Mormons making wedding rule change to be more inclusive
Source: Associated Press BY BRADY McCOMBS SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints changed wedding rules Monday in hopes of preventing family members who […]
Revealed: new evidence of China’s mission to raze the mosques of Xinjiang
Source: The Guardian By Lily Kuo in Beijing Around this time of the year, the edge of the Taklamakan desert in far western China should be overflowing with people. For decades, every spring […]
Muslim-Owned Shops In Sri Lanka Vandalised; Tensions Persist In The Aftermath Of Easter Sunday Bombings
Source: The Logical Indian On May 5, Muslim-owned shops and vehicle were attacked by a large Catholic mob, pushing church authorities to call for calm. A small riot broke out […]
Bride market trafficks Pakistani Christian women to China
Source: Associated Press By KATHY GANNON and DAKE KANG GUJRANWALA, Pakistan (AP) — Hundreds young women from Pakistan’s small Christian minority have been trafficked to China as brides in recent […]
Woman arrested in Poland over posters of Virgin Mary with rainbow halo
Source: The Guardian BY Christian Davies in Warsaw A woman has been arrested on suspicion of offending religious sentiment, after posters bearing an image of the Virgin Mary with her halo […]
Joint urgent appeal to provide protection for refugees and asylum seekers in Sri Lanka
REPORT from Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development, Amnesty International, Minority Rights Group, International Commission of Jurists, medico international, Human Rights Watch, Freedom from Torture Published on 09 May […]
Interfaith Symposium: Fasting in My Religion
Media Opportunity: Live interview of Australian Imam, VIP guests, volunteers, Muslim scholars, government officials, religious and community leaders. Parramatta and Castle Hill chapter of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community will hold […]
Saudi Arabia: Sahwa clerics must fix what they have broken
FAISAL J. ABBAS May 08, 2019 The public apology aired on TV this week by the Saudi cleric Ayed Al-Qarni for offenses committed by the Sahwa, or “Awakening” movement, was both significant […]
Pope Francis Urges Bulgaria to Open Its Heart to Refugees
Source: The New York Times By Boryana Dzhambazova and Jason Horowitz SOFIA, Bulgaria — Making his first visit to Bulgaria, Pope Francis on Sunday pointedly appealed for care for migrants in one […]
Reflections on Ramadan
RIDWAAN JADWAT May 09, 2019 Expatriates of different countries gather for Iftar at the courtyard of the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah on May 8, 2019. (SPA) The first time I experienced Ramadan in Saudi Arabia was in 2000, when I arrived in Riyadh to begin my first diplomatic posting as second secretary […]
The Powerful Group Shaping The Rise Of Hindu Nationalism In India
Source: NPR By LAUREN FRAYER Before dawn, men gather in a suburban Mumbai park to play team-building games, meditate, chant Sanskrit mantras from Hindu scripture and salute a saffron-orange flag […]
Saudi tourism commission launches ‘Ramadan Brings Us Together’ festival in Makkah
May 10, 2019 Makkah has always been the capital of culture and home of civilization — SCTH chief MAKKAH: The Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage (SCTH) launched the […]
Pakistan’s Ahmadi community faces growing discrimination, report says
Source: Reuters BY Saad Sayeed ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan’s Ahmadi community faces growing institutionalized discrimination fanned by last year’s election campaign by Prime Minister Imran Khan, the minority movement said […]
Saatchi Gallery covers up artworks after Muslim visitors’ complaints
Source: The Guardian BY Jim Waterson A leading contemporary art gallery covered up works featuring an Islamic declaration of faith after complaints from Muslim visitors who said the artworks were […]
Britain used to ask Muslims to move here. What happened to us?
Diana Darke Arabic-speaking ‘recruitment’ videos the British government made in the 1960s show a more tolerant nation than today’s hostile environment Thu 9 May 2019 A still from the […]
Pakistan: where the daily slaughter of women barely makes the news
Pakistan Mohammed Hanif The stories of murdered women are recorded with grim regularity in one and half inches of a single newspaper column Thu 9 May 2019 Pakistani women […]
British woman describes Australia road-trip kidnap
Source: BBC News A British backpacker has spoken for the first time about being kidnapped and raped by a man in Australia. Elisha Greer, 24, was held captive by Marcus […]
Trump’s foolish Iran policy only makes war more likely
Simon Tisdall Iran’s rulers face impossible choices as a result of unrelenting US hostility, which has one aim – regime change Thu 9 May 2019 ‘Pompeo’s meetings with May […]
Nature crisis: Humans ‘threaten 1m species with extinction’
Source: BBC News By Matt McGrath Environment correspondent, Paris On land, in the seas, in the sky, the devastating impact of humans on nature is laid bare in a compelling UN […]
‘Pity America, because of this crazy Trump!’ Here’s what Iran’s man in Iraq would say to Mike Pompeo
Hadi al-Ameri calls himself an Iraqi first, a Shia second, but there’s no doubting his links with key figures across the border. The US secretary of state would have been wise to […]