Source: CNN By Ben Westcott and Nanlin Fang, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) China has fiercely defended an escalating crackdown in the far western province of Xinjiang as necessary for security, claiming inmates […]
Source: Al Jazeera Malaysia’s cabinet has agreed to abolish the death penalty and halt pending executions, a move that has been hailed by international human rights groups and foreign diplomats. A proposed […]
Source: The Guardian BY Angela Giuffrida in Rome In one of his harshest criticisms of abortion, Pope Francis has compared the procedure to “hiring a hitman to resolve a problem”. The pontiff told his […]
Source: Reuters By Ben Blanchard, Tom Miles BEIJING/GENEVA (Reuters) – China is mounting an increasingly sophisticated counterattack to criticism of its policies in the restive, heavily Muslim region of Xinjiang, courting […]
Source: Wall Street Journal By Benedict Rogers, who is East Asia Team Leader at the international human-rights organization CSW and author of “Indonesia: Pluralism in Peril—the Rise of Religious Intolerance Across […]
Seeking asylum is a fundamental human right. pic.twitter.com/jeXiqgTBgH — UN Refugee Agency (@Refugees) September 17, 2018
Source: The Economist By Erasmus A group of Muslim scholars offer a view from the Islamic tradition MOHAMMAD FADEL, an associate law professor at the University of Toronto, is one […]
Saudi Arabia Seeks Death Penalty in Trial of Outspoken Cleric Source: The New York Times By Ben Hubbard LONDON — Saudi Arabia’s public prosecutor is seeking the death penalty for […]
China Has Detained Up to a Million Muslims. Here’s What You Need to Know Source: Bloomberg By Karen Leigh China’s efforts to quash what it says is separatism and religious […]
Source: Indonesia JAKARTA (Reuters) – A 15-year-old girl jailed for six months for terminating her pregnancy after being raped by her brother has been cleared by a higher court in […]
Source: The Guardian BY Michael Safi and agencies An Indian chess champion has withdrawn from an international competition in Iran, saying a rule requiring her to wear a headscarf would violate her human […]
Epigraph: Whoever saves a life, it would be as if he or she has saved the whole of humanity. (Al Quran 5:32/33) How Puerto Rico’s death toll climbed from 64 […]
Source: The Daily Times By Imran Ahsan Mirza, who is an engineering management professional working as a senior project manager in a technology company in Australia Under ordinary circumstances, it sounds […]
I’m A Lifelong Catholic. Here’s Why I’ve Finally Decided To Leave The Church. Source: The Huffington Post By Amanda Auchter; who is the author of The Wishing Tomb, winner of […]
Source: BBC news Saudi Arabia’s public prosecutor has reportedly sought the death penalty for five activists, including the female rights defender Israa al-Ghomgham. Human Rights Watch said they recently went […]
Canada Hajj pilgrims, Saudi students face uncertainty due to diplomatic row Source: Reuters As the stalemate continues, Canada is reaching out to its allies, including the United States and European […]
Source: Muhammad Munawwar Rana On 16.08.2018 there were happy faces both of children and parents as school going kids were given few essentially required school items. This humanitarian project was […]
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 […]
Source: CNN By Daniel Burke and Susannah Cullinane, CNN A new grand jury report says that internal documents from six Catholic dioceses in Pennsylvania show that more than 300 “predator priests” have […]
Mike Ghouse, is president of the Center for Pluralism and is committed to fostering cohesive societies where no human has to live in apprehension or fear of the other. His […]
