Haiti President Jovenel Moïse assassinated
July 07, 2021 MILDRED EUROPA TAYLOR | Head of Content Mildred Europa Taylor is a writer and content creator. She loves writing about health and women’s issues in Africa and the […]
Places of Worship – Potala Palace
MAGAZINE: EDITION APRIL 2021World Religions 8th June 2021 The Potala Palace complex in Lhasa (altitude 3,700 metres), Tibet, has been home to the Dalai Lama for centuries. The construction of […]
Kyrgyz, Tajik security forces clash at border in water dispute
15 hrs ago BISHKEK (Reuters) – Thirteen people were wounded when Kyrgyz and Tajik security forces exchanged fire across the border and residents hurled rocks at each other in a […]
Northern Ireland riots signal dark new chapter for Brexit
Apr 08,2021 – Last updated at Apr 08,202100 googleplus000 In this file photo taken on April 03, a police officer walks behind a police vehicle with flames leaping up the rear […]
Ireland: Ahmadiyya Muslim Association holds their 13th Annual Peace Symposium
Source: dublingazette.com |By Padraig Conlon The local members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Association in Lucan recently held their 13th Annual Peace Symposium at the Lucan Spa Hotel. The theme of this year’s event, which took place on Sunday 3rd November, focused on ‘the need to promote tolerance in a multicultural society.” […]
The Climate Crisis Is Global, but These 6 Places Face the Most Severe Consequences
Source: Time BY TARA LAW Climate change is expected to affect every country in the world, but its impact will not be felt equally across all regions and some will be worse […]
Mauritania releases Facebook blogger convicted of blasphemy
Source: BBC News A Mauritanian blogger who was jailed for more than five years after being convicted of blaspheming the Muslim Prophet Muhammad has been released. Rights groups had waged […]
Jalsa Salana Ireland – Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Ireland concludes its 18th Annual Convention
Source: newsgroup.ie | 18th Annual Jalsa Salana Conference Muslim Convention in Ireland concluded, reaffirming rejection of violation and extremism, and loyalty to country of residence. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Association, Ireland held its 18th Jalsa Salana (Annual Convention) on, Sunday, 14th of July 2019 at Glenroyal Hotel Maynooth co. Kildare. Muslims all over Ireland attended the […]
Chinese official insists no love for Dalai Lama in Tibet
Source: Associated Press By YANAN WANG BEIJING (AP) — China’s Communist Party chief in Tibet insisted Wednesday that the Tibetan people feel more affection toward the government than to the […]
Almost half a century after it began, here’s how America’s ‘war on drugs’ is still devastating Latin America
The drug trade has so effectively penetrated state institutions that even the top echelons of the police force and the military have been linked to cartels Maria Useche, Javier San […]
Crisis of faith: Tibetan Catholics face modernity in China village
Source: Reuters BY Joyce Zhou, Christian Shepherd CIZHONG, China (Reuters) – Ruanna, a 77-year-old Tibetan woman living in a remote Chinese village overlooking the Mekong river, says her Catholic faith has […]
Buddhist monks to consider whether Dalai Lama should reincarnate
Source: Religion News Service By Meagan Clark and Vishal Arora DHARAMSHALA, India (RNS) — Tibetan Buddhist monks from around the world are gearing up to discuss whether the aging Dalai […]
Tibetan dies of self-immolation in protest of China
Source: Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — A Tibetan man set himself on fire and died in a protest earlier this week calling for the return of the region’s exiled Buddhist […]
In Colombia, the Avivamiento megachurch hopes former FARC rebels will get religion
Source: Religion News Service By Julia Friedmann MESETAS, Colombia (RNS) — Nearly 160 miles south of Bogotá, members of South America’s longest-running insurgency are rediscovering religion. As part of the implementation […]
China Need Not be Afraid of Tibetan Buddhism, Islam or Christianity?
BBC Documentary about Reincarnation of Khensur Rinpoche Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Many in the West may not be able to locate Tibet on […]
Rare Tibet Trip Shows China Only Wants a Dalai Lama It Can Control
Source: Bloomberg For three centuries, a succession of Tibetan spiritual and political leaders known as Dalai Lama ruled from a crimson-and-white castle overlooking the city of Lhasa. The Potala Palace […]
Chinese leader urges fresh push against ‘separatist elements’ in Tibet
Source: The Guardian A top Chinese leader has called for “advancing anti-separatism efforts” in Tibet, in a sign of continued high-pressure tactics in the Himalayan region. Wang Yang, the Communist party’s […]
In Haiti, slight progress for LGBT rights is seen as victory
Source: Associated Press By DAVID CRARY PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Yaisah Val recently came out publicly as a transgender woman on YouTube, a potentially risky move in a country like […]
Haiti missionary sentenced to 23 years for child sex abuse
Source: Associated Press By DAVID McFADDEN BALTIMORE (AP) — A Mennonite missionary from Virginia who lived in Haiti for more than a decade has been sentenced to 23 years in […]
China: Tibetan students banned from religious activities
Source: Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Children in traditionally Buddhist Tibet have been banned from taking part in religious activities over the summer holidays, an official Chinese Communist Party newspaper […]
