Dalai Lama lets slip how India vetoed his meeting with China’s leader in 2014
President Xi appeared open to discussing Tibet but the Dalai Lama’s hosts in Delhi were not so keen, a book reveals Michael Safi and Lily Kuo Sun 19 May 2019 […]
India’s Muslims fear for their future under Narendra Modi
Source: BBC News With an increase in hate crimes against Muslims in India in recent years, some fear the world’s largest democracy is becoming dangerously intolerant under the Hindu nationalist […]
Muslim woman says Ga. Corrections Department won’t let her wear hijab
Source: AJC By Shelia M. Poole, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution A Muslim woman has filed a discrimination complaint against the Georgia Department of Corrections, alleging the agency violated her religious beliefs by […]
U.S. Ambassador Says Israel Is ‘on the Side of God’
Source: The New York Times By David M. Halbfinger JERUSALEM — The United States ambassador to Israel, a driving force in crafting the Trump administration’s long-awaited proposal to settle the […]
Sowing division, Islamists target Christians in Burkina Faso
Source: Religion News Service By Fredrick Nzwili (RNS) — A rash of attacks on churches in Burkina Faso is exposing the growing challenge of containing Islamist violence across Africa’s Sahel […]
A Friend to Israel, and to Bigots: Viktor Orban’s ‘Double Game’ on Anti-Semitism
Source: The New York Times By Patrick Kingsley BUDAPEST — In late November, the office of Hungary’s far-right prime minister, Viktor Orban, announced it would donate $3.4 million to causes […]
Trump proposes new US immigration plan favoring ‘merit’ over family ties – as it happened
Source: The Guardian By Vivian Ho (now) and Jamiles Lartey(earlier) The Mueller team unsealed evidence today that indicated that Michael Flynn told them of several instances of “persons connected to the Administration or Congress” interfering with the […]
San Francisco just banned facial-recognition technology
Source: CNN By Rachel Metz, CNN Business San Francisco (CNN Business)San Francisco, long one of the most tech-friendly and tech-savvy cities in the world, is now the first in the United States […]
Poland’s church sex abuse scandal becomes political
Source: Politico A documentary exposing child sex abuse in Poland’s Roman Catholic Church has turned religion into a key issue ahead of the European election. The film, “Tell No One,” […]
Poland backs paedophilia law after Church documentary rattles ruling party
Source: Reuters WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland announced plans on Tuesday to tighten sentences for child sex abuse, just days after the country’s politics were upended by a documentary on paedophilia […]
Australian political leaders agree gays don’t go to hell
Source: Associated Press By ROD McGUIRK CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The leaders of both of Australia’s major political parties agreed on Tuesday that gays don’t go to hell because of […]
Sri Lanka vows ‘maximum force’ against anti-Muslim rioters
Source: BBC News Sri Lanka has partially lifted an overnight curfew imposed nationwide after the worst bout of anti-Muslim violence since the deadly Easter Sunday bombings. Mosques and Muslim-owned shops […]
Ireland bars Christian fundamentalist pastor from entering country
Source: The Guardian BY Henry McDonald An anti-gay US Christian fundamentalist pastor who has been accused of Holocaust denial has become the first person to be barred from entering Ireland under a […]
New Haven mosque fire was intentionally set, investigators say
Source: Hartford Courant By ZACH MURDOCK A two-alarm fire that heavily damaged a New Haven mosque over the weekend was arson and a federal criminal investigation is underway, local and state […]
Trump cites Ramadan as time of ‘hope, tolerance and peace’
Source: Associated Press By KEVIN FREKING WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump celebrated the month of Ramadan Monday evening as a time when people join forces in “pursuit of hope, […]
Austria’s Islamophobia and the construction of the authoritarian state
FARID HAFEZ @ferithafez Published 17.05.2019 Many people reacted with outrage when the current Austrian Minister of Interior Herbert Kickl, who is a staunch right-wing ideologue, proclaimed that “the law has […]
What makes political achievement elusive for Gazans
ALI ABO REZEG Published 17.05.2019 The Arab regimes fear the Palestinian resistance, as it may inspire their own people and eventually threaten their thrones At least 27 Palestinians were killed […]
Is war with Iran the next step?
BURHANETTIN DURAN @burhanduran Published 17.05.2019 Tensions between the United States and Iran have escalated dangerously over the past week. Although both sides deny that war is imminent, a violent confrontation […]
Archive Document: Queen Outed Herself as a Fan of the EU
Does Britain’s future lie in Europe? In 1988, long before the prospect of Brexit, the queen spoke about the issue with a German diplomat. A document viewed by DER SPIEGEL […]
Video: Austrian Parliament Member Wears Headscarf to Protest Hijab Ban Law
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Austrian Parliament member Martha Bissmann has worn a headscarf during her address against a controversial bill that prohibits primary school girls across the country from wearing hijab. […]