Moscow A Muslim university professor who criticized radical Islamists was shot dead in Dagestan, officials said Wednesday. Maksud Sadikov, 48, and his nephew were gunned down in the yard of his home in the regional capital of Makhachkala late Tuesday. “This is not only a murder, it is a challenge […]
by Eveline Kobler, swissinfo.ch The insistence of the Roman Catholic Church that priests have to be male reflects the power of men and not Christian theology, says Swiss theologian Doris Strahm. Strahm is co-author of a recent study into women in leadership roles in the Jewish, Christian and Islamic faiths. […]
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Churches for sale, chapels for sale. Church and chapel renovations, ruined churches, decommissioned churches and former schools for sale One example: St Michaels, Barningham, Suffolk, IP31 1DD England. Enjoy life at the heart of a real village in rural Suffolk St Michaels is a former Wesleyan chapel in the Suffolk […]
Is happiness really all that? It depends on how you define it. The business writers at 24/7 Wall St. have modified a new “Better Life” index, with its multiple measures including “life satisfaction,” and added their own economic and political measures. The result is a Top 10 happy countries list […]
Capital city Yerevan with Mount Arafat in the background At Eastertide we usually go to unusual places in the pursuit of archaeology. This year it was the turn of Armenia, an unusual place perched in the Caucasus. It is slightly smaller than Belgium, with a population of around three million. […]
As Denmark prepares for a final vote Friday on introducing border controls on its border with Germany as well as Sweden, a diplomatic war of words has heated up between the German and Danish government. Read More…
By GHAZANFAR ALI KHAN | ARAB NEWS RIYADH: Kosovo, Europe’s youngest nation with a predominant Muslim population, has sought the support of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and the 57-member Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) for recognition of its independence amid reports of a staunch campaign launched by Serbia to […]
Visiting Pope Benedict XVI yesterday urged Catholics to courageously defend the traditional family. The Pontiff, who celebrated an open-air Mass before hundreds of thousands of peopele on the second day of his visit to Croatia, warned couples cohabiting outside wedlock that living together was no substitute for marriage. “Dear families be […]
by Marc-André Miserez, swissinfo.ch Antennas developed by Swiss scientists have sounded ice layers in Antarctica up to several kilometres thick, as well as the rocks underneath. This is of interest not only to geologists and climatologists attempting to measure the effects of global warming on Earth’s ice-covered regions, but also […]
The key voices of intolerance are neither marginal nor can they be dismissed as old-style far-right activists. They are today often heads of government, important ministers or powerful politicians. Their words express an emerging refrain of official xenophobia. Successive recent salvos by the French president and German chancellor on the failure […]
By GHAZANFAR ALI KHAN | ARAB NEWS RIYADH: Saudi Arabia is currently discussing a proposal to finance the construction of a new SR600 million parliament complex in Albania, a nation with a predominantly Muslim population in southeast Europe. The Kingdom, in a gesture of solidarity and support for Albania, is willing […]
An honest study of the causes of the Dark Ages and European renaissance will lead to the inevitable conclusion that Muhammad, may peace be on him, was the Light of the Dark Ages. John Davenport writes in an apology for Mohammed and the Koran: “It is in the compositions of Friar […]
By ROBERTA FEDELE Considered an emblem of the Christian Middle Ages and a central author of the Western tradition, Italian writer Dante Alighieri unintentionally reveals a lot about the influence of Islamic thought and models on Christian Europe. This is especially true of his masterpiece, “The Divine Comedy”, regarded as a prodigy […]
Saudi Arabia is making another giant leap forward, pushing its art scene onto the global stage with its first ever pavilion at La Biennale di Venezia (the Venice Biennale contemporary art fair). The pavilion will feature sisters Shadia and Raja Alem from Makkah with their collaborative installation, “The Black Arch.” […]
In Woody Allen’s “Midnight in Paris,” an American writer clambers into a yellow vintage Peugeot every night and is transported back to hobnob with Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Picasso, Dali, Toulouse-Lautrec and Gertrude Stein in the shimmering movable feast. The star-struck aspiring novelist from Pasadena, played by Owen Wilson, […]
The enormous concrete shells are as tall as a house, and they were designed to listen for enemy aircraft in the 1920s and 30s. Pre-World War II acoustic experiments led to some extraordinary architecture — and to a remarkably effective technology which ultimately succumbed to the invention of radar. In […]
by John Feffer They were both responsible for thousands of civilian deaths in causes they believed were righteous. They both occupied top spots on the World’s Most Wanted list. They were both the subject of raids that were years in the making and required extensive intelligence work. But in all […]
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by Matthew Allen, swissinfo.ch Manufacturers are shifting a greater share of investments out of Switzerland with the dollar in the doldrums and the euro plunging to record lows against the franc. Renewed fears that Greece might default on its debts has sparked a fresh wave of euro weakening while the […]