Ramallah, my home city, has been utterly transformed during its half-century of struggle against occupation. But what has really been achieved? By Raja Shehadeh Thu 8 Aug 2019 It must […]
Andrew Buncombe El Paso @AndrewBuncombe The Independent Voices One travelled two hours to attack a black church, the other drove ten hours to open fire in a supermarket he knew […]
Just one-third of U.S. Catholics agree with their church that Eucharist is body, blood of Christ Source: Pew Research Center Transubstantiation – the idea that during Mass, the bread and wine used for Communion become the body and blood of Jesus Christ – is central to the Catholic faith. But […]
Creators of University of Toronto-based student support line say spy agency often on ‘fishing expeditions’ By Shanifa Nasser at CBC When Ramz Aziz received a nervous phone call from his mother-in-law two years ago, it wasn’t to check in on his new baby. Instead, two men were at her door, looking […]
Source: City News An Edmonton Imam has been ousted from leading prayer at a local community centre after critics say he used alleged “hate speech” online and during his sermons. Rachelle Elsiufi reports. Read Further Suggested reading and viewing for proper understanding of universal brotherhood and anti-Semitism BBC Video: The […]
Source: New York Times By George Yancy, who is a philosopher, teacher and an author. We are in a deep spiritual crisis that can’t be relieved by politics, or philosophy. […]
The Manasikana app was launched by the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah. (Social media) AMEERA ABID August 07, 2019 The app is available in 9 languages JEDDAH: Hajj authorities have […]
Epigraph: And remember the time when We assigned to Abraham the site of the House and said, ‘Associate not anything with Me, and keep My House clean for those who […]
Aug 5, 2019 HASSAN SHAM CAMP, Iraq (Reuters) – Despairing of the corpses and debris littering the streets, many Iraqis have left their homes in areas liberated from Islamic State […]
Aug 6, 2019 – 14:08 GENEVA (Reuters) – War with Iran is the mother of all wars, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday in a speech broadcast live on state TV, warning once again that shipping might not be safe in the Strait of Hormuz oil waterway. Tensions have […]
By Daniel WarnerAug 5, 2019 – 12:08 A damaging internal report has cast a very dark shadow over the ethical behavior of top officials of the United Nations Relief […]
Source: CNN (CNN)A Texas police department is apologizing for its treatment of an African-American man that the police chief said caused the man “unnecessary embarrassment.” Photos show two mounted officers from the Galveston Police Department escorting a handcuffed man. One officer is leading the man, identified as 43-year-old Donald Neely, […]
By revoking the state of Jammu and Kashmir’s special status, the BJP government has needlessly stirred a hornet’s nest, with dubious benefits to either the state or to India, and […]
Empress trees mature several times faster than your average oak or pine and absorb about 103 tons of carbon a year per acre. To help battle global warming, companies around […]
WASHINGTON – 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke, who is from El Paso, Texas — the location of a mass shooting where more than 20 people were killed in an apparent racist […]
Source: The Washington Times By Aaron Blake President Trump invoked “racism, bigotry and white supremacism” in his speech Monday about the mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton, Ohio. That’s […]
The numbers tell a powerful story, one in which religious adherents of all sorts are, in fact, far more connected and generous than their non-religious counterparts. Source: mosaicmagazine.com For over […]
By Nick Perry CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) — The scars from the nine bullets the gunman fired into Temel Atacocugu run down his left side like knotty rope. But […]
Suggested reading and viewing Resurrection did not happen, say quarter of Christians 65 Reasons to Believe Jesus Did Not Die on the Cross Three Videos: Debates about Jesus’ Crucifixion and ‘Resurrection’ Debate: Did […]
The anti-medical dogma of Christian Science led my father to an agonising death. Now the church itself is in decline – and it can’t happen fast enough. By Caroline Fraser […]