Archbishop of Canterbury to meet Palestinian and Israeli leaders
Source: BBC By Yolande KnellBBC News, Jerusalem The Archbishop of Canterbury is to meet Palestinian and Israeli political leaders as part of a 12-day tour of the Holy Land. His […]
Who are Jehovah’s Witnesses?
Source: The Conversation The Russian Supreme Court recently sanctioned Jehovah’s Witnesses as an extremist group. This ruling criminalizes Jehovah’s Witnesses who express their beliefs and allows the Russian government to […]
Paris main mosque says Macron election gives hope to French Muslims
Source: Reuters Reporting by Bate Felix; Editing by Geert De Clercq Paris’ main Mosque said on Sunday that the election of centrist Emmanuel Macron as France’s next president over far-right […]
Trump administration seeks to convince judges to revive travel ban
Source: Reuters By Lawrence Hurley | RICHMOND, VA. President Donald Trump’s temporary ban on travelers from six Muslim-majority countries faces a key legal test on Monday before a U.S. appeals […]
Wisconsin-based atheist group sues Trump over church order
Source: Associated Press By TODD RICHMOND MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin-based atheist group has filed a lawsuit asking a federal judge to strike down President Donald Trump’s order easing […]
The world’s only carnivorous primate
Source: BBC The video shows tarsiers hunting for prey. Tarsiers are the only carnivorous primates on earth. They have huge eyes which can see the faintest of light. Tarsiers are […]
Canada floods: Montreal declares state of emergency
Source: BBC A state of emergency has been declared in the Canadian city of Montreal due to flooding caused by torrential rains and melting snow. The measure was declared on […]
7 subtle signs of depression you should not ignore
Source: Independent By Harriet Marsden The rising rates of depression, anxiety and suicide in the UK are extremely worrying. Current health secretary Jeremy Hunt appeared on today’s Andrew Marr Show to discuss […]
Egypt Azhar university head replaced after ‘apostasy’ remarks
Source: The Daily Star CAIRO: The head of Egypt’s Al-Azhar university, one of the world’s leading Islamic seats of learning, has been replaced after labeling a controversial Muslim reformer an […]
Swiss guards, loyal soldiers of the pope, take the oath
AFP news@thelocal.it 7 May 2017 swiss guardsvatican Share this article Swiss Guards at the swearing-in ceremony on May 6th. Photo: Tiziana Fabi/AFP Forty new Swiss Guards were sworn in at […]
LIBERAL GLARUS: Ancient form of assembly rejects burka ban
//tp.srgssr.ch/p/swi/embed?urn=urn:swi:video:43164502 https://tp.srgssr.ch/p/inline?urn=urn:swi:video:43164502&locale=en EMBED CODE MAY 8, 2017 – 11:18 By a traditional show of hands at an outdoor assembly, voters in Glarus on Sunday voted against a proposal to ban the burka in public places in the mountain canton. (SRF/swissinfo.ch) The plan was backed by the right-wing Swiss People’s Party, […]
‘We must protect our country’: extremist Buddhists target Mandalay’s Muslims
Ultra-nationalist Buddhist group Ma Ba Tha has been spreading anti-Muslim rhetoric across Myanmar for years. Cosmopolitan Mandalay is at the heart of this hostility – which many fear is here to stay In a cluttered room in a monastery in Mandalay, Myanmar’s second city, a group of crimson-robed monks and […]
Today is the Birthday of David Attenborough: A Cordial Invitation to him to be a Theist
Epigraph Blessed is He in Whose hand is the kingdom, and He has power over all things;Who has created death and life that He might try you — which of […]
Are a million African migrants really on their way to Europe?
John R Campbell, SOAS “Already, I’m informed by very well informed guys and girls who are working on the area, and in the area at the moment, that there’s potentially […]
Marriage in Islam
Ata Ullah Kaleem, The Review of Religions, November 1992 In the beginning I am presenting below the English translation of the Arabic sermon which is delivered on the occasion of the solemnization of a Muslim marriage: All praise is due to God! We laud Him, we beseech help from Him […]
Netanyahu tosses Hamas policy paper on Israel into waste bin
Reuters International MAY 7, 2017 – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs a weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem May 7, 2017. REUTERS/Oded Balilty/Pool (reuters_tickers) By Ori Lewis JERUSALEM (Reuters) – […]
REGIONAL VOTE: Glarus open-air assembly rejects burka ban
MAY 7, 2017 – bu Ticio remains the only Swiss canton to ban burkas(Keystone) Citizens in canton Glarus have rejected a proposal to outlaw the wearing of a burka in public. Participants […]
Talks begin on evacuating rebels from Syria capital
By AFP – May 07,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Buses carrying Syrian civilians and rebels, evacuated from Al Waer district of Homs, arrive to Jarabulus — which was liberated from the Daesh terror group as part of the operation Euphrates Shield, carried out by the Free Syrian Army with Turkish […]
Moroccan cleric defies taboo on women’s inheritance
By AFP – May 07,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Moroccans bang on pots as they gather in the northern city of Al Hoceima on Saturday, during a demonstration that involved […]
Leading Christian cleric joins Palestinian prisoners’ hunger strike
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL A leading Christian cleric in Jerusalem announced he will join hunger strike on Monday in support of 1,500 Palestinian prisoners who are on the 21st day of […]