REPORT Religion, state, and the Jewish identity crisis in Israel Yedidia Stern March 2017 Download full report Editor’s Note:This three-part paper series is part of the Center for Middle East Policy’s ongoing research on “Imagining Israel’s Future,” which is designed to help Washington audiences engage with voices from today’s dynamic Israeli […]
A Chinese regulation would prohibit online insults based on religion. Some decry it as antithetical to Communist values. BY MA TIANJIE MARCH 31, 2017 Almost every Chinese person with even a middle school education must, at some point, run into the famous statement about religion by Karl Marx: “Religion is the […]
A Muslim organisation in Norway has been criticised for hiring a communications officer who wears a full-face veil, or niqab.Norway’s parliament is expected to ban the niqab in schools later this year The culture minister, Muslim MPs and other Muslim organisations have condemned the Islamic Council of Norway’s move. It […]
Kashif N Chaudhry, ContributorPhysician, Writer, Human Rights Activist 03/30/2017 During a forum in Washington D.C. yesterday, a Pakistani American journalist questioned Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States, Mr. Aizaz Chaudhry, on Pakistan’s state-sponsored persecution of Ahmadi Muslims. Mr. Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry, Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States. The diplomat, who […]
The Interpreter By MAX FISHER MARCH 31, 2017 Continue reading the main storyShare India may be reinterpreting its nuclear weapons doctrine, circumstantial evidence suggests, with potentially significant ramifications for the already tenuous nuclear balance in South Asia.A nuclear-capable missile was displayed in the Republic Day Parade in New Delhi in 2009.CreditDaniel Berehulak/Getty Images New assessments […]
In April 1917, Woodrow Wilson cast off the political yoke of neutrality and took the United States into World War I. But this is no ordinary centenary: the realization of Wilson’s vision of a US-led international order is raising many of the same questions today that it raised then. […]
European Islam Converts Involved in All Resonant Terror Acts of 21st Century 29.03.2017 The terrorist act committed on March 22 in London by a former Christian Adrian Elms (Khalid Masood) still remains a mystery. What urged the native-born British citizen to convert to Islam, move to the Middle East, and […]
Source: Reuters By Philip Pullella | ROME The Vatican urged U.S. President Donald Trump to listen to “dissenting voices” and reconsider his position on climate change on Thursday, saying the […]
Source: BBC The western Indian state of Gujarat has passed a law making the slaughter of cows punishable with life imprisonment. Under an amendment to the state’s Animal Preservation Act, […]
Source: Associated Press By NINIEK KARMINI JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Undeterred by the arrest of hard-line protest leaders, thousands of Muslims marched in Indonesia’s capital on Friday, calling for the […]
Source: Associated Press By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER HONOLULU (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration on Thursday appealed the latest court ruling against his revised travel ban to the same court […]
Source: The Charlotte Observer BY TIM FUNK Somebody removed the two hardback copies of the Quran from the interfaith chapel at Charlotte Douglas International Airport and left behind a […]
Source: BBC A lung probe that diagnoses bacterial infections could prevent unnecessary use of antibiotics in intensive care units, researchers believe. The fibre-optic tube can show within 60 seconds whether […]
Source: BBC By Nic Fleming 31 March 2017 Dirty beige with grey-brown stain-like patches, Ming the clam was not much to look at. It did at least get a name, […]
Source: Time By Jo Boaler First Daughter Ivanka Trump and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos toured the National Air and Space Museum with a group of middle school students Tuesday, encouraging […]
Source: Huffington Post By Akbar Shahid Ahmed A new study on Islamophobia in 27 European countries offers evidence of how the phenomenon is thriving, threatening ideals of diversity and democracy […]
“In white secular Europe, neutrality reflects the norms of white secular people.” Myriam Francois-Cerrah All pictures of mother Mary need to be taken down in Europe, given EU’s court decision, for […]
By Reuters – Mar 30,2017 – JORDAN TIMES United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres (right) talks with Syrian girls during a visit to the Zaatari refugee camp on Tuesday (AFP […]