Source: Pacific Standard By MASSOUD HAYOUN OCT 5, 2017 It appears no Austrian party could afford to stand up against the nation’s controversial new veil ban. On Sunday, the Austrian government […]
Source: The Atlantic By BEN ROWEN After the deadliest gun attack in modern U.S. history left 59 dead and hundreds injured in Las Vegas, White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders, both Nevadasenators, and […]
Source: Reuters By Ruma Paul DHAKA (Reuters) – Hard-pressed to find space for a massive influx of Rohingya Muslim refugees, Bangladesh plans to chop down forest trees to extend a […]
Source: The Local Germany on Wednesday moved four Tornado jets flying surveillance missions against the Islamic State group to Jordan after withdrawing them from Turkey amid a bilateral dispute, the […]
Source: Religion News Service By Yonat Shimron | October 4, 2017 WASHINGTON (RNS) — Since 9/11, only seven imams have given the opening prayer in the House of Representatives. Abdullah Antepli, from Duke University […]
Holly Meyer, USA TODAY NETWORK – Tennessee As law enforcement pieces together answers about the deadly mass shooting in Las Vegas, the suffering caused by the attack also raises deep philosophical questions about […]
Source: Pew Research Center Views on religion, its role in policy When it comes to religion and morality, most Americans (56%) say that belief in God is not necessary in […]
I’ve never been a believer in plots but not many months ago, the US air force bombed and killed dozens of Syria’s army defenders in Deir Ezzor Robert Fisk Middle […]
Source: The Washington Post By Mike DeBonis and Jenna Johnson October 3 The House on Tuesday approved a bill banning most abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, advancing a key GOP priority for the […]
Source: The Washington Post By James McAuley October 3 PARIS — The French Parliament on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a controversial national security bill that significantly expands the state’s power to fight terrorism, although critics say […]
Source: The Washington Post By Kirsten Powers October 3 People hold hands in prayer while hiding inside the Sands Corp. plane hangar after the Oct. 1 mass shooting in Las Vegas. (Al […]
Source: BBC British writer Kazuo Ishiguro has won the 2017 Nobel Prize for Literature. The novelist was praised by the Swedish Academy as a writer “who, in novels of […]
Source: The Atlantic BY SHADI HAMID, PETER MANDAVILLE, AND WILLIAM MCCANTS Sometimes Islamist groups succeed. Sometimes they underperform. But they almost always matter. This means that the United States needs answers for […]
Source: Wall Street Journal By Holman W. Jenkins, Jr. Oct. 3, 2017 6:56 p.m. ET Those who say gun control is the answer to massacres like Sunday’s in Las Vegas […]
Source: The Guardian BY Kareem Shaheen in Istanbul Turkish archaeologists have dashed the hopes of millions of children by claiming to have uncovered the likely burial place of Saint Nicholas. Surveys […]
Source: BBC News An honour granting Aung San Suu Kyi the Freedom of Oxford has been withdrawn by the city’s council because of her response to the Rohingya crisis. The […]
Source: The Guardian By Peter Beaumont in Jerusalem Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has backed legislation that would in effect annex settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories that are home to between 125,000 […]
Source: BBC News France’s lower house of parliament has approved a new anti-terrorism law intended to bring an end to a nearly two-year-long state of emergency. The law will incorporate […]
Source: The Detroit News As hate crimes targeting Muslims and Jews rise across the United States, according to advocacy groups, the key to sparking change in Metro Detroit lies in […]
Source: Reuters Ankara (Reuters) – Iran and Turkey will work together to confront the disintegration of Iraq and Syria to ease tension in the crisis-hit region, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani […]