‘Big Talk’ considers religious extremism
Source: The Cougar By Katelyn Kenney Students filed into the Agnes Arnold Auditorium Tuesday for a conversation about countering religious extremism. The event, part of the Jack J. Valenti School […]
USA: The polygamy bill: Questions and answers
The Polygamy Blog The polygamy bill: Questions and answers Nate Carlisle First Published Mar 21 2017 Ariel Barlow, right center, carries a sign following a news conference with former polygamists speaking in favor of Republican Rep. Mike Noel bigamy offense amendments Friday, Feb. 10, 2017, at the Utah State Capitol, […]
Dorm debate led to death in Pakistan ‘blasphemy killing’ – witnesses
Reuters International APR 14, 2017 – People demonstrate after the killing Mashal Khan, accused of blasphemy, by a mob at Abdul Wali Khan University in Mardan, during a protest […]
CNN Documentary: Ultra-orthodox Jews and Israel’s Struggle with Secularism
Parallels to this documentary about Israel can be drawn in almost every Muslim majority country of the world as well. The Muslim Times is promoting secularism in every country […]
Rape Survivor Listens As Judge Praises Former Mormon Bishop Who Abused Her
Source: Huffington Post By Hayley Miller A Utah judge called convicted sexual predator Keith Vallejo “an extraordinarily good man” before sentencing him to prison. A sexual assault survivor was forced […]
Women’s Contribution to Classical Islamic Civilisation: Science, Medicine and Politics
Source: Muslim Heritage By Salim Al-Hassani While there are numerous works on the role of Muslim women in jurisprudence (fiqh) and literature and there are also studies on Muslim women in […]
CHOCOLATE TRADE: Agronomist wants to ensure fair means fair
By Valerie Thurner APR 14, 2017 Swiss agronomist Florian Studer (r) with Ugandan cocoa-producer Beka Ara Kisekka.(swissinfo.ch) A Swiss start-up has launched an experiment in Uganda to give cocoa […]
Turkey could ‘suspend EU migrant deal if no progress on visas’
Reuters | Published — Saturday 15 April 2017 Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu answers a question during an interview with Reuters in Ankara, in this file photo. (Reuters) ANKARA: Turkey could re-evaluate or suspend all agreements under its migration deal with the EU if the bloc does not give a […]
Massive US bomb death toll rises to 94
Associated Press | Published — Saturday 15 April 2017 A general view of the area bombed by the US forces is seen in Achin district of Jalalabad, east of Kabul, […]
Dropping ‘the mother of all bombs’ might boost Trump’s ratings, but defeating Isis calls for different tactics entirely
Trump knows that this isn’t about defeating Isis – the Taliban is the biggest problem is that region anyway. To defeat Isis, we have to start accepting that they’re not driven by revenge for western foreign policy but by an ideological hatred for ‘unbelievers’ Sunny Hundal @sunny_hundal What’s worse than […]
It’s time America explored how to end the multiple wars it has helped cause since 2001, rather than dropping more bombs
Source: Independent Moan about Trump all you like, but his approach to Syria was always much more realistic than Hillary Clinton’s. ‘You are fighting Syria, Syria is fighting Isis, and you have to get rid of Isis,’ he said during his election campaign. ‘Now we’re backing rebels against Syria, and […]
Trump signs measure targeting Planned Parenthood funding
Source: BBC US President Donald Trump has signed a new measure aimed at rolling back federal funding for the US women’s health group Planned Parenthood. The legislation removes an Obama-era […]
What does all this bombing tell us about Trump?
Source: BBC BY Katty Kay Donald Trump has not only normalised American foreign policy, he has arguably made it more effective. With two high-profile, signal-sending bombing raids and a series […]
New Mormon women’s leader preaches the value of interfaith aid in U.N. speech
Source The Salt Lake Tribune By BOB MIMS AND DAVID NOYCE | The Salt Lake Tribune First Published Apr 13 2017 01:30PM • Updated 2 hours ago Photo […]
Minneapolis Muslims protest ‘sharia’ vigilante in Cedar-Riverside area
Source: Star Tribune By Faiza Mahamud Star Tribune APRIL 13, 2017 — 2:06PM Abdullah Rashid, 22, a Georgia native who moved to Cedar-Riverside last year, says his group, General Presidency […]
The ADL offers Sean Spicer a personal Holocaust history lesson
Source: The Washington Post By Julie Zauzmer April 13 at 7:45 PM White House press secretary Sean Spicer apologized during “The President and the Press: The First Amendment in the […]
Chicago Archdiocese pays $3.15 million to settle abuse suits
Source: Chicago Tribune BY Manya Brachear Pashman Contact ReporterChicago Tribune The Archdiocese of Chicago will pay $3.15 million to settle lawsuits brought by three men who allege they were sexually abused […]
Were Trump’s Syrian missile strikes morally justified? 5 religious experts respond
Source: CNN By Daniel Burke, CNN Religion Editor (CNN)It’s rare for President Donald Trump to mention God, and rarer still for him to name-drop the Almighty three times in a […]
On Easter, Mary Magdalene will be maligned as a prostitute. Except she wasn’t.
Source: The Washington Post By Petula Dvorak, Columnist Here’s who Mary Magdalene was: one of Jesus Christ’s original followers, the last to stay with him while he was nailed […]
The Evangelical Roots of Our Post-Truth Society
Source: The New York Times By Molly Worthen THE arrival of the “post-truth” political climate came as a shock to many Americans. But to the Christian writer Rachel Held Evans, charges […]