Turkey or Kurdish militias? Pick a side, Turkish minister tells France
Reuters International This content was published on April 5, 2018 6:01 PMApr 5, 2018 – 18:01 By John Irish PARIS (Reuters) – Turkey warned France on Thursday that it […]
Fishermen rescue Rohingya Muslims at sea off Indonesia, with more arrivals expected
Reuters International This content was published on April 6, 2018 8:08 AMApr 6, 2018 – 08:08 BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (Reuters) – Indonesian fishermen rescued at least five Rohingya Muslims […]
Myanmar groups say Facebook hasn’t controlled hate speech
Source: Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Civil society and rights groups in Myanmar said Facebook has failed to adequately act against online hate speech that incites violence against the country’s […]
Gaza’s 70 years of woe
Reuters International This content was published on April 6, 2018 Palestinians gather at the Israel-Gaza border during a protest demanding the right to return to their homeland, east […]
Duterte: If my plane explodes, you can ask the CIA
Source: Al Jazeerah In an expletive-filled tirade, Philippine president also accuses the US government of lacking ‘word of honour’. Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has launched a fresh expletive-filled tirade against […]
National Council of Churches Singapore praises response to preacher’s anti-Muslim statements
In a speech at the Kingdom Invasion Conference here on March 13, Mr Lou Engle claimed that “Muslims are taking over the south of Spain”.SCREENGRAB: YOUTUBE/CORNERSTONE COMMUNITY CHURCH Cheryl Tee […]
Bibles pulled from online stores as China increases control of religion
Source: CNN By James Griffiths, CNN A Chinese Catholic deacon holds a bible at the Palm Sunday Mass during Easter Holy Week at an “underground” church on April 9, 2017 near […]
Islamic groups report Indonesian politician for reciting ‘blasphemous’ poem
Source: Reuters By Agustinus Beo Da Costa, Kanupriya Kapoor JAKARTA (Reuters) – Hardline Islamic groups on Wednesday filed a blasphemy complaint against a daughter of Indonesia’s first president, accusing her of […]
Al-Qaeda heir Hamza bin Laden tells Saudis to rise up against its ‘criminal tyrant’ leader over the Crown Prince’s close relationship with Trump
Source: Daily Mail The son of Osama bin Laden has attacked Saudi Arabia‘s relationship with America in a new video as the Kingdom’s powerful Crown Prince tours the US. Hamza bin Laden, who jihadis have hailed as the ‘heir’ to the leadership of al-Qaeda, also urged ‘our dear people in […]
History counts
Source: Dawn OLD men are trapped between a crowded cemetery ahead and a graveyard behind, populated by memories. By the time a man has reached the age of 90, determination has deteriorated into disappointment, reflection deconstructed into regret. A recent lament by a nonagenarian makes unusually poignant reading: “The whole […]
Israeli authorities block adverts urging female airline passengers not to move seats for ultra-Orthodox Jewish men
Source: Independent By Chris Baynes Israeli authorities have refused to display adverts informing female airline passengers they are not obliged to change seats at the request of ultra-Orthodox Jewish men […]
By blaming 1979 for Saudi Arabia’s problems, MBS is peddling revisionist history
Source: Dawn IN an interview with the news programme 60 Minutes, Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman said of Saudi Arabia before 1979, “We were living a very normal life like the rest of the Gulf countries. Women were driving cars, there were movie theatres in Saudi Arabia, women worked everywhere. […]
How the American media provides cover for Israeli violence
Source: Arab News By Ray Hanania, who is a Palestinian American columnist and author of several books. Twitter: @rayhanania The US news media is stoking the violence in the Middle East […]
Syria war enters complicated, confusing phase
Apr 04,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Michael Jansen The war in Syria has entered a new, complicated and confusing phase. Having gradually won back territory seized by insurgents of different […]
Turkey, Russia, Iran urge ‘lasting ceasefire’ in Syria
‘No breakthrough announced’ following meeting between ‘brittle alliance’ By AFP – Apr 05,2018 -JORDAN TIMES ANKARA, Turkey — The presidents of Iran, Turkey and Russia vowed to work for […]
How rebels and civilians survived near total destruction of eastern Ghouta through huge network of tunnels
Most reports estimate 1,500 civilians have been killed in the bombardment by Russia and the Syrian government, but many more – and the Islamist fighters opposing the regime – would have died without this once […]
What South Asian religious traditions have in common with Zoroastrianism
Source: Dawn I have been to Sargodha many times. In fact multiple times in a year, throughout my childhood. This is where my family comes from — both maternal and paternal. Despite all my trips, however, I have never visited the shrine of Naghyana in a village called Dharema, about […]
China Insists on Control of Religion, Dimming Hope of Imminent Vatican Deal
Source: The New York Times By STEVEN LEE MYERS Photo Bishop Joseph Li Shan, center, who was appointed by the Chinese authorities rather than the Vatican, during a Holy Saturday Mass […]
Vatican deal a new trial for one Catholic village in north China
Source: Reuters BY Christian Shepherd, Damir Sagolj YOUTONG VILLAGE, China (Reuters) – Choosing a church can be complicated in China under the rule of the officially atheist Communist Party – especially […]
The myth of the Indian vegetarian nation
Source: BBC News By Soutik Biswas India correspondent What are the most common myths and stereotypes about what Indians eat? The biggest myth, of course, is that India is a largely vegetarian […]