Europe’s last pagan nation
Source: BBC News By Will Mawhood 20 March 2018 In mid-January, the snow made the little coastal town of Šventoji in north-west Lithuania feel like a film set. Restaurants, shops […]
Russia and Taliban deny US claims of working together
Source: BBC News Russia and the Taliban have separately rejected comments made by the head of US forces in Afghanistan that Moscow has been supporting, and even supplying weapons to, […]
Trump trade war: China tells US it will defend national interests
Source: BBC News China warned the US it will defend its interests on trade, Chinese state media says, after US President Donald Trump backed tariffs on Chinese goods. The comments […]
Can you predict if you will be happy?
Source: BBC News By Nina Cromeyer Dieke 23 March 2018 Are you happy? How do you think you will feel a month or two from now? Predicting whether we will […]
Mother Courage: Iraqi widow saved recruits from slaughter
By AFP – Mar 24,2018 – JORDAN TIMES US First Lady Melania Trump laughs alongside winners of the 2018 International Women of Courage Award, including Godelieve Mukasarasi (left) of Rwanda, […]
A 6-year-old girl goes digging in the dirt at her sister’s soccer game — and finds a 65 million-year-old fossil
Source: CNN CNN)Naomi was bored. A 6-year-old can stay riveted by her older sister’s soccer game for only so long. So she went over to some sagebrush by the soccer […]
What legacy do Muslims, all of us want to leave for future generations? We must choose peace | Opinion
Source: Penn Live By Guest Editorial Editor’s Note: The op-Ed below is a condensed version of the keynote address delivered by Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, worldwide head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, during a March 17 […]
HIJAB ( khimar ) for THE ARABIAN SAND STORM & VEIL (JILBAB) FOR THE PRIVACY OF TOILET TIME
Source: Academia.edu By T.O. SHANAVAS According to the current perception in Muslim society a head-cover (Hijab) for women is one of the Islamic obligations. Many Muslims believe that the head-cover is not enough to […]
‘My crew saved 218 migrants from drowning – so why are we the enemy?’
Captain Marc Reig’s ship is stuck in a Sicilian port, and a hostage to Italy’s resurgent right, as charities become a target for their role in rescuing refugees Lorenzo Tondo […]
Boko Haram kept one Dapchi girl who refused to deny her Christianity
Source: The Guardian Ruth Maclean west Africa correspondent and Isaac Abrak in Dapchi The only Christian girl among the Dapchi schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram last month could have been freed along […]
March For Our Lives: Huge gun-control rallies sweep US
Source: BBC News Mass student-led protests calling for tighter gun control are under way across the United States. The protests – under the banner March For Our Lives – have […]
Freed Filipino priest says airstrikes routed IS extremists
Source: Associated Press By JIM GOMEZ MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Filipino Roman Catholic priest taken hostage last year by Islamic State group-linked militants recounted Friday how military airstrikes helped […]
US pastor Andrew Brunson accused of using Christianity as part of a terrorist plot
Source: Religion News Service By Yonat Shimron A photo of the Rev. Andrew Brunson during his time in prison. Photo courtesy of World Witness (RNS) — A North Carolina pastor who has […]
Jewish candidate for Muslim party breaks barriers in Tunisia
Source: Associated Press By BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Simon Slama and his family are the only Jews left in the Tunisian city of Monastir, once home to […]
Indian ‘cow protectors’ jailed for life over murder of Muslim man
Source: The Guardian BY Michael Safi in Delhi Eleven men were part of mob that attacked Alimuddin Ansari, who was transporting beef The cow is considered sacred by many Hindus. Photograph: Sanjeev […]
Dalai Lama cuts foreign travel due to age, exhaustion
SOURCE: CNN By Sugam Pokharel, Yuli Yang and Daniel Burke, CNN (CNN)The Dalai Lama, the globe-trotting Tibetan spiritual leader, will do no more traveling this year, a spokesman said, saying the […]
In Indonesia, a shadowy campaign to stoke unrest as elections loom
Source: Reuters By Tom Allard, Agustinus Beo Da Costa, Kanupriya Kapoor BANDUNG, Indonesia (Reuters) – A spate of mysterious attacks on Islamic clerics, schools and mosques in Indonesia in recent weeks has […]
Two dead as suspected IS gunman takes hostages in France
Source: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE At least two people were killed after a gunman claiming allegiance to the Islamic State group opened fire and took hostages at a supermarket in southwest France on […]
Lone Nigerian captive refused to convert for Boko Haram
Source: Associated Press By SAM OLUKOYA and BASHIR ADIGUN LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — The mother of the only Nigerian schoolgirl still in Boko Haram captivity after the extremists released 104 […]
Yes, John Bolton Really Is That Dangerous
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD MARCH 23, 2018 Credit Eric Hanson The good thing about John Bolton, President Trump’s new national security adviser, is that he says what he thinks. The bad […]