Reading Erdogan’s Ambitions in Turkey’s New Mosques
Source: The New York Times A building spree of houses of worship is furthering the Islamicizationof the country and providing an ongoing economic engine. Photographs by NORMAN BEHREND In […]
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For Christians In Egypt, Building A New Church Can Set Off Violence
Source: NPR BY JANE ARRAF Christians in Minya province have faced long-running tensions with their Muslim neighbors over an issue central to their survival as a community — whether […]
Pope again flexes papal muscle to keep tabs on cardinals
Source: Associated Press By NICOLE WINFIELD VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis is once again flexing his papal muscle by seeking to keep tabs on his cardinals who live in […]
During Ramadan, Bottled Water Helps Local Muslims Bridge Religious Divide
Source: WFPL By Roxanne Scott A gray Honda pulls up on the corner at Fourth and Chestnut and stops at the traffic light. A few people walk up to the left […]
Trump pushes back on claims that travel ban soon to expire
Source: Associated Press By VIVIAN SALAMA WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is pushing back on claims that President Donald Trump’s travel ban is soon set to expire amid an […]
Iraqi Christians targeted for deportation face ‘death sentence’ in Iraq, lawyers say
Source: The Guardian BY Amanda Holpuch Iraqis are being swept up in immigration raids across the US and targeted for deportation by the Trump administration, in a crackdown attorneys and advocates […]
Why So Many Mass Shooters Have Domestic Violence in Their Past
Source: Time BY Charlotte Alter Jun 14, 2017 James T. Hodgkinson, who injured Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) and several others when he opened fire on Republican members of Congress and […]
Attorney Hits Back Against Report That President Trump Is Under Investigation for Obstruction of Justice
Source: Time BY Alana Abramson Updated: Jun 15, 2017 8:34 AM ET | Originally published: Jun 15, 2017 A spokesman for President Donald Trump’s personal attorney hit back against a […]
The Virginia Shooting and America’s Creeping National Disease
Source: Time BY Michael Scherer Jun 15, 2017 Congressional baseball is a quaint throwback of a sport, not just for the aging players who take the field but for the […]
Why thousands of teens ran away from home in the 1960s
Source: BBC News By Benjamin Ramm 15 June 2017 Fifty years ago, a song topped the UK charts that expressed the fears of a generation of parents. She’s Leaving Home […]
London fire: Death toll rises to 17 but ‘no more survivors’
Source: BBC News At least 17 people died in a massive fire that engulfed a west London block of flats, police said, as they warned that figure could rise further. […]
Death sentence for Facebook post amid Pakistan crackdown online
Source: CNN By Sophia Saifi and Ben Westcott, CNN Updated 0648 GMT (1448 HKT) June 15, 2017 Pakistani religious students and activists gather for a protest against blasphemy on social […]
Death for blasphemy?
Source: Times of Malta By Laiq Ahmed Atif is president of Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Malta. The contemporary time we live in is full of horrendous and heartrending news. Not a […]
Federal appeals court upholds freeze on Trump’s travel ban
Source: The Washington Post By Matt Zapotosky and Robert Barnes June 13 A West Coast federal appeals court upheld the freeze on President Trump’s travel ban Monday, declaring that Trump […]
The New Christian Zionists
Source: Religion and Politics By Dan Hummel | June 13, 2017 There is a joke that Israelis like to tell Christian Zionists, one first made popular by Prime Minister […]
The ultra-religious Northern Irish party about to help form a UK government, explained
Source: Vox Since British Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservative Party suffered a shocking loss of seats in the UK’s House of Commons during last Thursday’s election, ceding their overall majority, […]
The Teenage Spiritual Crisis
Source: The Wall Street Journal By Clare Ansberry Updated June 13, 2017 11:07 a.m. ET Thomas Ramey quit praying a few years ago when he was 16 years old because […]
A Resolution Condemning White Supremacy Causes Chaos at the Southern Baptist Convention
Source: The Atlantic At its annual meeting, the evangelical denomination initially declined to consider a statement of its opposition to the alt-right. Southern Baptist Convention President Steve Gaines and his […]
Muslim group urges Ottawa to speed up release of hate-crime statistics
Source: The Globe and Mail Ottawa is facing calls to speed up the release of national hate-related data in the face of a dramatic rise in anti-Muslim hate crimes in […]
Google Launches An App That Helps Muslims Find The Direction To Pray
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla QIBLAFINDERWITHGOOGLECOMGoogle launched a webapp that helps Muslims find the Qibla — the direction towards Mecca. Qibla is the direction that Muslims face during prayer. […]