Source: Associated Press By AMRIT DHILLON NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi described his first term as “filling in potholes” — shorthand for addressing the country’s basic […]
Source: The Atlantic BY Jonah Blank VARANASI, India—The seven pandits draped in cloth of gold are clearly competing against the five in saffron. In front of thousands of assembled pilgrims, […]
Source: Reuters BY Mayank Bhardwaj AYODHYA, India (Reuters) – A thumping election win for India’s Hindu nationalist party on Thursday has instilled a sense of resignation among Muslims, some of whom […]
Source: Religion News Service By Aysha Khan (RNS) – For most Muslims, Ramadan is a month filled with community and fellowship: waking up together to eat before dawn, sharing communal […]
Source: The New York Times By Mujib Mashal VARANASI, India — It was 4 a.m. at the Yadav family home down a narrow lane in Varanasi, the constituency of the […]
Source: BBC News By Jonathan Amos The SpaceX company has begun the roll-out of its orbiting broadband system. A Falcon-9 rocket launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida late on Thursday, […]
Source: The Washington Post By Joanna Slater and Niha Masih NEW DELHI — Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his party won a landslide victory in the world’s largest election as voters endorsed his vision […]
Source: Associated Press By EMILY SCHMALL NEW DELHI (AP) — The man in the saffron robe sat cross-legged with his eyes closed, back to the wall of a cave framed […]
Source: Religion News Service By Rhonda Roumani NEW HAVEN, Conn. (RNS) — A week after an arson attack left the imposing Diyanet Mosque of New Haven uninhabitable, nearly three dozen […]
Source: The Washington Post By Marisa Iati The first fire lit up the shingles of the rabbi’s home, forcing him and his family into their car for safety. Less than a […]
Source: BBC By William Park Our health choices are constantly influenced by our friends, both consciously or unconsciously. We often think that self-control comes from within, yet many of our […]
Eight years after his last contentious work, former politician Thilo Sarrazin is back with another controversial take on Muslim culture, “Hostile Takeover.” A political science and Islam expert reviews the […]
Source: Gulf News Our graphs show the countries that have the longest and shortest intervals from Fajr to Maghreb Published: May 02, 2019 16:30 Yousra Zaki, Web Features Editor Which […]
The number of Umrah visas issued this year has reached 7,463,259, the Hajj ministry said. (File/AFP) Arab News May 25, 2019 The largest number of pilgrims are from Pakistan The […]
DAILY SABAH WITH AA ISTANBUL Published 25.05.2019 It has been 30 years since Turks in Bulgaria were forced into an exodus due to an assimilation policy forcing them to change […]
Source: Deccan Chronicle Washington on Tuesday became the first US state to legalize human composting after its eco-friendly governor signed a bill to that effect in a bid to cut carbon emissions from burials and cremations. Under the new law that will go into effect in May of next year, people […]
Under so-called ‘euthanasia by organ donation,’ the act of organ donation itself — not a lethal injection or a doctor-prescribed, life-ending dose of barbiturates — would be the mode of death Source: The National Post By Sharon Kirkey Three years after assisted death became legal in Canada, the medical community […]
Source: CTV While most Canadians firmly back the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and strongly support the idea of diversity, a new poll suggests a third of Canadians would ban their elected officials from wearing religious symbols. A majority of Quebecers canvassed in the survey agreed that federal, provincial and […]
FRENCH PRESS AGENCY – AFP WASHINGTON 24.05.2019 President Donald Trump confirmed Friday he is considering pardons for several military servicemen accused or convicted of war crimes, in what critics say […]
Prabowo Subianto files lawsuit in constitutional court in Jakarta, scene of fatal clashes between protesters and police this week Staff and agencies Sat 25 May 2019 The defeated candidate […]