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By Rafiq A. Tschannen on May 7, 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

Charity is not just for Ramadan – even ‘positive’ media portrayals of Muslims are becoming a problem

We simply don’t place the same emphasis on other religions and their philanthropic acts. The spike in coverage serves to make it seem uncommon, like we are trying to justify […]

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A petulant Donald Trump requires an adult response from China and Iran

It is not so much a matter of appeasing Trump as of retaining some composure and indulging this unpredictable figure when he gets out of the wrong side of bed Editorial […]

By Zia H Shah on May 6, 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

About 20% kids will have mental health problems before they graduate high school

About 1 in 5 kids will have mental health problems, but child psychiatrists are scarce. Pritzkers give $15M to help. Source: Chicago Tribune By Lisa Schenker The girl had always […]

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Most U.S. Muslims observe Ramadan by fasting during daylight hours

Most U.S. Muslims observe Ramadan by fasting during daylight hours: https://t.co/djPqGtdzsx pic.twitter.com/hAVMo3bsFF — Pew Research Religion (@PewReligion) May 6, 2019

By Zia H Shah on May 6, 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

Whatever happened to Mormon fasting?

Source: RNS By Jana Reiss It’s Fast Sunday tomorrow, and I’m genuinely looking forward to it. I have an alert in my phone to remind me to skip my breakfast […]

By Zia H Shah on May 6, 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

Religious History of Fasting: How it Establishes the Truth of the Holy Quran

Religious History of Fasting: How it Establishes the Truth of the Holy Quranhttps://t.co/iK7yKtKrVG pic.twitter.com/sG35gykvZY — The Muslim Times (@The_MuslimTimes) November 19, 2015 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

By Zia H Shah on May 6, 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

National Geographic Video: All Knowing, All Seeing God Keeps Us Away from Crime and Sin, See the Evidence

Epigraph: Those who do not believe in the Hereafter have a negative case. All high attributes belong to Allah alone. He is the Mighty, the Wise. (Al Quran 16:60) The […]

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Bangladesh: Ahmadiyya leaders allege police of discrimination

The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat in Bangladesh yesterday alleged that police in Panchagarh are showing discriminatory attitude towards them. Leaders of the community were speaking at a press conference at its headquarters in Dhaka, where they also alleged that police did not register a case in two and a half months […]

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Equality of citizenship

OP-ED Equality of citizenship Yasser Latif Hamdani @theRealYLH       MAY 6, 2019 90 years ago when Jinnah stood up to speak on the Child Marriages Restraint Bill in […]

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U.N. genocide expert says Europe’s far right recalls rise of Nazis

 MAY 1, 2019  By Tom Miles GENEVA (Reuters) – The U.N. special adviser on the prevention of genocide said on Wednesday a new class of nationalist, far-right leaders in Europe […]

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Kushner hopes Israel will look at peace plan before any West Bank moves

 MAY 3, 2019   White House senior adviser Jared Kushner, U.S. President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, speaks during a discussion on “Inside the Trump Administration’s Middle East Peace Effort” at a […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on May 6, 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

Monstrous rumours stoke hostility to Pakistan’s anti-polio drive

 MAY 3, 2019 –  A boy receives polio vaccine drops by anti-polio vaccination workers at a booth outside a hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan April 30, 2019. REUTERS/Fayaz Aziz (reuters_tickers) By […]

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War-ravaged Bosnian mosque reopens in move towards reconciliation

THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON MAY 4, 2019  A view of the renewed Aladza Mosque that was demolished at the beginning of the Bosnian war in Foca, Bosnia and Herzegovina, […]

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Sri Lanka imposes curfew in Negombo after clashes, bans social media

 THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON MAY 5, 2019   FILE PHOTO: A soldier stands guard outside St. Sebastian Church, days after a string of suicide bomb attacks across the island on Easter Sunday, in Negombo, Sri Lanka, May 1, 2019. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/File Photo (reuters_tickers) COLOMBO (Reuters) – The Sri Lankan […]

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CORONATION OF RAMA X: The new Thai king’s Swiss childhood

  By Olivier Grivat, Bangkok  MAY 3, 2019   The Thai royal family walking by Lake Geneva in Lausanne in summer 1960. The future king Maha Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarang ​​​​​​​is wearing the cap of a local school. (Archive Yves Debraine) In 1960 and 1961, Thailand’s new king lived with his parents and sisters in […]

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A 2000-year-old guest from Pakistan comes to Switzerland

By Anand Chandrasekhar MP3 FILE DESCRIPTION THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON MAY 5, 2019 11:00 AMMAY 5, 2019 – 11:00 Convincing Pakistan to lend an ancient Gandhara Buddha statue to […]

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How rediscovering my faith is helping me cope with a chaotic world

The Catholicism of my childhood was overshadowed by books and politics in my 20s. But speaking to survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire encouraged me to find solace and support […]

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More than 20 dead as violence flares between Gaza and Israel

Air and tank strikes kill 19 Palestinians after Netanyahu orders ‘massive attacks’, while rockets kill four in Israel Oliver Holmes in Jerusalem and Hazem Balousha in Gaza City Sun 5 […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on May 6, 2019 • ( 1 Comment )

US deploys aircraft carrier and bombers after ‘troubling indications’ from Iran

National security adviser John Bolton says any Iranian attack on US or its allies will be met with ‘unrelenting force’ Reuters Mon 6 May 2019  The USS Abraham Lincoln carrier […]

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I spoke to the Iranian foreign minister about Trump’s impact on his country. He has a message for all Americans

The effects of Trump’s policies mean hardliners are getting emboldened in Iran. With communication lines being severed, the Republicans are sleepwalking toward the possibility of open conflict Negar MortazaviNew York […]

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