Pope encourages priests disheartened by sex abuse fallout
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Sunday sent a new letter to priests worldwide offering encouragement in light of the global sex abuse scandal that has shaken the Roman […]
Article 370: India strips disputed Kashmir of special status
Source: BBC India’s government has revoked the part of the constitution that gives Indian-administered Kashmir special status in an unprecedented move likely to spark unrest. Article 370 is sensitive because it is what guarantees significant autonomy for the Muslim-majority state. The entire region is disputed between India and Pakistan. Each […]
The highlight of the Jalsa Salana: The Bai’at Ceremony (Initiation)
Ten Conditions of Baiat On December 1st, 1888 he (The Promised Messiah) published an announcement that God has ordained him that whomsoever seeks true faith and piety, should take Baiat, […]
Is Human Life Sacred: The Body and the Spirit?
Epigraph: On account of this, We prescribed for the children of Israel that whosoever killed a person — unless it be for killing a person or for creating disorder in […]
Cardinal defends Nigeria’s Shia Muslim minority after crackdown
Charles Collins Aug 2, 2019 MANAGING EDITOR News Analysis One of Nigeria’s leading prelates has warned that the president’s recent actions against the African nation’s small Shi’ite minority is a […]
Islamic Movement in Nigeria: The Iranian-inspired Shia group
By Haruna Shehu Tangaza BBC Africa, Abuja 5 August 2019 Nigeria’s government has taken the controversial decision to ban a pro-Iranian Shia group, accusing it of unleashing violence and […]
India to allow Hindu settlers to buy property in Muslim-majority Kashmir for first time, sparking massive protests
Revocation of Article 370 of India’s constitution is biggest shake-up of fragile situation in Kashmir for 70 years Adam Withnall @adamwithnall , Tim Wyatt @tswyatt The Independent India has revoked […]
Islamophobia is not the problem here – it’s Muslims hating Muslims
By Dr Campbell Campbell-Jack FROM today until Sunday the Ahmadiyya sect of Islam is holding a Jalsa Salana near the Hampshire village of East Worldham, population 310. It is expected […]
What to expect from the peace deal?
Aug 04,2019 -JORDAN TIMES – Amer Al Sabaileh In his latest tour to the Middle East, US President Donald Trump’s adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner is working on moving to […]
Hashtag campaign against Pakistani religious minority group during PM Khan’s US visit
Posted 4 August 2019 Pakistan’s minority Ahmadiyya community has been subject to persecution since the 1953 Anti-Ahmadiyya Riots in Lahore when religiopolitical parties, including Jamaat-i-Isami, Majlis-i-Ahrarul Islam, Jamiat Ulema-i-Pakistan, agitated […]
Saudi Arabia executes its own citizens with impunity. It is abhorrent that the UK will not label it a pariah state
The next G20 summit is in Riyadh in 2020. The international community must end its indifference to Saudi’s flagrant abuse of human rights and refuse to attend Helena Kennedy The […]
The Dutch ‘burqa ban’ collides with reality, and should make governments think again about policing dress
Let us not fool ourselves; without doubt, there are women who live in family units where they are forced to wear the veil. But controlling relationships are not just a […]
A deadly day in America
Epigraph: Every human life is sacred and precious and killing one is like triggering a genocide. (Al Quran 5:32/33) 9 dead, 16 injured in a shooting in Dayton, Ohio By […]
What comes next after demise of ‘deal of the century?’
Aug 03,2019 – JORAN TIMES – Walid M. Sadi There is a unanimity in the Arab world, especially among the Palestinians, to reject the so-called “deal of the century” that […]
US to deploy missiles in Asia soon, Defense Secretary Mark Esper says
ANADOLU AGENCY ANKARA Published 03.08.2019 The U.S. wants to deploy an intermediate-range conventional missile in the Pacific region within months, it announced only a day after quitting a major arms […]
Istanbul’s new Assyrian church to be completed in 2 years, Erdoğan says
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL 03.08.2019 “I see Mor Ephrem (Saint Ephraim) Assyrian Church as a new richness for Istanbul,” the president said in the city’s Yeşilköy district on the European […]
Japanese historian converts to Islam at Imam Reza (AS) holy shrine
Source: ABNA News A young Japanese historian has converted to Islam after extensive research on Islam, on the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Mohammad Taqi (AS). The 21-year-old Japanese, who chose […]
Why charismatic Christianity is popular with migrants
Source: The Economist By ERASMUS IT IS A well-established fact among religion-watchers that charismatic forms of Christianity, including the Pentecostal churches, are the fastest-growing variety of the world’s largest monotheism. […]
Babies Expect Leaders To Address Unfairness, New Study Finds
Source: The Science Daily Infants 17 months of age expect leaders — but not others — to intervene when one member of their group transgresses against another, a new study […]
US-Iran brinkmanship: The view from Iraq
OP-ED Daily Sabah > GIORGIO CAFIERO Published 02.08.2019 As a neighbor of Iran, Iraq is the country most threatened by a possible Iran-U.S. war in the Gulf. With close ties […]