‘Jane Roe’ made abortion legal. Then a minister made her rethink.
Source: The Washington Post By Avi Selk When Flip Benham opened an office of his antiabortion group next door to an abortion clinic that employed Norma McCorvey, the two saw […]
Norma McCorvey, Plaintiff in Landmark Roe v. Wade Abortion Case, Dies at 69
Source: Time Lucinda Shen Feb 18, 2017 Norma McCorvey, the plaintiff at the center of the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade case that expanded abortion rights in the United States, […]
Religious freedom could top Sessions civil rights priorities
Source: Associated Press By SADIE GURMAN WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Donald Trump spoke to the National Prayer Breakfast this month, he underscored his vow to defend the religious rights […]
Who Speaks for the Flesh and Blood 1.6 Billion Breathing Muslim Souls?
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The Quran describes the holy prophet Muhammad, may peace be on him, as mercy for the whole […]
115 charged with burning Christians’ homes acquitted
Source: Dawn LAHORE: An antiterrorism court on Saturday acquitted for lack of evidence 115 suspects involved in torching of more than 100 houses of Christians at Joseph Colony in the […]
Trump on waterboarding: ‘We have to fight fire with fire’
Source: CNN Dan Merica-Profile-Image By Dan Merica Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump said he wants to “fight fire with fire” when it comes to stopping terrorism, suggesting that he could be […]
Why These People Of Faith Are Marching For Women This Weekend
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla Associate Religion Editor The Women’s March on Washington emerged as a response to the election of President Donald Trump. But it is also a movement […]
WHY REPUBLICANS COULD REGRET OVERTURNING ROE V. WADE
Source: The New Yorker By Eyal Press Every year around the anniversary of Roe v. Wade—January 22, 1973—protesters from across the country gather in Washington, D.C., for the March […]
Muslim cleric accused of performing forced marriage of child bride sacked
Source: The Guardian Imam Ibrahim Omerdic stood down after being charged with conduct that caused a minor to enter into a forced marriage Ibrahim Omerdic, imam of the Bosnian Islamic […]
Bahrain executes three Shia men in first death sentences since 2010
Source: The Guardian UK urged to loosen ties with Gulf nation as protesters claim confession was extracted under torture and men’s trial was sham Anti-government protests in Malkiya, Bahrain. The […]
Ireland Reconsiders Its Constitutional Ban on Abortion
Source: The New York Times By SINEAD O’SHEA DUBLIN — An assembly of Irish citizens convened by Parliament is considering changes to one of the most divisive policies in the […]
Texas Republicans fuel new row with transgender toilet bill
Source: BBC Top Republicans in the US state of Texas have unveiled a bill that would ban transgender people from using the toilet of their choice. The Texas Privacy Act […]
Transgender Man Sues Catholic Hospital for Rejecting His Surgery
Source: Time BY Abigail Abrams A transgender man is suing a Catholic hospital in New Jersey after he says it refused to allow his hysterectomy on religious grounds. Jionni Conforti’s doctors concluded that a hysterectomy was medically necessary for him, so he found a surgeon and scheduled the procedure at St. […]
Are human rights in crisis?
Source Swiss Info By Klaus Dingwerth, who is assistant professor for political science at the University of St Gallen, Switzerland as well as a non-residential fellow with the Global Public Policy […]
Ahmadiyya as viewed by Croatian Member of Parliament Mr Davor Bernardic.
By Zubair Khan. LINK for German Jalsa Salana-2016 (Annual Gathering) LINK for UK Jalsa Salana-2016 (Annual Gathering) Note by Editor. Just couple of weeks ago Mr Davor Bernardic has won the Social Democrats Party election and now he is also the National President of Croatian Social Democrat Party. Congratulation to […]
The Muslim Sunrise Exploring Unity and Diversity in Our Global Village
The Muslim Sunrise is the oldest Muslim publication of North America. Its winter volume explores unity and diversity in our global village: Winter-2016 Editorial for the winter volume By Mubasher Ahmad, […]
Myanmar military burned Rohingya villages, Human Rights Watch says
Source: CNN Satellite images could prove that villages in Myanmar’s restive Rakhine State were deliberately burned to the ground, according to Human Rights Watch. The organization claims that the timing of the various incidents and their “spacial trends” offer evidence of a pattern that is “consistent with military operations and not […]
Reprisals, Rape, and Children Burned Alive: Burma’s Rohingya Speak of Genocidal Terror
Source: Time BY Nikhil Kumar / Teknaf, Bangladesh Around 21,000 Rohingya have sought refuge in Bangladesh over the past two months, as Burmese forces launched what one U.N official says is […]
Switzerland: Asylum centres may have to report suspected terrorists
SECURITY MEASURE DEC 9, 2016 – Refugees have been concentrating at the Swiss-Italian border in particular (Keystone) Charities and private companies that run asylum centres may be required to report on suspected terrorists as the Swiss government moves to tighten security. Swiss public television SRF has seen documents of […]
Asian Human Rights Commission – Urgent Appeals Programme
Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-151-2016 PAKISTAN: Investigate the raid and harassment at Ahmadiyya Headquarters ISSUES: Right to adopt religion and faith, arbitrary arrests, torture, blasphemy laws, no rule of law ——————————————————————— […]