Revealing report on anti-Muslim racism in Ireland
Loonwatch.com: An informative report by Dr James Carr on racism and bigotry against Muslims in Ireland has been published by the University of Limerick. Based on a survey of Irish Muslims on […]
Inter-Religious Match for Peace Brings Top Soccer Players Together
Huff Post: As the world deals with World Cup withdrawal, we can look forward to some of the biggest names in soccer coming together to play a friendly match in […]
Muslim groups slam new call for UK burka ban
Muslim groups across the UK have hit out against a campaign to ban burkas, saying the “dangerous” move would fuel Islamophobia at a time of increasing racial tensions in Britain. Dr Taj Hargey, an imam and head of the Muslim Educational Centre of Oxford on Thursday launched a campaign to […]
Malaysia Plane Crash Victims Included About 100 AIDS Conference Attendees
The Huffington Post | By Alana Horowitz Many of the passengers aboard the Malaysia Airlines flight that crashed in eastern Ukraine on Thursday were World Health Organization staffers heading to a […]
Kelly Hollins and 5000 Others, How They Came to Islam
Converting to Islam: British women on prayer, peace and prejudice Around 5,000 British people convert to Islam every year – and most of them are women. Six of them talk […]
British far-right group 'invades' UK mosque, demands it remove 'sexist' signs
Aljazeera: The far-right group Britain First posted a video (link is external) showing several members of its ‘Kent battalion’ entering the Crayford Mosque and confronting an elderly man about signs […]
British far-right group ‘invades’ UK mosque, demands it remove ‘sexist’ signs
Aljazeera: The far-right group Britain First posted a video (link is external) showing several members of its ‘Kent battalion’ entering the Crayford Mosque and confronting an elderly man about signs […]
Majority votes cannot deny human rights: UN questions to Ireland reflect Atheist Ireland briefing in Geneva
Jane Donnelly and I, representing Atheist Ireland, briefed the UN Human Rights Committee this week in Geneva about religious discrimination in Ireland, particularly in the education system. The issues we […]
Brics nations to create $100bn development bank
The leaders of the so-called BRICS countries – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – sign a deal to create a new $100bn development bank and emergency reserve fund.Global […]
Thousands mark Srebrenica massacre anniversary in Bosnia
Daily Times: SREBRENICA: Several thousand people gathered Friday in Srebrenica for the 19th anniversary of the massacre of some 8,000 Muslim males by ethnic Serbs forces, Europe’s worst atrocity since […]
Arles 2014: Photographer Nicolo Degiorgis lifts the veil on Italy’s Islamophobia
The Guardian: By Sean O’Hagan Nicolo Degiorgis contrasts the peace of prayer with the tension of politics, with many of Italy’s Muslims now forced to pray in warehouses, garages, gyms, […]
Arles 2014: Photographer Nicolo Degiorgis lifts the veil on Italy's Islamophobia
The Guardian: By Sean O’Hagan Nicolo Degiorgis contrasts the peace of prayer with the tension of politics, with many of Italy’s Muslims now forced to pray in warehouses, garages, gyms, […]
Justin Welby warns of hysteria over threat of Muslim radicalisation
People in Britain are in danger of becoming “too hysterical” as a “national culture of fear” develops about the threat posed by radicalised Muslims, the archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, has warned. Some radicalised young people are travelling to Syria but Welby said the number was “extraordinarily small”. He said […]
One in three Alzheimer’s cases preventable, says research
One in three cases of Alzheimer’s disease worldwide is preventable, according to research from the University of Cambridge. The main risk factors for the disease are a lack of exercise, smoking, depression and poor education, it says. Previous research from 2011 put the estimate at one in two cases, but […]
One in three Alzheimer's cases preventable, says research
One in three cases of Alzheimer’s disease worldwide is preventable, according to research from the University of Cambridge. The main risk factors for the disease are a lack of exercise, smoking, depression and poor education, it says. Previous research from 2011 put the estimate at one in two cases, but […]
The Isis demand for a caliphate is about power, not religion
The Guardian: On 3 March 1924, the Dolmabahçe Palace in Istanbul was surrounded by Republican Turkish troops. Inside, the last Ottoman caliph, Abdülmecid II, was reading the essays of Montaigne. Late […]
Radicalisation is not brainwashing. We need to rethink how we tackle it
The Guardian: Why would young British men go off to risk their lives fighting jihad in the Middle East, and perhaps then return home to commit atrocities here? A consensus […]
Pope Francis Calls Clergy Sex Abuse “A Leprosy,” Says Two Percent Of Priests Are Pedophiles In Eugenio Scalfari Interview
Epigraph: Then We caused Our Messengers to follow in their footsteps; and We caused Jesus, son of Mary, to follow them, and We gave him the Gospel. And We placed […]
Pope Francis Calls Clergy Sex Abuse "A Leprosy," Says Two Percent Of Priests Are Pedophiles In Eugenio Scalfari Interview
Epigraph: Then We caused Our Messengers to follow in their footsteps; and We caused Jesus, son of Mary, to follow them, and We gave him the Gospel. And We placed […]
Germany Wins Football World Cup
Source: BBC Germany were crowned world champions for the fourth time as Mario Gotze’s extra-time winner beat Argentina in the 2014 World Cup final in Brazil. The Germany substitute controlled […]