Pope Francis warns against populism, citing Hitler
Source: Aljazeera Pope Francis on Saturday warned against populism, saying it could lead to the election of “saviours” like Adolf Hitler. In an hour-long interview with Spanish newspaper El Pais […]
Israel approves settlement homes following Trump inauguration
Source: BBC Israel has approved hundreds of new settlement homes in occupied East Jerusalem, after the staunch pro-Israel US President Donald Trump took office. Jerusalem Deputy Mayor Meir Turgeman told […]
Marchers Say They’re Going to Stay Active in Politics
Source: Time By Charlotte Alter Some will run for office. Some will register new voters. Some will badger their representatives. Some will speak up where they had previously been silent. But […]
President Trump Accused the Media of Lying About His Inauguration Crowd Size. He’s Wrong
Source: Time President Donald Trump is accusing the news media of lying about the size of the crowd that attended his inauguration. Addressing employees at CIA headquarters in Virginia, Trump […]
A Man Felt Threatened By My Book Written In Arabic
Source: Huffington Post By Hajer Sharief Co-founder of Together we build it organisation, member of the United Nations advisory group on Security Council resolution 2250 & advocate for Kofi Annan foundation with Extremely TogetherHajer Sharief Co-founder of Together we build it organisation, member of the United Nations advisory group on Security […]
The tree that shaped human hisory
Source: BBC By Mike Shanahan 17 January 2017 Over 2,000 years ago, an important tree had one of its branches removed on the order of Indian emperor Ashoka the Great. […]
A Nobel for Karen Armstrong will bring the Christians and the Muslims closer in brotherhood
Epigraph: Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be […]
Muslim Helplines Have Been Flooded With Calls Ahead Of Inauguration
Source: Huffington Post Two telephone helplines that offer counseling and support to Muslims in North America were flooded with calls during and after the U.S. presidential election, according to NBC […]
Why These People Of Faith Are Marching For Women This Weekend
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla Associate Religion Editor The Women’s March on Washington emerged as a response to the election of President Donald Trump. But it is also a movement […]
Press publishing ‘consistent stream’ of inaccurate stories about Muslims
Source: The Guardian Harriet Sherwood Religion correspondent British media organisations have been forced to make a string of corrections and retractions over recent months relating to coverage of Muslims following […]
Donald Trump Signed Order to Prepare for Repeal of Obamacare
Source: Time By Zeke J Miller In his first official act in the White House, President Trump signed an executive order Friday directing executive agencies to begin preparing for the repeal […]
Donald Trump’s New World Order Puts Nation Over Globe
Source: Time By Ian Bremmer In the West, elites are under attack. As many of the world’s most influential political and business leaders gather in Davos, Switzerland, from Jan. 17 to […]
President Trump Just Signaled Some Dramatic Changes for Police and Criminal Justice
Source: Time President Trump wasted little time making clear that his administration will take a drastically different approach to criminal justice than his predecessor. Shortly after taking the oath of […]
7 Ways to Lower Your Blood Pressure Naturally
Source: Time By Alexandra Sifferlin High blood pressure affects about one in three adults for all kinds of reasons, from genetics to stress. While medications can help keep it in check, […]
Pakistan vegetable market bomb kills 20 and injures 40
Source: BBC At least 20 people have been killed and 40 wounded after a bomb exploded at a vegetable market in northwest Pakistan. The blast happened in the city of […]
The policemen who dressed as women to hide from IS
Source: BBC A niqab saved Abu Alawi. For more than two-and-a-half years it helped keep the middle-aged former police officer hidden from IS and safe from the bullets and knives […]
Project aims to grow a ‘city of trees’
Source: BBC By Mark Kinver Environment reporter, BBC News A project aims to plant three million trees – one for every man, woman and child – in Greater Manchester over […]
British Police Tasered Their Own Race Relations Adviser
Officers said they mistook the man for a wanted suspect. 01/20/2017 06:39 pm ET | Britain’s police watchdog is to hold an investigation after officers were filmed firing a stun-gun at their own local black race relations adviser who they apparently mistook for a wanted suspect, the force involved said […]
Gambia’s Leader Has Been Told to Cede Power or Be Forced Out
Babacar Dione / AP Jan. 20, 2017 Marco Longari—AFP/Getty ImagesDefeated Gambian President Yahya Jammeh listens to one of his aides in Banjul on Nov. 29, 2016. His successor has already been sworn in, but Yahya Jammeh refuses to relinquish power (DAKAR, Senegal) — Gambia’s defeated President Yahya Jammehmust cede […]
Why do US ex-officials keep peddling their same failures?
Jan 19,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – RAMI G. KHOURI We have just passed through quite an extraordinary period of international activity on how to resolve the Israel-Palestine conflict. The UN Security Council resolution declaring Israeli settlements as illegal under international law was followed by the US forcefully speaking out against […]