Source: BBC Ghana’s chief imam is a man of few words, but the 100-year-old Muslim cleric certainly knows how to make waves – by attending a Catholic Church service as part of his birthday celebrations. Pictures of Sheikh Osman Sharubutu, sitting attentively in the pews of Accra’s Christ the King […]
Source: BBC There is a widely-held narrative that we are living through a time of worsening intolerance in the UK, with people becoming more vitriolic and polarised. But Dr Julian Hargreaves, an adviser to the government’s Commission for Countering Extremism, challenges the evidence. He wants research to produce a better-informed […]
Source: BBC News By Georgina Kenyon More than 60 years ago, when he was a child, farmer Peter Andrews saw his first dust storm. He still remembers it. “The noise […]
Source: Time BY JAMIE DUCHARME The heart health of younger Americans may be declining, even after years of medical progress. Heart disease is, and has for years been, the leading cause […]
Source: Associated Press By COLLEEN LONG WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI has more than 850 open investigations into domestic terrorism across the country, and the threat continues to grow, top […]
Source: The Washington Post By Julie Zauzmer GLASGOW, Ky. — Todd Steenbergen leads worship services in church sometimes, but today he was preaching in a different venue: the public-school classroom where he […]
Source: BBC News Video by Aakriti Thapar and Pooja Agarwal Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called himself the “watchman” of the nation, as part of an election campaign on securing […]
Source: BBC News European powers have said they remain committed to the Iran nuclear deal but that they “reject any ultimatums” from Tehran to prevent its collapse. Iran announced on […]
Source: BBC News Pope Francis has made it mandatory for Roman Catholic clergy to report cases of clerical sexual abuse and cover-ups to the Church. In an Apostolic letter, which […]
Source: The New York Times By Karen Weise SEATTLE — Three Somali women working for Amazon near Minneapolis have accused the company of creating a hostile environment for Muslim workers […]
Source: The Washington Post By Rachel Weiner and Laura Vozzella Requiring a doctor to perform most abortions in Virginia violates the Constitution, a federal judge in Richmond ruled Monday. The decision from […]
Source: The Washington Post By Felicia Sonmez and Sarah Pulliam Bailey May 7 Michael Cohen, President Trump’s longtime personal attorney, claimed to have helped prevent the release of personal photographs embarrassing to […]
Source: The Texas Tribune BY ARYA SUNDARAM The Texas Senate passed a bill on Tuesday that would ban abortions on the basis of the sex, race or disability of a fetus, […]
Epigraph: And We (Allah) have enjoined on man to be good to his parents. His mother bears him with pain, and brings him forth with pain. And the bearing of him […]
Bambang NurbiantoThe Jakarta Post Jakarta / Thu, May 9, 2019 / 10:30 am President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo (center), accompanied by a number of officials, looks at […]
EDITORIAL Editorial BoardThe Jakarta Post Jakarta / Sat, May 11, 2019 / A banner in front of the site of the planned construction of a Hindu […]
The U.S. under Donald Trump is exacerbating tensions with Iran, leading many to fear war may be just around the corner. Any military conflict would have dire consequences for Europe, […]
The Three Stages of Ramadan SOURCE: BE ISLAMIC MAY 6, 2019 Category: Faith & Spirituality, Featured, Highlights Topics: Dua (Supplication), Ramadan Values: Forgiveness, Mercy, Safety Channel: Ramadan – Day 1, […]
10th May 2019 To mark the start of the blessed month of Ramadan, the Fazle Umar Foundation English Desk has produced a translation of a Friday sermon delivered by Hazrat […]
Interfaith May 11, 2019 Muzaffar Ahmad Noori Bajwa Suppression of a voice leads to the emergence of that idea. The world has witnessed this phenomenon repeatedly. Persecution of Christians right after the death of the Christ, persecution of Jews due to their ethnicity or persecution of Ahmadi Muslim due […]