Can Jews eat halal food, and can Muslims eat kosher?
some answers: Orem Frien, Assyrian, American, Atheist…and that’s just the A’s Updated Feb 5 There are two issues here: (1) Can Jews eat Halal? (2) Can Muslims eat Kosher. Of […]
What is Kosher? Are halal and kosher the same thing?
Many meats are labeled halal, which makes them okay for Muslims to consume, and many Muslims rely on kosher certification to inform them that meat is halal, but halal does not equal kosher. Here’s why: ● All kosher meat must be slaughtered by a G‑d-fearing Jew who is trained in […]
Law forcing Jews to obtain permits for kosher meat proposed by Austrian politician
Gottfried Waldhäusl, from far right Freedom Party, claims plan ‘from point of view of animal welfare’ Tom Embury-Dennis @tomemburyd Source: The Independent Online Both Jewish kosher and Islamic halal rituals require the […]
Sec. Pompeo: Trump Admin. Is Sounding ‘Clarion Call for Religious Freedom Around the World’
By Michael W. Chapman | July 19, 2018 Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. (YouTube) (CNSNews.com) — In anticipation of next week’s Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo […]
Buzzwords and tortuous impact studies won’t fix a broken aid system
Fifteen leading economists, including three Nobel winners, argue that the many billions of dollars spent on aid can do little to alleviate poverty while we fail to tackle its root […]
We have turned a blind eye to extremism against the British Ahmadi Muslim community
A web of extremism percolates outwards from Pakistan into communities in the UK. By Fiyaz Mughal Getty Members of the Ahmadiyya community during Friday prayers at a mosque in Lahore, Pakistan Last month I […]
Ahmadis not to take part in election
The Newspaper’s Correspondent Updated July 20, 2018 CHINIOT: The Ahmadiya Community has dissociated itself from the upcoming general elections due to ‘discriminatory treatment’. In a press statement, a community spokesman […]
After rescue, soccer boys pray for protection at Thai temple
Source: Associated Press By TASSANEE VEJPONGSA and KAWEEWIT KAEWJINDA CHIANG RAI, Thailand (AP) — The youth soccer teammates rescued from a flooded cave began their first day back home with […]
Taliban Leaders Declare a Halt to Bombings in Civilian Areas
Source: The New York Times By Rod Nordland and Jawad Sukhanyar KABUL, Afghanistan — Taliban insurgents are refraining from attacking Afghan civilians for the first time in many years, according to Afghan […]
As ISIS Fighters Fill Prisons in Syria, Their Home Nations Look Away
Source: The New York Times On a rare tour of prisons for Islamic State suspects from nearly 50 countries, a Times reporter watched their jailers try to secure them humanely […]
Austrian ambassador downplays fears of kosher-halal meat register
Source: BBC News The Austrian ambassador to Israel has downplayed reports of a plan by an Austrian state to require Jews and Muslims to register before they can buy kosher […]
Vatican-OK’d journal strikes out again at US evangelicals
Source: Associated Press By Nicole Winfield VATICAN CITY (AP) — A Vatican-approved journal has dismissed “prosperity gospel” as a pseudo theology dangerously tied up with the American Dream and President […]
Malcolm Turnbull says pope must sack disgraced Australian archbishop Philip Wilson
Source: The Guardian BY Amy Remeikisand Paul Karp Malcolm Turnbull has called on the pope to step in and sack Philip Wilson, after the Adelaide archbishop said he would not step down […]
Trump calls for Turkey to release US pastor accused of spying
Source: CNN By Steve Almasy, CNN US President Donald Trump again has called for the release of Andrew Brunson, an American pastor who is on trial in Turkey. (CNN) President Donald […]
INTERNATIONAL OUTRAGE AS RABBI GRILLED FOR OFFICIATING MASORTI WEDDINGS
Source: The Jerusalem Post By Jeremy Sharon Dubi Haiyun in front of the President’s residence, July 19, 2018. (photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM) The Jewish world was roiled on Thursday […]
Israeli parliament passes contentious Jewish nation bill
Source: Associated Press By ILAN BEN ZION JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s parliament approved a controversial piece of legislation on Thursday that defines the country as the nation-state of the Jewish […]
The ‘ultimate deal’? For Israel, maybe. We Palestinians will never accept it
Source: The Guardian By Hanan Ashrawi A US-backed deal to bring ‘peace’ to the Middle East would just legitimise Israeli aggression – and oppress my people further ‘The US partnership […]
For American Muslims, family border separations are personal
Source: Religion News Service BY Aysha Khan (RNS) — When Imam Arjan Abu Sa’ad turned on the news to see reports of toddlers being pulled from their families and detained in […]
For most highly educated women, motherhood doesn’t start until the 30s
Source: Pew Research Center BY GRETCHEN LIVINGSTON When should women who want to advance professionally have children? The public is split — 36% say that having kids early in her career […]
A third of U.S. adults say they have used fertility treatments or know someone who has
Source: Pew Research Center BY GRETCHEN LIVINGSTON Triplets Rosalie, Regan and Rocco Mullane, now age 3, were among the many in vitro fertilization children taking part in the Boston IVF Baby […]