Schools Tests Canada’s Multiculturalism
Source: The New York Times By DAN LEVIN JUNE 25, 2017 Photo An elder demonstrated the call to prayer at a mosque in Brampton, Ontario, Canada.CreditIan Willms for The New York […]
USA: Al Franklin warns Christian ‘zealot’ Pence worse than Trump
Al Franken Warns Christian ‘Zealot’ Pence Worse Than Trump June 27, 2017 by Michael Stone 12 Comments Impeachment worries: Senator Al Franken warns Mike Pence is a dangerous Christian “zealot” who “would be worse” than Donald Trump.http://www.patheos.com/blogs/progressivesecularhumanist/2017/06/al-franken-warns-christian-zealot-pence-worse-trump/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=BRSS&utm_campaign=Nonreligious&utm_content=367 In a recent interview Senator Al Franken discussed the possible ramifications of impeaching President Donald Trump. In […]
PM Justin Trudeau: The Best Ambassador for Interfaith Tolerance
Eid Mubarak! My best wishes to Muslims celebrating Eid al-Fitr tonight. https://t.co/HD5iqu5tIV — Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau) June 25, 2017 The Muslim Times has the best collection of articles on the […]
Iran : Fighting Iran’s dress code for women with a hashtag
DAWN.com https://images.dawn.com/news/1177901 Before she begins her Wednesday morning, Iranian activist Masih Alinejad spends hours sifting through scores of videos and photos sent to her of women in Iran wearing white headscarves or white clothing as part of a growing online protest. To campaign against the obligatory wearing of headscarves – […]
Social media abuzz over Justin Trudeau’s Pride appearance with ‘Eid Mubarak’ socks
Trudeau wore socks featuring the text “Eid Mubarak,” honouring the religious holiday that marks the end of Ramadan, which coincided with Pride this year. Canada’s Justin Trudeau took part in Toronto’s Pride parade, with the prime minister’s official photographer Adam Scotti there to mark only the second time that a […]
Zakat requires Muslims to donate 2.5% of their wealth: could this end poverty?
Guardian: Usman, a fisherman in North Sumatra, used to have a rickety fishing boat that could only take him as far as the mouth of the river, just before it meets the sea. He could not catch enough to feed his family of five but last month, he was able […]
Wolverhampton’s Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat organizes Outreach Event at Bait-ul-Ata Mosque to remember Jo Cox; Prayer vigil for victims of terror attacks
Report compiled by Toby, National Rep- Outreach Co-odinater Midlands Region- UK By the grace of Allah Wolverhampton Jamaat arranged a big Outreach function / event on the evening of 17th June, 2017, Saturday, at Bait-ul-Atta Mosque and Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Centre, Wolverhampton, to remember Jo Cox; murdered MP and to […]
Church and states braced for biggest battle on euthanasia
Source: The Guardian by Gay Alcorn and Melissa Davey The American state of Oregon has allowed doctors to prescribe lethal drugs for terminally ill patients for almost 20 years, and […]
Australia: The number of people who identified as secular (30%) eclipsed the number of any particular religion
Christianity on the wane in Australia, but Pentecostal church bucks trend Source: The Guardian By Elle Hunt As the number of Australians who identify as Christian has declined since 2011, […]
Ultra-Orthodox lawmaker: Reform Jews don’t believe in Temple
Source: Associated Press By ARON HELLER JERUSALEM (AP) — A senior ultra-Orthodox Israeli lawmaker on Tuesday dismissed the protestations of liberal Jews over alternative access to Jerusalem’s Western Wall as […]
Judge rejects lawsuit targeting kosher slaughter of chickens in Jewish ritual in Irvine
Source: The Orange County Register By SEAN EMERY A Superior Court judge has rejected a lawsuit aimed at halting the slaughter of chickens in Orange County during a Jewish holiday […]
U.S. judge halts deportation of Iraqis nationwide
Source: Reuters By Steve Friess | DETROIT A federal judge halted late on Monday the deportation of all Iraqi nationals detained during immigration sweeps across the United States this month […]
The Surprising Benefit of Eating Fish
Source: Time By Amanda MacMillan Jun 21, 2017 TIME Health For more, visit TIME Health. Ordering off the seafood menu may help ease the aches and pains of rheumatoid arthritis […]
Image of the United States has plunged under Trump, survey shows
Source: Yahoo News By Noah Barkin BERLIN (Reuters) – The image of the United States has deteriorated sharply across the globe under President Donald Trump and an overwhelming majority of […]
India is becoming a Hindu Pakistan
Source: The Indian Express Written by Nirupama Subramanian | Updated: June 27, 2017 12:31 am Junaid Khan’s brother Shaqir, who was stabbed five times, at AIIMS It was the day […]
Trump causes ‘major’ shift in global view of US: Pew
Source: BBC News Donald Trump’s presidency has had a “major impact on how the world sees the United States”, a large new study says. The survey, by the Pew Research […]
