China convicts Christian lawyer of subverting state power
Source: Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese court has convicted a prominent Christian human rights lawyer on charges of subverting state power and sentenced him to three years in […]
Trump fears ‘major, major conflict’ with North Korea
Source: BBC US President Donald Trump has said he would like to solve the North Korea crisis diplomatically, but that a “major, major conflict” is possible. China’s foreign minister called […]
Triple talaq issue
Source: TOI “Reformers from the Muslim community itself will come forward to fight what (our) Muslim daughters have to go through (in the name of triple talaq), they will find a way out,” said the PM in New Delhi today at an event to mark the birth anniversary ofBasava, a […]
Female Islamic clerics in Indonesia issue rare child marriage fatwa
Source: BBC Female Islamic clerics in Indonesia have issued an unprecedented fatwa against child marriage. The fatwa, which is not legally binding but will be influential, was issued after a three-day congress of female clerics in the country. The clerics urged the government to raise the minimum legal age for […]
How did so many Pakistanis become bloodthirsty vigilantes?
Source: Dawn How did so many Pakistanis become bloodthirsty vigilantes? Evening TV talk shows — at least those I have either seen or participated in — circle around two basic explanations. One, favoured by the liberal-minded, blames the blasphemy law and implicitly demands its repeal (an explicit call would endanger […]
Averting catastrophe: U.S. policy options for North Korea
REPORT Averting catastrophe: U.S. policy options for North Korea John R. Allen, Richard C. Bush, Robert Einhorn, Steven Pifer, Jonathan D. Pollack, Evans J.R. Revere, Tarun Chhabra, and Bruce JonesApril 2017 Download the full report BruceBrookings On April 18, 2017, Bruce Jones, director of the Brookings Foreign Policy Program, convened […]
Fateful decisions from Saudi-Egyptian summitry
Apr 27,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – It is bizarre but telling of the modRami G. Khouriern Arab world that one of the most important meetings that could shape the future condition of hundreds of millions of Arabs and others in this region — the two-day Egyptian-Saudi Arabian summit in Riyadh […]
Islamic Art: BBC: The 10 most beautiful ceilings in the world – Shah Mosque, Isfahan
The 10 most beautiful ceilings in the world BY ISMAILIMAIL POSTED ON APRIL 28, 2017 Source: BBC Culture In 1598, Shah Abbas moved the Persian capital to Isfahan. Here, he […]
Christians are under attack in the Middle East – and not even a visit from the Pope can convince them to stay
Source: Independent In the British mandate of Palestine, the Christian population was 9.6 per cent of the population. By 1999, it was 2.9 per cent. Meanwhile, 35 per cent of […]
North Korea puts out new video showing the White House in crosshairs and carriers exploding
Source: WP SEOUL — A North Korean propaganda outlet Thursday released an inflammatory video clip showing a simulated attack on the White House and declaring that “the enemy to be destroyed is in our sights.” The video comes at a particularly tense time in relations between North Korea and the […]
Malaysian warden investigated for murder of schoolboy
Source: BBC Malaysian police are investigating a religious school’s assistant warden for murder, after a schoolboy died in a case that has sparked outrage. The accused had allegedly beaten the […]
Ahmadiyyas come out against abolition of triple talaq
Source: TOI A spokesperson of Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamat, India, Tariq Ahmad told TOI on Wednesday that triple talaq in a single session couldn’t be justified. Stating that talaq was the most displeasing acts in the eyes of Allah, he alleged that due to the unjustified interpretation by so-called Muslim clerics […]
Organ trafficking ‘booming’ in Lebanon as desperate Syrians sell kidneys, eyes — BBC
By Thomson Reuters Foundation – Apr 26,2017 – JORDAN TIMES A Syrian boy stands against a bullet-riddled wall in the rebel-held town of Douma, on the eastern outskirts of the Syrian capital Damascus, on Monday (AFP photo) LONDON — Trade in illegal organs is a booming business in […]
U.S. Commission Says Russia, Pakistan Among Worst Violators Of Religious Freedom
April 26, 2017 Pete Baumgartner Crimean Tatars pray inside a mosque during the Eid al-Adha festival in Crimea. The annexed Ukrainian peninsula has been referenced in a new report on religious freedom that criticizes Russia’s “repressive policies” toward people of certain faiths. Share Print A U.S. government commission on religious […]
Ten Iranian guards killed at Pakistani border, Tasnim news agency reports
Reuters International APR 26, 2017 – LONDON (Reuters) – Ten Iranian border guards were killed by Sunni militants in a cross-border attack on the frontier with Pakistan on Wednesday, Tasnim news agency reported. The militant group called Jaish al Adl, or the Army of Justice, has claimed responsibility, the report […]
Being Socially Awkward Is Actually Awesome, According to Science
Source: Time BY Ty Tashiro When I think back to the Bumper Boat Debacle of 1984, I can see the trappings of an awkward moment: I was in middle school; there […]
China launches aircraft carrier, boosting military presence
Source: BBC China has launched a new aircraft carrier in the latest sign of its growing military strength. It is the country’s second aircraft carrier, after the Liaoning, and the […]
War or Words? Just one Spark
Source:CNN US warships and submarines are on the move. North Korea has carried out its largest ever live-fire drill. Washington and Pyongyang are trading inflammatory rhetoric on a weekly basis.With all of this, it’s hard to know if war is actually imminent or if these are the growing pains of […]
Ex-defense minister says IS ‘apologized’ to Israel for November clash
Moshe Ya’alon’s office refuses to elaborate after alluding to contact with terror group BY JUDAH ARI GROSS April 24, 2017, Former Israeli defense minister Moshe ‘Bogie’ Ya’alon speaks at the Hebrew University, on January 18, 2017. (Miriam Alster/Flash90) WRITERS Judah Ari GrossJudah Ari Gross is The Times of Israel’s military […]
Three Isis fighters ‘mauled to death by wild boars in Iraq’
Members ‘took revenge on the pigs’ after the fatal attack occurred, a source claimed Lucy Pasha-Robinson @lucypasha Militants had been trying to remove the animals (not pictured) near Kirkuk when they […]