America’s persecution of Julian Assange has everything to do with Yemen
The US feels enraged by any revelation of what it really knows, by any alternative source of information. Such threats to its control of the news agenda must be suppressed […]
Newly released letters shine light on McCarrick allegations
(RNS) — A series of leaked emails has revived a long-simmering scandal involving defrocked Catholic Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, providing new evidence that the former archbishop of Washington, D.C., was disciplined […]
How Saladin became a hero in the West-He defeated the crusaders—and inspired a legend
Source: The Economist The Life and Legend of the Sultan Saladin. By Jonathan Phillips.Yale University Press THE WEST has few Muslim heroes but, astonishingly, a 12th-century jihadist is one of […]
The Unaffiliated Billion Can Change the Balance between 2.4 Billion Christians and 1.8 Billion Muslims
Christians remained the largest religious group in the world in 2015, making up nearly a third (31%) of Earth’s 7.3 billion people, according to a new Pew Research Center demographic analysis. […]
Israel to auction prefab classrooms donated by EU to Palestinians
Calls for Israeli authorities to rebuild West Bank structures confiscated by military Oliver Holmes in Jerusalem Fri 31 May 2019 Israel’s defence ministry plans to hold an auction next week […]
‘Backsliding’ Turkey’s EU bid slips further away – Commission
May 29, 2019 – 14:46 By Robin Emmott BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Turkey’s hopes of joining the European Union are fading, the bloc’s executive said on Wednesday, blaming authoritarian rule for […]
Erdoğan does the unthinkable in hopes of reclaiming Istanbul – Haaretz
May 26 2019 Following years of all out war against the country’s Kurds, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is sticking a wedge between the Kurdish voters and the main […]
Arab League Calls on Germany to Reverse Anti-BDS Motion
Published May 20th, 2019 The Arab League called on the German parliament to rescind anti-BDS motion. The Arab League called on the German parliament to rescind a resolution that condemned […]
Now Sajid Javid launches his fight for Tory leadership: Home Secretary joins eight other MPs battling to be PM and warns that the party ‘MUST deliver Brexit
Sajid Javid has formally launched his campaign to be next Conservative leader The Home Secretary declared as Tories reel from dire European election results Mr Javid insisted the ‘first and […]
The Unaffiliated in Europe are More Open to the Muslims Than the Christians
Source: Pew Research Center The majority of Europe’s Christians are non-practicing, but they differ from religiously unaffiliated people in their views on God, attitudes toward Muslims and immigrants, and opinions […]
What the far-right really mean when they talk of ‘taking back Christian Europe’
American religious conservatives are fuelling Europe’s far-right surge, shifting power away from individuals who have universal rights and onto powerful institutions like churches, patriarchal family structures, the police and “strong leaders” Mary Fitzgerald The Independent Voices “The Bible, borders and Brexit” will “make Europe great again”, declared Ed Martin to […]
Hazrat Khalifatul Masih V’s exclusive words about the Mubarak Mosque and the institution of Khilafat
Khilafat Day Special 24th May 2019 Asif M Basit God’s chosen Khalifa has a unique relationship with God Almighty. While this reality is manifested in Huzoor’saa speeches, lectures and sermons, […]
Would Abolishing Priesthood Save the Catholic Church?
Abolishing the priesthood will not save the Catholic Church Source: Religion New Service By Rev. Thomas J. Reese, a Jesuit priest, is a Senior Analyst at RNS. Previously he was […]
Books: Thilo Sarrazin’s ‘Hostile Takeover’: An Islam expert’s take on the book
Eight years after his last contentious work, former politician Thilo Sarrazin is back with another controversial take on Muslim culture, “Hostile Takeover.” A political science and Islam expert reviews the […]
The Aga Khan Development Network: ‘Towards Meeting the End Purpose of Shari’a’
by ismailimail Posted on May 24, 2019 The engagement of the Imamat in development is guided by the ethics of Islam which bridge faith and society, a premise on which […]
Austria scandal: Mystery of the honey-trap video
By Bethany Bell BBC News, Vienna 24 May 2019 The video, from, 2017, was recorded in a villa in Ibiza It was a warm, summer night at a luxury villa […]
British Airways to resume Pakistan flights next week after a decade
May 23, 2019 By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – British Airways will resume flights to Pakistan next week a decade after it suspended operations following a major hotel bombing, becoming […]
Russia jails Dane for six years in Jehovah’s Witnesses purge
By Andrew Osborn MOSCOW (Reuters) – A Russian court on Wednesday found a Danish adherent of the Jehovah’s Witnesses guilty of organizing a banned extremist group and jailed him for […]
Germany spends record 23 billion euros on refugees – document
May 20, 2019 – By Michael Nienaber BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany spent a record 23 billion euros (20 billion pounds) last year on helping to integrate more than one […]
Fertility Sperm quality of Swiss youth in ‘critical’ condition
May 22, 2019 The first ever nationwide testing of young Swiss men has found that over 60% have below average sperm count, mobility or morphology. Researchers from the University of […]