Pew Research Center: 17 striking findings from 2017
Source: Pew Research Center Abigail Geiger is an associate digital producer and writer for Pew Research Center. Pew Research Center studies a wide array of topics both in the U.S. […]
Just 10 Minutes of Exercise Can Help Your Brain
Source: Time By AMANDA MACMILLAN December 22, 2017 TIME Health Just 10 minutes of physical activity can increase brainpower for a short time afterward, according to a new study published in Neuropsychologia. The […]
President Trump Says He Believes Robert Mueller’s Russia Investigation Will ‘Be Fair’
By REUTERS Updated: December 28, 2017 11:50 PM ET | Originally published: December 29, 2017 President Donald Trump said on Thursday he believes he will be fairly treated in a […]
Egypt attack: Gunman targets Coptic Christians in church and shop
Source: BBC News Nine people have been killed in two attacks on Coptic Christians in Helwan district, south of Cairo, Egypt’s interior ministry has said. Six civilians and a policeman […]
Iran and Saudis’ Latest Power Struggle: Expanding Rights for Women
Source: The New York Times By ANNE BARNARD and THOMAS ERDBRINK Saudi cheerleaders at a breast cancer awareness campaign called Shoot for a Cause, which brought together 3,000 women for a basketball tournament […]
Thousands of Palestinians take part in anti-Trump protests
Source: Reuters GAZA (Reuters) – Thousands of Palestinians took to the streets of Gaza and the occupied West Bank for the fourth Friday in a row in protests against U.S. […]
AP Exclusive: China’s Uighurs work to fend off pull of jihad
Source: Associated Press By GERRY SHIH KAYSERI, Turkey (AP) — Iminjin Qari felt upbeat as he drove to Istanbul’s airport with three empty buses and a simple task: pick up […]
Turkey detains 75 Islamic State suspects: police, media
Source: Reuters ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish police detained 75 suspected Islamic State members in two operations on Friday, state media and police said, after arresting about 120 such suspects across […]
Video: Hamza Yusuf & Tony Blair – Religious Tolerance
Suggested reading Demystifying ISIS for Trump and Others: Religion or Politics? A Collection of Articles Demystifying Prophethood, Theocracy, Democracy and Dictatorship Is There Coercion in Islam and Christianity? Is There Freedom of Thought […]
Turkey slams Greek Cypriot over hydrocarbon-related activities
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL File Photo Turkey slammed the Greek Cypriot Administration Friday over its unilateral hydrocarbon-related activities in the Eastern Mediterranean, saying the Greeks disregard of Turkish Cypriot people’ […]
Jordan’s Abdullah dismisses brothers from military command
By JPOST.COM STAFF December 29, 2017 21:11 Breaking news. (photo credit: JPOST STAFF) Jordan’s King Abdullah dismissed his three brothers from Jordanian military command Friday, according to Jordanian media […]
Government seeks change to order lifting Trump refugee ban
Source: Associated Press By MARTHA BELLISLE SEATTLE (AP) — Lawyers with the Department of Justice have asked a federal judge to change his order that partially lifted a Trump administration […]
Trump Scorns Mainstream News, But Not The Christian Broadcasting Network
Source: NPR BY SARAH MCCAMMON Attacks on the press are a hallmark of President Trump’s style, and he has avoided much of the media, often preferring Twitter to sit-down interviews with journalists. But […]
Shunned by Pakistan’s Muslims, Ahmadis Find Refuge in a City of Their Own
Source: The New York Times By MEHREEN ZAHRA-MALIK Photo An Ahmadi graveyard in Rabwah, Pakistan. CreditMohsin Raza for The New York Times RABWAH, Pakistan — The guard inched open the metal gate […]
China’s crackdown on Uighurs spreads to even mild critics
Source: Associated Press By GERRY SHIH BEIJING (AP) — Zhang Haitao was a rare voice in China, a member of the ethnic Han majority who for years had criticized the […]
U.N. says ‘massive’ rights abuses in southern Philippines could intensify under martial law
Source: Reuters GENEVA (Reuters) – A Muslim indigenous community in the southern Philippines has suffered widespread human right abuses that could intensify with President Rodrigo Duterte’s extension of martial law […]
Sarajevo prosecutor indicts 14 Bosnian Muslims over war crimes against Serbs
Source: Reuters SARAJEVO (Reuters) – Sarajevo prosecutors indicted 14 Bosnian Muslim wartime army officers and soldiers for alleged murder, torture and persecution of Bosnian Serb civilians around the town of […]
Meet the nation’s first known Sikh woman to serve as a city mayor
Source: Los Angeles Times By Phil Willon Contact Reporter With a sharp crack of the gavel, Preet Didbal made history this month as the first known Sikh woman in the nation […]
Atheist Flag Will Be Raised Over Ten Commandments Monument
Source: NPR By TODD BOOKMAN For New Hampshire residents, the dueling symbols are raising questions about belief, inclusion and the separation of church and state. DAVID GREENE, HOST: On […]
How This Muslim Teacher In Berlin Is Fighting Anti-Semitism
Source: Huffington Post By Dervis Hizarci and Leonhard Landes HuffPost Germany FABRIZIO BENSCH / REUTERS The cupola of Berlin’s new synagogue at Oranienburger Street. Dervis Hizarci is a secondary school teacher […]