GZERO VIDEO: Will Trump keep his promise of ‘no new wars’?
PublishedAug 8, 2019 NEW YORK (GZERO MEDIA) – One of US President Donald Trump’s most consistent electoral promises, after building the wall, was “no new wars”. He’s had opportunities […]
The Family: ‘Raised in a doomsday cult, I entered the real world at 15’
Source: BBC By Miriam Annenberg For the first 15 years of his life, Ben Shenton lived in a doomsday cult that thought the world would soon end. Instead the police […]
U.S. adults who say God or a higher power has … Rewarded them
% of U.S. adults who say God or a higher power has … Rewarded them 67% Punished them 40%https://t.co/oiqaJheIzA pic.twitter.com/J4pDhH0vxI — Pew Research Religion (@PewReligion) June 29, 2019
Women Can be Queens, Astronauts and Presidents but Not Deacons
Pope: Commission on female deacons disagrees on ordination Source: AP ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) — Pope Francis said Tuesday that an international commission of scholars has failed to reach […]
India’s Widows, Abused at Home, Have Sought Refuge in This Holy City for Centuries
Source: New York Times By Kai Schultz VRINDAVAN, India — Like thousands of other widows exiled from their homes to a city in northern India, Nirmala Maheshwari said she was […]
How about Jokograd? Indonesians suggest names for new capital
By Jessica Damiana JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesians leapt in with suggestions of a name for their future capital on Tuesday after the long-awaited announcement of the new city’s location gave […]
Pennsylvania House wins appeal in atheist prayer-policy suit
By Marc Levy HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A federal appeals court reversed a lower court decision and ruled Friday that the Pennsylvania House of Representatives’ policy of barring atheists from […]
Demystifying the Mysteries of The Shroud with Bruno Barberis
Source: Review of Religion The Shroud of Turin has been a source of fascination for the academic world for hundreds of years. The ‘alleged’ burial cloth of Jesus Christ (as) […]
Donald Trump and Hassan Rouhani talk about talking to each other
Source: The Economist THE G7 SUMMIT drew to a close on August 26th in the French seaside town of Biarritz amid improbable displays of goodwill and bonhomie. President Donald Trump […]
What do you get when you invite bikers to a Vaughan mosque? A unique fundraiser
250 motorcycles at event marking 1-year anniversary of Danforth Shooting Community Aug 25, 2019 by Simone Joseph Vaughan Citizen Mirza Muhammad Afzal speaks to the gathered after 250 motorcyclists […]
Islam cannot be reduced to political goals, says Muslim World League chief
Arab News August 26, 2019 22:37 MWL highlights the humanitarian values of the religion in helping those in need JEDDAH: The secretary-general of the Muslim World League (MWL), Dr. Mohammed bin Abdulkarim Al-Issa inaugurated the MWL’s pavilion at an exhibition held on the sidelines of 40th edition of the […]
Modi’s brutal annexation of Kashmir follows the Israel-Palestine script to the letter – now permanent war is certain
As the Indian prime minister and Netanyahu’s colonial policies progress, they will continue to look to each other for support, desperately seeking to convince the world that what […]
These Rohingya women were raped and had to watch their children being murdered – listen to their stories
The guilt of coming home to my own three- and five-year-old left me unable to sleep at night. Why should their lives be of more value to the world than […]
Blasphemy laws are quietly vanishing in liberal democracies
Source: The Economist Despite the abolition of outdated laws, a culture of freedom is failing to take hold Until last month, a Greek citizen could be jailed for up to […]
Al Hakeem: The Wise, The Creator With A Purpose
Source: The Muslim Sunrise Fall 2019, the longest running Muslim publication of North America, since 1922 Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Let […]
If Gravity Exists, So Does God
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Legend has it that a young Isaac Newton was sitting under an apple tree when he was hit […]
Anti-racism protests shake eastern Germany ahead of key state polls
DAILY SABAH WITH AGENCIES Istanbul Published 26.08.2019 With less than a week to go until state elections in eastern Germany where the far-right has enjoyed major gains, around 35,000 people […]
Race in Britain: the best books to help understand
From fiction to fact, polemic to memoir, Nikesh Shukla chooses five indispensable books on race issues Nikesh Shukla Mon 26 Aug 2019 Reni Eddo-Lodge’s award-winning book Why I’m No Longer […]
5 Places Where World War III Could Start in 2019
December 22, 2018 by Robert Farley The world has avoided war between major power war since 1945, even if the United States and the Soviet Union came quite close on […]
Egypt’s creative solutions to the plastic menace
Arab News Monday . August 26, 2019 Mostafa Adel Egyptian social startups are taking alternative approaches to fostering awareness and reducing waste While initiatives around the world are taking action to combat this problem, some Egyptian projects are doing it more creatively CAIRO: Global plastics production reached 348 million tons […]