Source: Huffington Post By Philip Pullella, Dave Sherwood SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Pope Francis expressed “pain and shame” on Tuesday over a sexual abuse scandal in the Catholic Church in Chile, seeking […]
Religion in Latin America: Widespread Change in a Historically Catholic Region Source Pew Research Center Latin America is home to more than 425 million Catholics – nearly 40% of the world’s total […]
Source: Time By James Lankford, who is a U.S. Senator from Oklahoma; and Dr. Russell Moore is the President of the Southern Baptist Convention Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission. We […]
Ellen Francis, Ezgi Erkoy BEIRUT/ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey’s Tayyip Erdogan threatened on Monday to “strangle” a planned 30,000-strong U.S.-backed force in Syria “before it’s even born,” as Washington’s backing for Kurdish fighters drove a wedge into relations with one of its main Middle East allies. The United States announced its […]
Pope Francis waves to followers on his way to the Apostolic Nunciature in Santiago, Chile, Monday, Jan. 15, 2018. (Natacha Pisarenko/Associated Press) By Nicole Winfield and Eva Vergara | AP January 15 […]
RAGIP SOYLU @ragipsoylu WASHINGTON AFP Photo The United States-led military coalition against Daesh has dismissed the allegation that dozens of former Daesh members and officials had joined the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and the People’s Protection Units (YPG) had tortured two civilians to death in Manbij. “No, the allegations… […]
US officials say only $60m of $125m for UN Relief and Works Agency likely as compromise between Mattis and Tillerson and hardline UN ambassador Haley Analysis: funding threat is even […]
Police leave the school near where the reported hijab attack allegedly took place [Chris Helgren/Reuters] Canadian police say an alleged attack on young girl wearing a hijab did not happen. […]
Source: Time By OLIVIA B. WAXMAN January 12, 2018 Though such was not the case during his lifetime, it’s uncontroversial today to note that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was an American hero […]
Last year’s mass shooting in a Quebec City mosque prompted a Jewish man from Thornhill to reach out to a Muslim from Mississauga. Jeffrey Brown, left, who has served as the lead community security volunteer at his synangogue for 10 years, has been working with mosques and their members in […]
Humanity as a whole is being set back just because of one single Person. Where is the world supposed to start again if it manages to survive Donald Trump? […]
Frank Kane | Published — Saturday 13 January 2018 Much like the now-obsolete art of “Kremlinology” — the study of the inner workings of the Soviet political system via analysis of announcements and reports — there is now a growing field I like to call “Aramcology.” The forthcoming initial public […]
JEDDAH: Tough new sanctions imposed by US President Donald Trump on 14 Iranian individuals and organizations are a political blow and a warning to the regime in Tehran, a leading analyst told Arab News on Saturday. Among those targeted are the powerful politician Ayatollah Sadeq Larijani, the head of Iran’s […]
Reuters International This content was published on January 12, 2018 Khawlah Noman, 11, speaks to reporters at Pauline Johnson Junior Public School, after she told police that a […]
Source: The New York Times By ARIEL DORFMAN SANTIAGO, Chile — On Monday, Pope Francis begins a four-day visit to Chile. For his trip to be successful, he must confront the scandalous […]
52% of U.S. Muslims say that traditional understandings of Islam must be reinterpreted to address modern-day issues https://t.co/wNfbp5ctzu pic.twitter.com/VohmHPlyHH — Pew Research Fact Tank (@FactTank) January 12, 2018 Suggested reading […]
İBRAHIM KALIN @ikalin1 Rohingya Muslim refugees take shelter from the rain during a food distribution, Nayapara refugee camp, Ukhia, Bangladesh, Oct. 6, 2017. Being civilized is not tied to material possession or technological gadgets. It is about being human in the most fundamental sense of the term The last […]
Shortly before Kushner accompanied Trump on his first diplomatic trip to Israel in May, his family real estate company received about $30m in investments from Menora Mivtachim, one of Israel’s largest […]
Source: Gate Stone Institute By Bruce Bawer, who is the author of the new novel The Alhambra (Swamp Fox Editions). His book While Europe Slept (2006) was a New York Times bestseller and National Book Critics Circle Award finalist. The same reporters and commentators who insist that it is absurd to worry about sharia coming […]