Norway to build landmark ship tunnel
Source: BBC Norway is taking radical steps to try and make a hazardous stretch of coastline safer, by building a tunnel big enough for ships. Original Story
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‘Kill the Muslim’ written on poster at USM
Source: http://www.Wlbz2.com By Dustin Wlodkowski, WCSH PORTLAND, Maine (NEWS CENTER) — For the second time in less than six months, the University of Southern Maine is investigating anti-muslim graffiti found on […]
Editorial: Facebook must reject Pakistani blasphemy demand
Source: The Mercury News The rulers of Pakistan have stepped up a campaign against blasphemy. That’s frightening news from an Islamic nation where insulting the official religion is a capital […]
In Canada, Where Muslims Are Few, Group Stirs Fear of Islamists
Source: The New York Times By CRAIG S. SMITH STONEHAM-ET-TEWKESBURY, Quebec — Patrick Beaudry, bejeweled, tattooed and bearded, lives on a remote wooded hillside in rural Quebec, worrying about living […]
Police arrest 7 in wake of St. Petersburg subway bombing
Source: Associated Press By IRINA TITOVA and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — As part of a sweeping hunt for any accomplices of the St. Petersburg suicide bomber, investigators […]
Ken Livingstone faces fresh inquiry over Hitler Zionism remarks
Source: The Guardian By Rowena Mason Deputy political editor Ken Livingstone will face a new investigation into his recent comments that Hitler supported Zionism, as Jeremy Corbyn criticised his old ally […]
Malaysia passes child sex crimes law, does not ban child marriage
Source: Reuters A Malaysian MP said girls as young as nine were “physically and spiritually” ready for marriage, as the Muslim-majority Southeast Asian country passed a law on sexual offences […]
BBC Earth is nominated for Webby Awards
Source: BBC BBC Earth has been nominated for three awards at the 21st annual Webby Awards, described as the “Internet’s Highest Honour” and “The Oscars of the Internet”. The site […]
Indian police: Mob kills Muslim man who was transporting cow
Source: Associated Press By NIRMALA GEORGE NEW DELHI (AP) — A Muslim man beaten by a mob that accused him of transporting cows for slaughter has died in western India, […]
TRUMP EMBRACES THE SUNNI AUTOCRATS
Source: The New Yorker By Robin Wright On February 11, 2011, shortly after 3 p.m., President Obama stepped before a microphone in the Grand Foyer of the White House. Egyptian […]
Pope to meet with UK imams in bid to promote moderate Islam
Source: Associated Press By NICOLE WINFIELD VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis is scheduled to meet Wednesday with four British imams two weeks after the London extremist attack, part of […]
Russia Moves to Ban Jehovah’s Witnesses as ‘Extremist’
Source: New York Times By ANDREW HIGGINS VOROKHOBINO, Russia — A dedicated pacifist who has never even held a gun, Andrei Sivak discovered that his government considered him a dangerous […]
Muhammad Ali’s former wife champions religious understanding, criticizes Donald Trump
Source: Sun Sentinel By Anthony Man Contact Reporter Sun Sentinel Khalilah Camacho-Ali, the former wife of the late heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali, is pursuing a broad effort to combat discrimination […]
Pakistan blast: Lahore census team hit by suspected suicide bombing
Source: BBC At least six people have been killed in a suspected suicide attack targeting census workers and their security escort in the Pakistani city of Lahore. Four of the […]
The women who sleep with a stranger to save their marriage
Source: BBC By Athar Ahmad BBC Asian Network & Victoria Derbyshire programme A number of online services are charging “divorced” Muslim women thousands of pounds to take part in “halala” […]
Cadbury’s ‘War on Easter’ Brings Out the Inner Churchill in Theresa May
Source: Time By Dan Stewart At last, Britain’s Prime Minister is really angry about something. No, not Scotland’s renewed bid for independence. Not even the E.U.’s apparent attempt to use Gibraltar […]
Why President Trump Could Never Go It Alone on North Korea
Source: Time Charlie Campbell / Beijing 4:08 AM ET North Korea’s nuclear program will be high on the agenda when President Donald Trump meets Chinese President Xi Jinping in Florida […]
Malaysia MP: ‘Ok for rape victims to marry their rapists’
Source: BBC A Malaysian MP has drawn outrage for saying it can be OK for rapists to marry their victims and that some 12-year-old girls were “physically and spiritually” ready […]
Theresa May criticises Cadbury over Easter egg hunt
Source: BBC Theresa May has described the decision to drop the word Easter from the name of Cadbury and National Trust egg hunts as “absolutely ridiculous”. Her comments come after […]
Mormon leaders encourage more baptisms for the dead
Source: Associated Press By BRADY McCOMBS SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Mormon leaders reminded church members Saturday about the importance of performing ceremonial baptisms on dead ancestors who didn’t receive […]