How Would Jesus Vote?
Source: NPR By TOM GJELTEN For most of the last 40 years, the notion that one’s Christian beliefs should guide one’s voting has largely been promoted by conservative Republicans. Two […]
Mick Mulvaney: Faith is driving many Trump administration policies
Source: Religion News Service WASHINGTON (RNS) — White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney declared at the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast on Tuesday (April 23) that faith drives the Trump […]
Why Conservatives Are So Angry About Obama’s Reference to “Easter Worshippers”
Source: Slate By RUTH GRAHAM To most people, former President Barack Obama’s tweet about the brutal terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka on Sunday read as standard post-presidential material: correct, sensible, and […]
Why Sri Lanka Silenced Social Media
Source: The Atlantic By Graeme Wood Today the Sri Lankan government named a culprit in Sunday’s coordinated bomb blasts, which killed almost 300 people at Easter services and in hotels […]
A Scholar of Extremism on How Religious Conflict Shapes Sri Lanka
Source: The New Yorker By Isaac Chotiner On Easter Sunday, terrorists slaughtered nearly three hundred people in Sri Lanka, in coördinated attacks at three churches and three luxury hotels. The government has […]
Trump administration discourages use of ‘two-state solution’
Source: Jewish Telegraphic Agency WASHINGTON (JTA) — The White House is discouraging the use of the term “two-state solution” when describing possible outcomes to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. A senior White […]
Pope sends aid to migrants stranded at the US border
Thousands of Central American migrants in Mexico are in need of assistance. By Vatican News Pope Francis has donated 500,000 dollars to assist migrants in Mexico. The funds, from the […]
AP Interview: Sri Lanka’s PM says potential bombers at large
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS PUBLISHED 3:06 PM ET APR. 25, 2019 COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s prime minister said Thursday that suspects linked to the coordinated Easter Sunday bomb […]
The Orientalist Sale. – Upcoming Auctions
30 APRIL 2019 | VIEW PRINT CATALOGUE EXHIBITION TIMES LONDON THU, 25 APR 19 | 09:00 AM – 04:30 PM BST FRI, 26 APR 19 | 09:00 AM – […]
Elite US Navy SEAL facing war crimes charges for killings in Iraq
Previous 1 / 2 2 / 2 AFP April 28, 2019 Platoon commander’s behavior horrified his own men, yet Republican lawmakers want him to be set free Barbarian officer’s men […]
Stand United: Sri Lanka must not fall into the terrorists’ trap and allow communal disharmony
April 26, 2019, In signs that the Sri Lankan terror bombings have put a strain on social relations in that country, several Pakistani refugees were violently attacked by locals […]
Interfaith dialogue is missing the point
Apr 27,2019 – JORDAN TIMES – WALID M. SADI The recent attack on church goers in the capital city of Sri Lanka, Colombo, on Easter Sunday that killed over 250 of them and injured […]
We can end Isis terrorism – but only if western countries wind down their proxy wars in the Middle East
The group flourishes amid the chaos war brings. The only way forward is to starve it of oxygen Patrick Cockburn @indyworld The Independent Voices Western governments have been swift to pledge action […]
Trump’s UK state banquet is designed to distract from his failures – Corbyn is right to shun the circus
The week in which the US watered down a United Nations resolution condemning rape in war is probably not a good week for Theresa May to hand the president a public relations coup […]
Why Are So Many Far-Right Extremists Converting to Islam?
By Daniel Haqiqatjou – February 5, 2019. YES, please note, this article is from February 2019 Far-right, neo-Nazi, and white nationalist groups are not having a good time […]
Muslim Americans are plugging the gaps in America’s healthcare system. After our friend was killed, we knew we had to tell people
Taleisin Namkai Meche was stabbed to death in Portland, Oregon after stepping in to stop the verbal harassment of two women of color Matt Colaciello and Jacob Lewis New York […]
Insha Allah (God-So-Willing): The Metaphysics of the Future
By T.O. Shanavas, New Age Islam In the life of devout Muslims, a day never passes without using the Arabic phrase Insha Allah (God-So-Willing) at the end of any conversation about future events. Without an understanding of the meaning of this phrase, we cannot begin to comprehend God’s relationship with […]
Sri Lankan Ahmadi Muslims flee feared backlash
Sri Lankan navy soldiers perform security checks on motorists at a road in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, April 25, 2019. Sri Lanka banned drones and unmanned aircraft and set off more controlled detonations of suspicious items Thursday four days after suicide bombing attacks killed more than 350 people in and […]
Wisdom From The Fringe
In an era of ideology and nationalism, reflections of what ails Pakistan Written by Khaled Ahmed | Updated: April 27, 2019 1:00:16 am Khaled Ahmed was born in 1943 in […]
‘Mawanella was the start’: Sri Lankan town reels from bombing links
Faith leaders say local youths were radicalised by extremist preacher Mohammed Zahran Hashim Michael Safi in Mawanella @safimichael Fri 26 Apr 2019 Sri Lankan Muslims gather in Colombo on 26 […]