A mosque is at the center of a raw debate in the South of France
Source: The Washington Post By James McAuley January 22 NICE, France — The Mosque En-Nour is hidden on the outskirts of town, tucked away in an anonymous office park behind […]
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Egyptian film ‘Mawlana’ provokes outcry over view of religion and state
Source: Reuters By Mohamed Zaki | CAIRO An Egyptian box office hit that highlights the religious establishment’s cozy relations with the state has provoked a backlash from Sunni Muslim clerics, […]
Muslim teenager sues Montreal school, alleging he was framed as an extremist
Source: The Globe and Mail By TU THANH HA The Globe and Mail A joke that a Montreal school monitor misheard eventually landed a Muslim teenager in custody, with officials convinced that the youth was planning to blow up their school and officers taking him away in handcuffs, a civil […]
Nigerian secessionists greet Trump as help against Muslim north
Source: Reuters By Anamesere Igboeroteonwu | ONITSHA, NIGERIA Over 1,000 southern Nigerian secessionists took to the streets on Friday to express the hope that newly inaugurated U.S. President Donald Trump […]
Trump Revives Ban on Foreign Aid to Groups That Give Abortion Counseling
Source: The New York Times By SOMINI SENGUPTA UNITED NATIONS — President Trump reinstated a policy on Monday that originated in the Reagan era, prohibiting the granting of American foreign […]
Trump’s Hindu, Sikh and Muslim power brokers
Source: BBC By Brajesh Upadhyay BBC News, Washington Image copyrightGETTY IMAGES When Indian-American industrialist Shalabh “Shalli” Kumar donated close to a million dollars to the Trump campaign, many in the […]
Father and son accused of rape want ‘only law book that truly matters’ at their trial: The Bible
Source: The Washington Post By Kristine Guerra A father and son accused of raping a teenage girl over a three-year period and keeping her shackled in a basement have made […]
Israel approves 2,500 West Bank settlement homes
Source: Associated Press By TIA GOLDENBERG JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel said Tuesday it approved plans to build 2,500 new settler homes in the West Bank, signaling a major ramp-up of […]
Donald Trump’s inaugural speech may be his most religious yet
Source: The Washington Post By Sarah Pulliam Bailey President Trump’s inaugural address was infused with religious language, reflecting a rhetorical shift from the nation’s new leader. His previous speeches have […]
Mother sues to stop Bible classes in West Virginia schools
Source: Associated Press By MICHAEL VIRTANEN MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — A kindergartner’s mother sued her public school system in West Virginia, saying a 75-year practice of putting kids in Bible […]
To Secular Bangladeshis, Textbook Changes Are a Harbinger
Source: The New York Times By ELLEN BARRY and JULFIKAR ALI MANIK DHAKA, Bangladesh — Bangladesh’s Education Ministry was preparing to print the 2017 editions of its standard Bengali textbooks […]
Queen’s chaplain resigns over cathedral Koran reading row saying he has a ‘duty’ to defend Christianity
Source: The Telegraph BY Camilla Turner, education editor 22 JANUARY 2017 • 11:45AM Achaplain to the Queen has resigned after publicly criticising a church that allowed a Koran reading during its […]
8 Great Modern Innovations We Can Thank Muslims For
Source: Huffington Post By Sebastian Christ, HuffPost Germany When thousands of “patriotic Europeans” took to the streets once again in Dresden to protest “the Islamisation of the West,” their actions […]
Syrian refugee family to be given home inside London synagogue
Source: The Guardian A Syrian family shelters in a Turkish refugee camp. 20,000 vulnerable refugees are to be resettled in Britain by 2020. Photograph: Dona B /Pacific/ Barcroft Images BY Harriet […]
St Stanislaus’ College: Catholic school to apologise to sexually abused students
Source: The Guardian School says apology ‘a reconciliatory gesture’ but critic says apology only follows media attention St Stanislaus’ College is preparing to apologise to dozens of former students who […]
Public Sees Wealthy People, Corporations Gaining Influence in Trump Era
Source: Pew Research Center More say people like them will lose than gain influence in D.C. As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office, the public has starkly different […]
Browned toast and potatoes are ‘potential cancer risk’, say food scientists
Source: BBC Bread, chips and potatoes should be cooked to a golden yellow colour, rather than brown, to reduce our intake of a chemical which could cause cancer, government food […]
China birth rate up after one-child rule change
Source: BBC Birth rates in China rose to their highest level since 2000 last year, despite a fall in the number of women of childbearing age, say officials. The increase […]
Trump executive order pulls out of TPP trade deal
Source: BBC President Donald Trump has fulfilled a campaign pledge by signing an executive order to withdraw from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). The trade deal, a linchpin of ex-President Barack […]
How to Train Yourself to Need Less Sleep
Source: Time BY Abigail Abrams With so much to do, and so little time to accomplish it, sleep can feel like a waste of a precious resource. Wouldn’t it be great […]