Dubai to open ‘Quran Park’ showcasing miracles of Islam
Source: AL ARABIYA Dubai is set to open a “Quran Park” that will display plants mentioned in the holy book, as well as the miracles mentioned in the Islamic scripts. […]
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Facebook accused of introducing extremists to one another through ‘suggested friends’ feature
Source: The Telegraph By Martin Evans, crime correspondent 5 MAY 2018 • 10:13PM Facebook has helped introduce thousands of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil) extremists to one another, […]
Jakarta court rejects attempt by Hizb ut-Tahrir to reverse its ban
Source: The Guardian BY Kate Lamb State court in Indonesian capital upholds decision last year to outlaw Islamic group Indonesian Muslims take part in a protest against a law that […]
Crisis in Myanmar’s Kachin means jungle treks to escape war
Source: Associated Press By MIN KYI THEIN MYITKYINA, Myanmar (AP) — As the Myanmar army’s bombs started falling near her home in Kachin state, Nlam Numrang Doi and her neighbors […]
Islamist terrorism wanes in Pakistan, but religious fervor threatens national unity
Source: The Washington Post By Pamela Constable ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — By voting last week to revoke an honor bestowed on the first Pakistani to receive a Nobel Prize in science, Pakistan’s National […]
India child gang rape trial moved out of of Kashmir
Source: BBC News India’s top court has ruled that the trial of eight men accused of the rape, torture and murder of an eight-year-old Muslim girl must be moved out […]
How a child rape became a religious flashpoint for India
Source: BBC News India’s top court has moved the trial in the rape and murder of an eight-year-old Muslim girl out of the state of Jammu and Kashmir. The BBC’s […]
PM Orban vows to preserve Hungary’s Christian culture
Source: Reuters BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Viktor Orban said on Monday the main task of his new government will be to preserve Hungary’s security and Christian culture, sticking to his nationalist […]
Erdogan slams French personalities over statement on Quran
Source: Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has reacted angrily to a group of some 300 well-known French personalities who urged prominent Muslims to denounce anti-Jewish […]
In historic votes, Lutherans elect two African-American women bishops
Source: RNS By Mark A. Kellner The Rev. Patricia A. Davenport speaks after being elected bishop of the ELCA Southeastern Pennsylvania Synod during its assembly at Franconia Mennonite Church in Telford, […]
A Genetic Test Could Help Predict the Right Antidepressant For You
Source: Time Depression is a complicated condition, and so are the people it affects. It’s often difficult — and can take months or even years — to find the right drugs to treat the heterogeneous mood disorder. But for decades, doctors have been treating depression essentially by prescribing a drug and […]
Twitter being weaponized as 4 million anti-Semitic Tweets posted in 2017, ADL reports
Source: Haaretz Report highlights uptick in anti-Semitic tweets in months when white supremacists held rally in Charlottesville and President Donald Trump announced decision to move U.S. Embassy in Israel to […]
What Lebanon’s elections can teach us about the importance of religion
Source: The Washington Post By Melani Cammett, Dominika Kruszewska and Sami Attalah May 5 Supporters of Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri, who is a candidate for the parliamentary elections to be held May 6, cheer […]
Promised temple is coming, visiting apostle Dieter Uchtdorf tells Russia’s Mormons, but the process ‘will be slow’
Source: The Salt Lake Tribune By Peggy Fletcher Stack When LDS Church President Russell M. Nelson declared April 1that the Utah-based faith planned to build a temple at a yet-to-be-determined […]
Quebec Mosque Shooter Was Consumed by Refugees, Trump and Far Right
Source: The New York Times BY DAN BILEFSKY QUEBEC — When Alexandre Bissonnette learned of Justin Trudeau’s now-famous tweet welcoming refugees to Canada, the waif-like 28-year-old political science student told police that he snapped. Just […]
Iraq-born refugee could become first Arabic speaker to head Britain’s Jews
Source: The Guardian Baghdad-born candidate standing for presidency of UK’s most powerful Jewish group says more diverse representation is needed BY Harriet Sherwood Religion Correspondent Edwin Shuker on a trip back […]
Raul Castro’s daughter to push for gay marriage in Cuba
Source: Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — Mariela Castro, a Cuban lawmaker and daughter of Communist Party chief Raul Castro, says she will push for gay marriage to be included in a constitutional reform process expected to begin in July. The reform is expected to encompass a wide range of modernizing […]
Germany’s Liberal Bishops Gain Influence Under Pope Francis
Source: The Wall Street Journal By Francis X. Rocca ROME—Germany’s Catholic bishops, after decades of being out of favor at the Vatican, have regained influence at the church’s highest levels […]
Over a dozen killed in mosque blast, as violence grips Afghanistan
Source: CNN By Sheena McKenzie and Ehsan Popalzai, CNN (CNN)At least 14 people were killed and 33 others injured after an explosion at a mosque in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday, […]
Islamic countries call Rohingya crisis ‘ethnic cleansing’
Source: Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A grouping of Islamic countries said Myanmar’s treatment of Rohingya Muslims is a “serious and blatant violation of international law” and it is […]