Egypt beefs up security outside churches ahead of Easter
Source: Associated Press By HEBA AFIFY CAIRO (AP) — Outside of Cairo’s St. Mark’s Cathedral, the seat of the Coptic Orthodox Pope, a dozen high-ranking police officers are stationed on […]
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Egypt identifies Alexandria church bomber as fugitive with militant ties
Source: Reuters Egypt on Wednesday named the suicide bomber who attacked a cathedral in Alexandria as 31-year-old Mahmoud Hassan Mubarak Abdullah, describing him as a fugitive with links to militant […]
Rohingya Fleeing Myanmar Describe Military Tactic Of Systematic Rape
Source: NPR BY MICHAEL SULLIVAN AND ASHLEY WESTERMAN With her 8-year-old son’s head resting in her lap, Zubaida was sitting at home with some other women from her village in western Myanmar’s […]
Why Easter is called Easter, and other little-known facts about the holiday
Source: The Conversation This Sunday, April 16, Christians will be celebrating Easter, the day on which the resurrection of Jesus is said to have taken place. The date of celebration […]
Iran’s Ahmadinejad Will Run For Presidency, Flouting Ayatollah’s Advice
Source: NPR By BILL CHAPPELL Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has registered to run for his third term as Iran’s president, putting a jolt into next month’s elections. He’s the latest hardline challenger to […]
US Sikhs launch ad campaign that looks to push back on hate
Source: Associated Press By STEVE PEOPLES NEW YORK (AP) — Sikhs in the United States are launching a million-dollar awareness campaign that aims to stop hate-fueled attacks by explaining more […]
I was blinded by my contact lens
Source: BBC By Claire Bates Image copyrightNEW CITIZENSHIP PROJECT When Irenie Ekkeshis’s eye started to itch she assumed it would soon settle down. It didn’t. Before long, she found herself […]
The cuban building the world’s tallest bike
Source: BBC By Anna Merlan 12 April 2017 It’s not possible to keep up with 52-year-old Félix Ramón Guirola Cepero, and it’s not wise to try. On a bright winter […]
The joy of a Christian-Muslim wedding among Egypt’s Nubians
Source: BBC The attacks this week on Coptic churches in northern Egypt underline the dangers faced by the country’s Christian minority. But among the Nubians – an ancient nation that […]
Muslims respond to call for blood donations in Egypt after Palm Sunday attacks
Source: Fox News In a show of solidarity after the Palm Sunday attacks in Egypt, Muslim men and women rushed to mosques in Tanta to donate blood for those injured […]
Syria war: Trump and Putin trade barbs as ministers meet
Source: BBC The US and Russian presidents have revealed the wide gulf between them over Syria, even as their foreign ministers were meeting in Moscow. Donald Trump said Russia was […]
Secular power balances the harshness of Israel’s religious courts
Source: The Economist Israel’s contest between religious and secular justice by A.P. and ERASMUS | JERUSALEM IN ANY country where secular courts and religious ones compete to adjudicate people’s lives, […]
How Jews became ‘people of the books’
Source: CNN By Daniel Burke, CNN Religion Editor (CNN)According to Jewish tradition, God is, among other things, a writer. The Talmud says that, on Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year, […]
Israel’s proposed international Jewish database raises red flags abroad
Source: Religion News Service By Michele Chabin | April 11, 2017 JERUSALEM (RNS) News that Israel’s religious establishment is compiling an international Jewish database will exacerbate ongoing tensions between Diaspora […]
Churches in southern Egypt will not celebrate Easter
Source: Associated Press By MENNA ZAKI CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian churches, in the southern city of Minya, said on Tuesday that they will not hold Easter celebrations in mourning for […]
Hawaii asks full court to hear Trump travel ban appeal
Source: Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Attorneys representing Hawaii in the state’s challenge to President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban are asking that the full panel of a federal appeals […]
Alabama Senate votes to allow church to form police dept.
Source: Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Alabama Senate has voted to allow a church to form its own police force. Lawmakers on Tuesday voted 24-4 to allow Briarwood […]
President Trump Asked for Border Wall Plans. This Group Suggested a Hyperloop Instead
Source: Time By Maya Rhodan Apr 11, 2017 When the deadline came for submissions to build President Trump’s proposed wall along the Mexican border earlier this month, many went for a […]
Dalai Lama Hints At Rebirth As A Woman Outside China’s Influence
Source: The Huffington Post His reincarnation is overshadowed by political maneuverin By Mary Papenfuss The Dalai Lama traveled to the Himalayan Indian town of Tawang this week to begin days […]
Starving to death
Source: The Washington Post By Max Bearak and Laris Karklis April 11, 2017 Our world produces enough food to feed all its inhabitants. When one region is suffering severe hunger, global humanitarian institutions, though often cash-strapped, are theoretically capable of transporting food and averting catastrophe. But this year, South Sudan […]