India, with eye on China ties, bans Tibetans rally in New Delhi
Source: Reuters By Rupam Jain 4 MIN READ NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India has banned Tibetans from holding a rally with the Dalai Lama in New Delhi this month to […]
Special Report: By rewriting history, Hindu nationalists aim to assert their dominance over India
Source:Reuters BY Rupam Jain, Tom Lasseter 12 MIN READ The government of Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi had quietly appointed the committee of scholars about six months earlier. Details of […]
Irish Supreme Court clears the way for May referendum on abortion
Source: Reuters DUBLIN (Reuters) – Ireland’s Supreme Court on Wednesday cleared the way for an abortion referendum planned for the end of May, ruling that the unborn do not have […]
Sri Lanka blocks social media as deadly violence continues
Source: The Guardian Michael Safi in Colombo and Amantha Perera Reports of attack on Buddhist temple sparks anti-Muslim riots in Kandy district Michael Safi in Colombo and Amantha Perera Sri Lankan security forces clean […]
Buddhist mobs target Sri Lanka’s Muslims despite state of emergency
Source: Reuters COLOMBO (Reuters) – Buddhist mobs attacked mosques and businesses belonging to Sri Lanka’s minority Muslims overnight, police said on Wednesday, despite the imposition of a state of emergency […]
How democracies are (re) born
Mar 07,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – RICARDO HAUSMANN CAMBRIDGE — Much in life looks obvious after the fact. The challenge is to understand events and trends earlier, which is especially important when the issue is the demise of democracy. In their excellent new book “How Democracies Die”, Harvard professors Steven […]
As an imam, I’m often asked about women’s role in Islam – and this is my message for International Women’s Day
Source: Independent Source: Qari Asim I’ll never fully understand the fight that women experience daily. I do, however, recognise that fight and see suffering in society as well as in […]
BBC Big Questions – Are Religions Unfair To Women?
Additional Reading Gender Equality in the Holy Qur’an – In the Beginning Man and Woman Were Equal BBC Big Questions – Are Religions Unfair To Women? https://t.co/E6UbsSI1wx via @wordpressdotcom — […]
International Women’s Day: What are matriarchies, and where are they now?
There is a school of thought that believes human society was originally matriarchal. From around 1.5 million years ago, women were revered as priestesses and honoured for their ability to bear children. Archaeological evidence, such as ancient Venus statues, seems to support this. Read more: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/international-womens-day-matriarchy-matriarchal-society-women-feminism-culture-matrilineal-elephant-a8243046.html
International Women’s Day by the numbers
Twelve years ago, to mark International Women’s Day, The Independent ran a memorable front page which examined statistical realities for women around the world. More than a decade on, much has changed around the globe. Read more: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/international-womens-day-2018-statistics-numbers-female-lives-feminism-gender-pay-gap-a8244101.html
This Photo of Harriet Tubman Was Lost for Close to a Century
Source: Time By OLIVIA B. WAXMAN March 6, 2018 More than a century after Harriet Tubman died in March of 1913, the Library of Congress announced on Tuesday that it has […]
Muslim women don’t need saving from their religion
Source: Religion News Service By Maha Elgenaidi (RNS) — In an average week, I deliver presentations to hundreds of people on various topics related to Islam and Muslims. Oftentimes, such presentations […]
Russia embraces Pakistan with gas and diplomacy
Source: Dawn ISLAMABAD: As US influence in Islamabad wanes, former adversary Moscow is building military, diplomatic and economic ties that could upend historic alliances in the region and open up […]
This City Is Most Likely to Be Named Amazon’s Second Headquarters
Source: Time By BRAD TUTTLE March 6, 2018 HQ2 in D.C.? More and more, signs indicate that Seattle-based tech giant Amazon will choose the Washington, D.C., area for its much-hyped second headquarters, dubbed […]
How to Use Awkward Silence to Get What You Want
Source: Time By MELISSA DAHL February 16, 2018 IDEAS Dahl is the author of Cringeworthy: A Theory of Awkwardness. I heard a story recently about a friend’s former boss. When underlings would go […]
Saudi crown prince visits Cairo Coptic cathedral, meets pope
Source: Reuters CAIRO (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman met Coptic Pope Tawadros II at Cairo’s largest Coptic cathedral on Monday in what state media said was […]
Threatened with ‘acid, rape, abuse’: Protesting Iran’s compulsory hijab law
Source: CNN By Hannah Ritchie, CNN Editor’s Note: CNN is committed to covering gender inequality wherever it occurs in the world. This story is part of As Equals, a year-long […]
WHEN CATHOLICS CRITICIZE THE POPE
Source: First Things By Dan Hitchens C. S. Lewis never read the newspapers. Though this habit led to some memorable blunders—he was under the impression that the Yugoslav dictator Tito was […]
Americans may not know it, but they’ve long been embracing Hindu philosophy
Source: Quartz WRITTEN BY Vasudha Narayanan Last week marked the death anniversary of Mahesh Yogi, the Indian guru who brought transcendental meditation to the West in the sixties and became a […]
Christians are key to support for el-Sissi in upcoming Egypt election
Source: Religion News Service By Jacob Wirtschafter and Mina Nader | March 5, 2018 Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, right, shakes hands with Pope Tawadros II, the 118th pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria […]