France’s Jews Look to Pittsburgh ‘Across a Narrow Bridge’
Source: The Atlantic BY RACHEL DONADIO PARIS—So many times in the past few years, as France underwent a wave of terrorist attacks that killed hundreds of people from 2012 to 2016, […]
Halloween: An Islamic Perspective
Review of Religions – October 2018 Reem Shraiky – UK On October 31st people around the world celebrate Halloween, and while this custom did not originate in […]
The true face of Islam won’t be found in mosques or Muslim schools, but at the British Museum
There, the new Islamic gallery, dazzles visitors and defies every certainty promoted by today’s hardline Muslim activists Ed Husain Right, a page from the Hamzanama, c.1558-73, depicting Elijah rescuing Amir […]
Europe torn over Islamic State children in Syria
Reuters International Nov 1, 2018 – 08:06 A woman looks through a window at a meeting of “Mothers’ Jihad”, a group aiming to repatriate Belgian women and children held in […]
French mothers in Syria face terrible choice
Women walk at a camp for Daesh group-affiliated people in the northern Syrian village of Malikiya near the border with Turkey, walks with a child on September 29, 2018. […]
How the murder of Jamal Khashoggi finally put the spotlight on UK arms sales and the war in Yemen
Last week, something rather unusual happened: a member of the British military establishment admitted total complicity in the devastation that is engulfing Yemen Anna Stavrianakis @StavrianakisA The Independent Voices The […]
Prince of Wales: I warned of plastic danger 40 years ago but was dismissed as ‘out of touch’
Sarah Knapton © PA The Prince of Wales attending a meeting of key plastics stakeholders and business leaders to discuss the role of plastics in the economy and […]
In The Land Of Dracula, Witches Work As ‘Life Coaches’ Of The Supernatural
Source: NPR By JOANNA KAKISSIS The witch lives in the suburbs of the Romanian capital, Bucharest, in a busy village with a Renaissance palace. There’s a poster of her outside her […]
Blasphemy bans are struck out in Ireland and reinforced in Austria
Source: The Economist WHEN it comes to basic principles of free speech and freedom of belief, do the nations of Europe form a coherent bloc, determined to apply those principles […]
Istanbul summit fails to deliver map to end Syrian conflict
Oct 31,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – OSAMA AL SHARIF The four-way summit that was held in Istanbul on Saturday on Syria was extraordinary in more than one way. Turkish President […]
Drillship Fatih kicks off operations in Med, second vessel to enter fleet soon
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL Turkish drilling vessel Fatih started drilling first well Alanya-1 in offshore Antalya, a Mediterranean coastal province, Oct. 30. Turkish drilling vessel Fatih began its first well-drilling operations […]
For European Jews, a horrifying sight on the other side of the Atlantic
Source: The Washington Post By James McAuley October 28 PARIS — Jewish children slaughtered in school. Jewish customers shot in a kosher supermarket. Elderly Jewish women beaten in their apartments, then thrown […]
Pope Decries ‘Persecution’ of Catholic Church Through Accusations
Source: Wall Street Journal By Francis X. Rocca Updated Oct. 27, 2018 6:26 p.m. ET ROME—Pope Francis told a gathering of bishops from around the world that the Catholic Church […]
Vatican meeting ends with call for greater role for women in Church
Source: Reuters VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – A major meeting of Catholic bishops ended on Saturday with a call for women to play a greater role in Church decision making as […]
Vatican synod calls for women leaders ‘at all levels,’ avoids using LGBT or gay
Source: Religion News Service BY David Gibson ATICAN CITY (RNS) — A global summit of Catholic bishops on Saturday (Oct. 27) issued a powerful call for the inclusion of women […]
Angela Merkel to step down as German chancellor in 2021
Source: BBC News Germany’s Angela Merkel has said she will step down as chancellor in 2021, following recent election setbacks. “I will not be seeking any political post after my […]
British Museum’s new gallery celebrates wonders of the Islamic world
October 30, 2018 By lyana khairuddin As I walked into Room 42 on the second floor of the British Museum in London recently, two massive stone engravings greeted me – […]
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October 25, 2018 IHRC’s Islamophobia Awards are back and in 2018 it promises to be bigger and better than ever. Our gala dinner and awards show is a satirical […]
Irish passport applications from British applicants skyrocket
Irish passport holders will retain EU travel benefits after Brexit The number of British applications for an Irish passport has boomed following the UK’s vote to leave the European […]
Italy’s League blocks Muslims from buying and converting chapel
Oct 28, 2018 Italian Northern League leader Matteo Salvini speaks during a political rally in Milan, Italy February 24, 2018. REUTERS/Tony Gentile (reuters_tickers) ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s far-right League party […]