What Óscar Romero’s Canonization Says About Pope Francis
Source: The Atlantic “I implore you, I beg you, I order you, in the name of God: stop the repression!” When the archbishop denounced the military government for its campaign of […]
How Muslims Became The Enemy
Source: Huffington Post By Juan Cole, who is collegiate professor of history at the University of Michigan. He runs a news and commentary webzine on U.S. foreign policy and progressive politics, […]
Bones reveal Neanderthal child was eaten by a giant bird
Source: CNN By Ashley Strickland When researchers discovered the oldest human remains ever found in Poland a few years ago, they didn’t realize that the bones were hiding a grisly […]
Ahmadiyya Peace Conference: Lack of justice, cause of global unrest – Dr Ayaz
Ahmadiyya Peace Conference – Consul General of Tuvalu in London, Sir Dr Iftikar Ahmad Ayaz has attributed the unrest and wars in the world currently to lack of justice found […]
Anniversary: Sultana Raziya. 13th October 1240
Sultana Raziya Full name: Raziyya al-Din Arabic name: رضیہ سلطانہ Date of birth: 1205 Date of death: 13 Oct, 1240 On the other extremity of the Muslim world and almost […]
China has just made it legal to isolate its Uighur Muslim minority from society for ‘re-education’
Source: News.com.au BY Gavin Fernando THE CHINESE government has dropped a bombshell. The country’s far-west Xinjiang has just revised its legislation to allow local governments to detain those it believes to […]
Scientists See a Treatment for Vision Loss in Lab-Grown Retinas
Source: Time By JAMIE DUCHARME Researchers at Johns Hopkins University are exploring new treatments for vision loss after growing human retinas from scratch, according to a new paper published in the […]
Abuse survivors angry over Pope’s praise for fallen cardinal
Source: CNN By Daniel Burke (CNN) Pope Francis accepted the resignation of Cardinal Donald Wuerl, the embattled archbishop of Washington and one of the church’s most powerful Americans. But the Pope’s high […]
In rural Madagascar, women face the ripple effects of U.S. abortion politics
Source: The Washington Post By Max Bearak and Africa bureau chief based in Nairobi BETSINGILO, Madagascar — Nana thought for a second, and then shook her head. Donald Trump? No, never heard […]
Tensions between Russia and Ukraine spill over to Byzantine world of Orthodox church
Source: The Washington Post By David Stern and Amie Ferris-Rotman KIEV, Ukraine — For centuries, the golden cupolas of the Kiev Pechersk Lavra monastery and catacombs have been a refuge of tranquility and […]
Defying China, Malaysia releases Uighur detainees
‘ Source: Reuters BY A. Ananthalakshmi KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia has freed from detention 11 ethnic Uighur Muslims who fled to the southeast Asian nation after a Thai jailbreak […]
Malaysia to abolish death penalty
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 […]
Kosovo stages second Gay Pride parade under heavy security
Source: Reuters PRISTINA (Reuters) – Hundreds of people turned out on Wednesday for Kosovo’s second Gay Pride parade under heavy police escort after a party that espouses Islamic values urged […]
Gay couple can register child in conservative Poland: court
Source: Reuters WARSAW (Reuters) – The lesbian parents of a Polish boy have been given the right to register him in Poland as their child, a high court has decided, […]
In Kenya, locals debate a boom in witch doctor tourism
Source: Religion News Service By Tonny Onyulo MOMBASA, Kenya (RNS) – Recently, after tossing some shells, animal bones and skulls on the ground, witch doctor Sidi Baya told Elizabeth Luciary, a […]
PAKISTAN: Govt withdraws Prevention of Electronic Crimes Bill from Senate
by Imran Mukhtar. October 13, 2018. THE NATION ISLAMABAD – The PTI government on Friday withdrew the Prevention of Electronic Crimes (Amendment) Bill 2018 from the Senate a proposed law that recommended severe punishments for those who desecrate the Holy Quran, commit blasphemy or level false accusations […]
International Day of the Girl: Young women banned from using phones as they are seen to ‘lead to unwanted pregnancy’
Those who break rules are more likely to be punished by scolding, beatings or even early marriage Maya Oppenheim Women’s Correspondent @mayaoppenheim Girls around the world are being stopped from using technology […]
Yasukuni Shrine: Chief priest to quit after criticising Japan’s emperor
Source: BBC News The chief priest at Japan’s controversial Yasukuni Shrine is to resign after making remarks highly critical of Emperor Akihito. In comments leaked to a magazine, Kunio Kohori […]
AP PHOTOS: In Pakistan, Ansa, 10, starts her day with prayer
Source: Associated Press By SABA REHMAN TORU, Pakistan (AP) — She’s just 10 years old, but Pakistani girl Ansa Khan’s day is a hectic one. At the first hint of […]