Want to be Danish? You’d better shake hands
This content was published on January 17, 2019 COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Afghan-born Sakandar Khan, 30, was among the first nine new Danish citizens who shook hands with Denmark’s immigration minister […]
Divisions overshadow Lebanon’s Arab summit as few leaders come to Beirut
Jan 18, 2019 By Ellen Francis and Angus McDowall BEIRUT (Reuters) – Divisions among Arab states over Syria, and internal Lebanese disputes, have overshadowed a summit to be held in […]
Gaza: Give people the right to choose
Jan 16,2019 – JORDAN TIMES – Daoud Kuttab Just in case people forget, there is a territory in the Middle East called the Gaza Strip, where nearly 2 million Palestinians live […]
Algeria: suspended prison sentences on appeal for 27 Ahmadis
Article 144 bis of the Algerian Penal Code provides for a prison sentence of three to five years and a fine of $ 457 to $ 914 for “insulting the […]
NZ’s Ahmadiyya Muslim Community to discuss Islam and Rights
Saturday, 19 January 2019 Press Release: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community NZ Hundreds of Kiwi Muslims will gather at their south Auckland mosque over the Auckland anniversary weekend to celebrate the annual […]
The widow who asked eight French presidents for the truth
By Charlotte McDonald BBC World Service 17 January 2019 Josette Audin spent more than 60 years asking French leaders to admit responsibility for her husband’s death in Algeria. Finally, last […]
Trump hits back at Buzzfeed report he ‘instructed lawyer to lie’
Source: BBC News US President Donald Trump has hit back over a news report that he directed his then personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, to lie to Congress. Buzzfeed News said […]
Inside the GM plant where nooses and ‘whites-only’ signs hung
Source: CNN By Mallory Simon and Sara Sidner This story addresses hate speech and contains offensive language that may upset some readers. The N-word is spelled out several times in this story to […]
Oregon Man Charged With Hate Crime For Alleged Attack On Sikh Store Owner
Source: Huffington Post An Oregon man has been charged with a hate crime after allegedly attacking a Sikh convenience store owner and attempting to steal his turban. Police say Andrew […]
Trump Administration May Have Separated Thousands More Migrant Families Than Initially Thought
Source: Time By COLLEEN LONG AND RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR / AP (WASHINGTON) — Thousands more migrant children may have been split from their families than the Trump administration previously reported, in part […]
Israeli museum to drop ‘McJesus’ sculpture after protests
Source: Reuters By Rami Ayyub HAIFA, Israel (Reuters) – An Israeli museum plans to withdraw a sculpture depicting the McDonald’s mascot as the crucified Jesus following protests which briefly united […]
Ukraine OKs property law that could affect 12,000 churches
Source: Associated Press MINSK, Belarus (AP) — Ukraine’s parliament on Thursday adopted a bill spelling out procedures for transferring church property after a new unified Ukrainian Orthodox church was granted […]
Thousands flee north-east Nigeria after devastating Boko Haram attack
Source: The Guardian BY Ruth Maclean in Dakar Thousands of people have fled into Cameroon from north-east Nigeria following violent attacks by a faction of the militant group Boko Haram, which looted and […]
New York to become 15th state to ban ‘gay conversion therapy’
Source: NBC News By Dan Avery The New York State Legislature voted Tuesday to ban so-called gay conversion therapy on minors, with Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo expected to sign the bill […]
Court rules against Pfizer in religious discrimination suit
Source: Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A woman who said she was fired by a major pharmaceutical company because of her religious beliefs won a court victory Wednesday when […]
‘Blood on your hands’: Scientology blames high-profile critics after deadly Sydney attack
Source: The Washington Post By Kyle Swenson Set on a tree-crowded campus in Sydney’s Chatswood neighborhood, the Church of Scientology’s Australian headquarters is a striking three-story building sprawling over 145,000 square […]
With tears and trepidation, Saudi teen embraces newfound freedom
Source: The Star By NICHOLAS KEUNG More than 10,000 kilometres away from home in Saudi Arabia, Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun pauses when asked about the family from whom she fled. Then the […]
Freed by court, Pakistani Christian woman still a prisoner
Source: Associated Press BY Kathy Gannon ISLAMABAD (AP) — Aasia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian acquitted of blasphemy, still lives the life of a prisoner, nearly three months after her release […]
Tlaib slams ‘anti-Muslim rhetoric’ after Florida official says she might ‘blow up’ Capitol Hill
Source: The Hill BY MORGAN GSTALTER Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) on Tuesday decried “hateful anti-Muslim rhetoric” after a South Florida official accused her of being an anti-Semite who might “blow up Capitol Hill.” “This […]
50 Jesuits, Including Some From Top-Ranked N.Y. Catholic Schools, Are Named as Abusers
Source: The New York Times By Rick Rojas The schools are among the most recognizable Catholic institutions in New York, with reputations extending far beyond the church’s followers and the city’s […]