Source: Encyclopedia Britannica By Adam Augustyn Dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster chose feminism as its 2017 Word of the Year, in response to both the massive Women’s Marches in American cities over the weekend following President […]
Source: The Washington Post By Mustafa Salim and Tamer El-Ghobashy BAGHDAD — A top aide to the leader of the Islamic State was sentenced to death by hanging by an Iraqi court Wednesday, […]
Source: The New York Times By Amy Qin ERSHUI, Taiwan — It was bad enough, villagers thought, when the kindly Buddhist nuns were forced out of their historic temple and […]
Source: The Guardian BY Harriet Sherwood Religion correspondent Blackpool Tower will light up in rainbow colours this weekend in solidarity with LGBT people as Franklin Graham, the US conservative evangelical with links to […]
Source: The Guardian BY Harriet Sherwood Religion correspondent More than 50 faith leaders around the world are calling on the international community to step up protection for people displaced from their homes […]
Source: BBC News A South Korean church which believes global famine is imminent has set up base in Fiji, where it’s gained considerable influence but faced growing allegations of abuse. […]
Source: Religion News Service By Yonat Shimron HAIFA, Israel (RNS) — Congregation Moriah, this city’s only Conservative synagogue, offers Arabic classes, as well as occasional lessons on the Quran and the […]
Source: The Guardian By Emma Graham-Harrison in Kabul Two months ago, Mohammed Murtaza Turkmeni gathered up his savings and bought his first Kalashnikov. He was born, educated and started a family against […]
Source: THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR By Taylor Luck Alaa Faroukh insists he is the future. After nearly a decade in the Muslim Brotherhood, he says that he has finally found harmony between […]
Source: The New York Times Orthodox Jewish women and men live in tightly defined, and separate, spheres. The photographer Sharon Pulwer was given a rare invitation to enter the private […]
Source: Quartz By Jürgen Schaflechner When I began to research the ritual journeys to the Hinglaj Devi shrine in Balochistan, I knew little about the small Pakistani Hindu community. During my […]
Source: BBC News In our series of letters from Africa, Nigerian writer and novelist Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani considers why some earth tremors in Nigeria’s capital caused such a stir. Sometime […]
Source: Aljazeera By Hamid Dabashi On the Gregorian calendar (so named after Pope Gregory XIII) this September, two of the holiest Jewish and Islamic high holidays coincide. On September 10, […]
Epigraph: أَلَمْ يَرَوْا أَنَّا جَعَلْنَا اللَّيْلَ لِيَسْكُنُوا فِيهِ وَالنَّهَارَ مُبْصِرًا ۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَاتٍ لِّقَوْمٍ يُؤْمِنُونَ “Do they not see that We made the night that they may rest therein […]
Flickr.com Joseph Safra is the richest banker in the world, according to Forbes. And, incidentally, the name Safra means yellow, or gold, in Arabic. Convenient. Especially since the illustrious family […]
ISLAM September 21, 2018 By Adeola Yusuf The Sultan Of Sokoto and president general, Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, has, again, declared that there is […]
The poll found that the older people are, the more likely they are to back a two-state solution. BY GIL HOFFMAN SEPTEMBER 5, 2018 Share on facebook Share on twitter Amid reports that US President Donald Trump’s “ultimate deal” Middle East peace plan will be postponed until after midterm elections […]
1. The theme this year is: The Right to Peace – The Universal Declaration of Human Rights at 70. 2. In 2015, the UN adopted “17 Sustainable Development Goals” of […]
Speaking on the International Day of Peace, the minister of tolerance also said the country works to resolve crises wherever it can The National September 21, 2018 Sheikh Nahyan bin […]
Source: Daily Times But being a Muslim in Pakistan does not protect one from religious extremism. As I found out in 2013, when I started working as a relief doctor […]