Trump Says the Military Industrial Complex is Pressuring him Into a War With Iran
May 21, 2019 With a thirty year Boeing veteran at the Pentagon, Patrick Shanahan as Acting Secretary of Defense, and with John Bolton and Mike Pompeo at the helm, […]
Russia jails Dane for six years in Jehovah’s Witnesses purge
By Andrew Osborn MOSCOW (Reuters) – A Russian court on Wednesday found a Danish adherent of the Jehovah’s Witnesses guilty of organizing a banned extremist group and jailed him for […]
Iraq weighs captives’ rights against fear of new Islamic State
May 23, 2019 By John Davison AL-HOL CAMP, Syria (Reuters) – Iraqi farmer Shaker Salih says he feared Islamic State, but feared its defeat even more. His problem is […]
The Indian Dalit man killed for eating in front of upper-caste men
By Vineet Khare; BBC Hindi, Uttarakhand A helpless anger pervades the Dalit community in the remote Indian village of Kot. Last month, a group of upper-caste men allegedly beat up […]
Secret spectacles – The story of a migrant spy
By Joel Gunter BBC Africa Eye It was close to midnight when the young man crawled into the desert. All around him was darkness. A hundred metres away, a handful […]
French Senate votes to ban mothers who wear headscarves from accompanying children on school trips
Source: The Independent By Jon Stone France’s Senate has voted to ban mothers who wear Islamic headscarves from accompanying children on school trips, in the latest extension of the country’s […]
Nearly 50% of Canadians think racist thoughts are normal
Source: The Global News By Josh K. Elliott Almost half of Canadians will admit to having racist thoughts, and more feel comfortable expressing them today than in years past, a new Ipsos poll revea The results land amid an uptick in the number of people who reported facing racism first-hand. […]
Church offered to ‘cover up’ Jesus for Ramadan
Source:The Times By Nicholas Hellen A Church of England vicar has provoked controversy by organising a celebration to mark the Muslim fast of Ramadan in a parish church. Men who worship at a nearby mosque were invited to pray in the aisle of the church, while Muslim women were offered […]
A Journey to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Where Sleeping Beauty Awakens
Source: The New York Times By Sarah A. Khan More than 20 years after war upended this breathtakingly beautiful land in the Balkans, a writer explores her faith, and the challenges of history. Once upon a time, in a land far, far away, there stood emerald peaks woven with crystalline […]
How the Deprivation of Ramadan Helps Care for the Spirit
Source: The New York Times By Fariha Roisin For Muslims, the afterlife guides much of our spirituality. “Die before you die,” the Prophet Muhammad once said. As in: Let that ego go, divorce yourself from your earthly body, seek oneness with God and radiate kindness, humility and compassion. Rabia of […]
The power of giving Ramadan
Source: Arabian Business By Dr. Mona S. Al Munajjed Zakat is a major tool of Islamic social financing and a foundation for promoting sustainable community development In the month of Ramadan, when more than 1.8 billion Muslims fast and strive to give charity, it seems timely to look at traditions […]
U.N. deals diplomatic blow to Britain and U.S. over Indian Ocean islands
Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations General Assembly overwhelmingly demanded on Wednesday that Britain give up control over the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean within […]
Iranians tense and apprehensive as whispers of war spread
Bozorgmehr Sharafedin LONDON (Reuters) – Iranian and U.S. leaders have reassured their nations that they do not seek war. But among ordinary Iranians who already face hardship from tightening […]
Artificial intelligence diagnoses lung cancer better than radiologists
Artificial intelligence diagnoses lung cancer Source: BBC By James Gallagher, Health and science correspondent, BBC News Artificial intelligence is better than specialist doctors at diagnosing lung cancer, a US study suggests. […]
Risk of nuclear war at highest since WWII, UN arms official says
REUTERS GENEVA Published 22.05.2019 The intercontinental ballistic missile Hwasong-14 is seen in this undated photo released by North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang, July, 4 2017. (Reuters […]
God’s Will (retold by Nasruddin)
When I was no longer needed as a Mulla in the village, I moved to another region and found a convenient place outside a small town, on a hill. The […]
Launching a New Global Research Initiative on Jesus in India
Christian History • Christianity • Jesus (as) Launching a New Global Research Initiative on Jesus in India 30th March 2019 By Navida Sayed, Arif Khan, Dr Bilal Tahir & Professor […]
Germany spends record 23 billion euros on refugees – document
May 20, 2019 – By Michael Nienaber BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany spent a record 23 billion euros (20 billion pounds) last year on helping to integrate more than one […]
Iran calls on Trump to address Iranians with respect, not threat of war
May 20, 2019 FILE PHOTO: Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in Tokyo, Japan, May 16, 2019. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo (reuters_tickers) LONDON (Reuters) – Iran urged the United States on Monday to address the Islamic Republic with respect, not threats of war, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump stoked […]
Fertility Sperm quality of Swiss youth in ‘critical’ condition
May 22, 2019 The first ever nationwide testing of young Swiss men has found that over 60% have below average sperm count, mobility or morphology. Researchers from the University of […]