Source: The Guardian By Benjamin Haas in Hong Kong A church in northern China was demolished this week, the second in less than a month, sparking fears of a wider campaign against Christians […]
Source: CNN Cape Town, South Africa (CNN) – With more than one million visitors in 2016, Cape Town already ranks highly among the most popular destinations in Africa. But South Africa’s legislative capital […]
Source: DW Tunisia has declared itself a multi-faith state. But the attack on the Jewish school in Djerba shows that radical anti-Semitism has its adherents in Tunisia, too – primarily […]
By Ken Chitwood | June 8, 2017 A boy is evacuated during an attack on the Iranian parliament in central Tehran, Iran, on June 7, 2017. Photo by Omid Vahabzadeh/TIMA via Reuters (The […]
Source: Huffington Post By Antonia Blumberg GEORGE FREY/GETTY IMAGES Thomas Monson, the late president of the Mormon church, died at the age of 90 on Jan. 2. More than 160,000 people have signed a petition urging The New York Times to rewrite its obituary for Mormon leader Thomas Monson, who died […]
Source: The longest serving Muslim publication of North America: Muslim Sunrise Winter 2017 volume November, 2017 Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Hurricane season […]
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla MUSLIM GIRL VIA GETTY IMAGES The Pew Research Center estimates that Muslims make up about 1.1 percent of Americans. America’s Muslim population is growing […]
Source: Religion News Service By Tom Heneghan (RNS) — Germany is rethinking its approach to combating anti-Semitism after a protest against President Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital turned the […]
Source: NPR BY DIAA HADID In a Muslim shrine in Lahore’s ancient quarter, men and women pray around the tomb of a local saint. They hurl garlands and flower petals toward […]
Source: Reuters By Tarek Amara, Ulf Laessing TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisian police arrested 237 people, including two Islamists, for attacking police stations and government buildings and for vandalism in anti-government protests, […]
Source: The New York Times In the fall of 2014, Oprah Winfrey ran a “transformative two-day live event,” a traveling roadshow that was held in eight cities around the country. For this […]
Source: Time By ELIZABETH DIAS January 9, 2018 Oprah Winfrey’s public image could not be more different from Donald Trump’s. While the longtime talk show host is famous for getting her […]
Source: Religion News Service By Yonat Shimron RALEIGH, N.C. (RNS) — They meet in a conference room on the second floor of the Islamic Association of Raleigh, a therapist and a member […]
Source: NPR BY LEILA FADEL On a recent night in Chicago, a Muslim preacher sits on the floor in the center of an ethnically mixed and mostly young group of men […]
Source: The Wall Street Journal By Margherita Stancati Updated Jan. 10, 2018 7:16 a.m. ET ABHA, Saudi Arabia—Arwa Alneami wanted to be an artist ever since she was a child. […]
Source: Associated Press By BRADLEY KLAPPER WASHINGTON (AP) — Reza Pahlavi concentrates intently on the little cellphone in his hand, scrolling through clips of chanting Iranians and explaining why the […]
Source: Time (PHOENIX) — Former Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio has announced he plans to run for the U.S. Senate seat now held by Jeff Flake. The 85-year-old Arpaio is a […]
Source: Richmond Times By FRANK GREEN Richmond Times-Dispatch Jack Eugene Turner (left) and lawyer C. Holland Perdue III argue that Turner’s conviction for displaying a noose to intimidate others should […]
Source: The New York Times Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, center, during a meeting with the Iranian government in Tehran last month.CreditGovernment of Iran DUBAI — Iran has banned the teaching of […]
Source: Associated Press By HAMZA HENDAWI CAIRO (AP) — In a show of solidarity with Egypt’s embattled Christians, President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi Saturday made a symbolic appearance at an Orthodox Christmas […]