Source: Time BY Michael Duffy In choosing Robert Mueller to run the Russia probe, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein has in one fell swoop restored the independence of the Justice Department, […]
BY ISMAILIMAIL POSTED ON MAY 16, 2017 The Global Centre for Pluralism, a major international institution for research and dialogue about the value of diversity, has officially opened its permanent […]
Jeremy Scahill November 15 2016, 7:27 p.m. THE ELECTION OF Donald Trump has sent shockwaves through the souls of compassionate, humane people across the country and the world. Horror that a […]
The White House has denied the accusation – sort of Andrew Buncombe New York @AndrewBuncombe Treasonous, amateurish, boastful or plain hapless? As Washington was sent spinning from the latest Donald […]
Source: Time BY Josh Lederman / AP (WASHINGTON) — The Trump administration is extending sanctions relief for Iran that was granted under the Obama-era nuclear agreement, while imposing new economic penalties […]
Source: http://www.delta-optimist.com/news/ask-islam-campaign-launches-with-ride-from-delta-mosque-1.19981094 | By Ian Jacques / Delta Optimist In celebration of Canada’s 150th birthday, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association has launched a unique nationwide campaign to provide Canadians with an open platform to learn about Islam. The B.C. portion of the campaign launched Saturday at Delta’s Baitur Rahman Mosque where youth participants […]
Source: Time (CHICAGO) — Storms whipped through a wide swath of the nation’s midsection, giving rise to tornadoes that flattened a Wisconsin mobile home park and an Oklahoma subdivision and […]
Source: Time BY Alexandra Sifferlin TIME Health For more, visit TIME Health. Infections caused by an uncommon superbug—one resistant to several kinds of antibiotics—are increasingly showing up in a Houston hospital […]
Source: Pacific Standard Inside the curious phrase that protects peyote and condemns LGBT people. BY REBECCA BUCKWALTER-POZA Vice President Mike Pence speaks while standing next to President Donald Trump during a ceremony […]
Source: BBC President Donald Trump asked FBI chief James Comey to drop an inquiry into links between his ex-national security adviser and Russia, US media report. “I hope you can […]
By AFP – May 16,2017 -JORDAN TIMES Palestinian protesters take part in a demonstration marking the 69th anniversary of Nakba, which remember those displaced at the time of the 1948 founding of Israel, near the Jewish settlement of Beit El, near the West Bank city of Ramallah, on Monday […]
Source: CNN Inside 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, the mood was darker still. “This is on him,” meaning Trump, a top Republican close to the White House said, after speaking with dejected advisers inside the West Wing. Even before news of the Comey memos broke, the West Wing was wallowing in despondency, […]
‘An exclusion without exceptions would violate the cultures and traditions of some communities’ Andrew Buncombe New York @AndrewBuncomb A high profile Republican governor has declined to sign into law, a measure that would have made his state the first to ban child marriage without exception. Chris Christie, the governor of […]
Source: http://www.cochraneeagle.com/article/Four-faiths-on-justice-forgiveness-for-world-out-of-tune-20170511 Four faiths on justice, forgiveness for world out of tune Justice and forgiveness are essential for global harmony, agree the four faiths presenting at World Religions Conference in Cochrane. Graphic by Warren Harbeck For many, justice means little more than getting even, “an eye for an eye.” But as […]
Source: https://www.mykawartha.com/news-story/7315052-lindsay-peace-symposium-set-for-may-21/ Lindsay Peace Symposium set for May 21 Several religious scholars will speak on current issues of global conflict and justice NEWS May 15, 2017 09:32 by Catherine Whitnall Kawartha Lakes This Week LINDSAY – Area residents of all faiths are invited attend a special inter-faith Peace Symposium taking place […]
Source: Associated Press By GENE JOHNSON SEATTLE (AP) — Federal judges on Monday peppered a lawyer for President Donald Trump with questions about whether the administration’s travel ban discriminates against […]
Source: Politico By NOLAN D. MCCASKILL Americans’ support for same-sex marriage has hit a new high, according to a Gallup poll released Monday. Sixty-four percent of adults surveyed said same-sex […]
Source: Associated Press By ABDULLAH AL-SHIHRI and AYA BATRAWY RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia’s King Salman on Monday touted an upcoming meeting between President Donald Trump and heads […]
Source: Slate Why do the Ten Commandments occupy such a lofty place in the American sensibility? By Ruth Graham Sam Octigan In the midst of chaos—a classroom, a courtroom, a […]
Source: Reuters By Ori Lewis | JERUSALEM Israel wants the White House to explain why a U.S. diplomat preparing President Donald Trump’s visit to Jerusalem said Judaism’s Holy Western Wall […]