‘Extinct’ Galapagos tortoise found after 100 years
By Alex Stambaugh, CNN • Updated 21st February 2019 CNN — A species of giant tortoise believed to have been extinct for more than 100 years has been discovered on […]
RUSSIA: 100+ Jehovah’s Witness criminal cases
Source: Forum 18 News By Victoria Arnold, Forum 18 At least 26 Jehovah’s Witnesses are in pre-trial detention, 28 under house arrest, and 42 under travel restrictions as more than […]
A view from Turkey: Married couples, women happier according to life satisfaction survey
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL Published23.02.2019 A tramway drives through a crowd in İstiklal Avenue, Istanbul, Jan. 25, 2019. The happiness rate dropped in the country last year though hopes for a […]
Wary of Xinjiang backlash, China invites waves of diplomats to visit
THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON FEBRUARY 21, 2019 FILE PHOTO: Residents at the Kashgar city vocational educational training centre attend a Chinese lesson during a government organised visit in […]
Forced to beg, Senegal’s “talibes” face exploitation and abuse
THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON FEBRUARY 22, 2019 Abdel Rahman, 20, a former Koran student, called a talibe, who became a karate coach at Maison de la Gare, an […]
Illegal immigration, refugees top Arab-EU Summit agenda
MOHAMED AL-SHAMAA February 24, 2019 Heads of state, officials from EU and Arab League member countries to attend summit today Some 19.5 million people globally have been forced to flee […]
Saudi Arabia announces princess as US ambassador
Source: BBC Saudi Arabia has announced that Princess Rima bint Bandar al-Saud will become its next ambassador to the US – the first woman ever to take on an envoy […]
Sajid Javid’s selfish ambition eclipsed his judgement – and now Shamima Begum has the moral high ground
He wants to defend national security and impress a public understandably appalled by Begum. Yet she may be a larger threat to western security as a stateless figure at large […]
Billionaire New England Patriots’ Owner Robert Kraft Falls To Show Us Need of Religion
Epigraph: And he who turns away from the remembrance of the Gracious God, We appoint for him a satan, who becomes his companion. (Al Quran 43:36/37) New England Patriots Owner […]
How Islam Taught Medieval Christian Europe Religious and Political Tolerance
Epigraph: Allah forbids you not, respecting those who have not fought against you on account of your religion, and who have not driven you forth from your homes, that you […]
In New England, battling the opioid crisis with a mix of science and faith
Source: Religion News Service BY Amanda Greene NEW HAVEN, Conn. (RNS) — Doreen Abubakar arrived at Manjares Restaurant and Fine Pastries in New Haven, Conn., catching her breath and waiting […]
Macron announces crackdown on anti-Semitism in France
Source: BBC News French President Emmanuel Macron has announced new measures to tackle anti-Semitism, following a spate of attacks. He told Jewish leaders that France would recognise anti-Zionism – the […]
Vatican’s legal procedures for handling sex abuse, explained
Source: Associated Press By NICOLE WINFIELD VATICAN CITY (AP) — For centuries, the Vatican’s canon law system busied itself with banning books and dispensing punishments that included burnings at the […]
The Catholic Church’s Battle Between Rhetoric and Reality
Source: The Atlantic BY RACHEL DONADIO ROME—Pope Francis opened a highly anticipated meeting about the sexual-abuse crisis in the Catholic Church with remarks that were strong, brief, and to the point. “The […]
British attitudes on national identity and religious minorities not unique in EU
Source: Pew Research Center BY OMKAR JOSHI AND JONATHAN EVANS Two women watch a 2017 parade in honor of St. George, England’s patron saint. His emblem, a red cross on a white background, […]
Their parents joined ISIS. They were raised in the caliphate. Can they come home?
Source: The Washington Post By Michael Birnbaum February 17 RANST, Belgium — The children’s voices crackled through the phone and into Fatiha’s gray-walled living room. “When are we going to Grandma’s?” one […]
‘I think it’s long overdue’: Catholics in D.C., where McCarrick once presided, are both relieved and dismayed
Source: The Washington Post By Julie Zauzmer, Katherine Shaver and Maria Sacchetti For decades, he was one of the faces of the Catholic church, representing the Vatican all over the world — and nowhere […]
The little-noticed transformation of Islam in the West
Source: The Economist Islam frightens many in the West. Jihadists kill in the name of their religion. Some Muslim conservatives believe it lets them force their daughters to marry. When asked, […]
Southern Baptist president says database of abusers possible
Source: Associated Press By TRAVIS LOLLER ASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — More than a decade after the Southern Baptist Convention rejected the idea of creating a database of ministers credibly accused […]
Vatican defrocks former US cardinal McCarrick for sex abuse
Source: Associated Press By FRANCES D’EMILIO, NICOLE WINFIELD and TRISHA THOMAS VATICAN CITY (AP) — Former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick has been found guilty by the Vatican of sex abuse and […]