Source: Religion News Service By Doreen Ajiambo WAJIR, Kenya (RNS) — After the militant group al-Shabab killed three of his colleagues in a recent attack on Christian schoolteachers here, Jared Nyanchong’i […]
Source: BBC News Activists in Russia say there has been a new crackdown against LGBT people in Chechnya. The Russian LGBT Network believes about 40 people have been imprisoned since […]
Source: Reuters BY Jose Devasia KOCHI, India (Reuters) – One of two Indian women who entered an ancient Hindu hill temple in southern India this month in defiance of a […]
Source: Associated Press By EMILY SCHMALL PRAYAGRAJ, India (AP) — Thousands of portable toilets line roads constantly swept clean, drinking water flows from newly installed taps, electric substations power a […]
Source: Religion News Service BY Michele Chabin JERUSALEM (RNS) – A work titled “McJesus,” depicting a crucified Ronald McDonald, at an art museum in Haifa has brought angry calls from […]
Source: The New Yorker By Vinson Cunningham When I was a kid of ten or eleven years old, newly returned to New York after a few years living in Chicago, I […]
Source: BBC News Officially the Orthodox Church of Ukraine is now fully independent of Moscow, but many parishes remain loyal to the Russian patriarch – leading in some cases to […]
Source: The Guardian BY Michael Safi in Prayagraj What does the Kumbh Mela celebrate? The Kumbh Mela is held at the four spots along the Ganges river where, Hindu tradition has it, drops […]
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Source: Pew Research Center By David Masci The recent decision by the Ukrainian Orthodox Church to split from its Russian counterpart after more than 300 years of being linked reflects […]
Source: The New York Times By Matti Friedman; Contributing Opinion Writer JERUSALEM — If you are reading this, you’ve most likely seen much about “the Israeli-Palestinian conflict” in the pages […]
BURHANETTIN DURAN @burhanduran Published January 15, 2019 Despite threatening economic sanctions against the Turks on Twitter, U.S. President Donald Trump still remains committed to withdrawing from Syria and working together […]
In November 2018, Masroor Mosque in Prince William County was officially inaugurated by the worldwide Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, His Holiness Mirza Masroor Ahmad. An inauguration reception […]
Written by Chelby Daigle Published in News A recent CBC Fifth Estate episode about polygamy among Muslim Canadians and its accompanying article has sparked online debate among Muslims. You can […]
Widodo promotes textiles, footwear and train cars, competing with Chinese goods ERWIDA MAULIA, Nikkei staff writer January 15, 2019 00:47 JST JAKARTA — Indonesia is accelerating a strategy to […]
By: N.A. Baloch Besides philosophy and mathematics, Ibn Bajjah was well-versed in botany, astronomy, logic, grammar, literature and music. Figure 1. Article image banner *** Editor’s Note: The following […]
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Source: BBC A US company has produced an ultrasound scanner that plugs into an iPhone and costs $2,000 (£1,555). Necessity is often credited as the mother of invention. For Jonathan Rothberg it was the frustration of sitting around in hospital waiting rooms that made him the father of a new […]
Source: The New Yorker By Vinson Cunningham For centuries, we’ve given lavish attention to the specifics of punishment, and left Heaven woefully under-sketched. When I was a kid of ten […]
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday received Prince Fahd Bin Sultan Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud, Governor Tabuk here at the Prime Minister’s Office. Defence Minister Pervez Khattak […]