A Quiet Revolution: More Women Seek Divorces in Conservative West Africa
Source: The New York Times By Dionne Searcey MARADI, Niger — He didn’t hit her. He didn’t yell. He didn’t cheat, as far as she knows. It was just that, […]
France Debates Where to Teach Arabic: Public School or Local Mosque?
Source: The New York Times By Emma Bubola ROMAINVILLE, France — Early on Sunday mornings, Habiba Hatem, 9, prepares her own breakfast, grabs her flashy pink school bag and jumps into […]
India outcry after scientists claim ancient Hindus invented stem cell research
Source: The Guardian The organisers of a major Indian science conference said they were concerned by speakers citing religious texts and ideas at the event Prime Minister Narendra Modi (centre) […]
India transgender gurus in landmark Hindu procession
Source: BBC News The northern Indian city of Allahabad witnessed a historic procession on Sunday led by a Hindu congregation of transgender people. Photojournalist Ankit Srinivas reports. Thousands thronged the […]
Cardinal’s cover-up trial a reckoning for French Catholics
Source: Associated Press By NICOLAS VAUX-MONTAGNY LYON, France (AP) — The Roman Catholic Church faces another public reckoning when a French cardinal goes on trial Monday for his alleged failure […]
Pushed by politicians, polygamy enjoys a heyday among Christians in Kenya
Source: Religion News Service By Tonny Onyulo NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — Sipping black coffee outside his house in Kibera, a slum district here, James Oketch comes up with as many […]
Advocate of China-Vatican dialogue named Hong Kong bishop
Source: Associated Press BY Viloet Law HONG KONG (AP) — In a move widely seen as kowtowing to Beijing, the Vatican appointed a retired China-friendly cardinal to head the Catholic […]
China passes law to make Islam ‘compatible with socialism’
Source: Aljazeera China has passed a new law that seeks to “Sinicize” Islam within the next five years, the latest move by Beijing to rewrite how the religion is practised. China’s […]
Ecumenical Patriarch hands over decree, sealing Ukraine church independence
Source: Reuters By Daren Butler, Natalia Zinets ISTANBUL (Reuters) – The spiritual leader of Orthodox Christians worldwide on Sunday presented the head of the Ukrainian church with a decree granting it […]
Who is Fethullah Gulen? And why is the US talking about extraditing him to Turkey?
Source: Religion News Service By Claire Sadar (RNS) — For the past 2½ years, the United States and its NATO ally, Turkey, have been at odds over the fate of […]
American Jews and Israeli Jews Are Headed for a Messy Breakup
Source: Religion News Service By Jonathan Weisman The events of the past year brought American and Israeli Jews ever closer to a breaking point. President Trump, beloved in Israel and decidedly unloved […]
Young Muslim men organize to clean up national parks as shutdown enters third week
Source: The Washington Post By Rachel Chason A group of young Muslim men fanned out across the Mall shortly after sunrise Sunday to pick up litter and empty trash cans. Following […]
India scientists dismiss Einstein theories
Source: BBC News Scientists in India have hit out at speakers at a major conference for making irrational claims, including that ancient Hindus invented stem cell research. Some academics at […]
I Spent My Fertile Years Training to Be a Surgeon. Now, It Might Be Too Late for Me to Have a Baby
Source: Time By ARGHAVAN SALLES January 3, 2019 “How do you envision your family looking?” My face crumpled and tears fell from my eyes as soon as the young doctor asked […]
Racism, Slavery, History, and Islam
By T.O. Shanavas; Author of book: The Islamic Theory of Evolution: The Missing Link between Darwin and the Origin of Species. In our Trump world of alternate right and other white […]
Jim Yong Kim steps down as President of World Bank
World Bank President Jim Yong Kim is to step down next month World Bank President, Jim Yong Kim has made the surprise announcement that he is stepping down after six […]
Montserrat: Breakthroughs and projects funding ready
Posted on 31 December 2018. by Bennette Roach GoM ends the year ready to roll with continuing and new projects Work goes on well into thenights on teh Carrs Bay […]
Spotlight: Inside the stricken court of crown prince Mohammed Bin Salman
From 21 June 2017 to 2 October 2018, Saudi Arabia’s millennial crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, briefly stood as a figurehead for a youth who yearned for change. Progressive […]
Named as a key Saudi suspect in Khashoggi killing, former top royal adviser drops out of sight
JEENAH MOON/BLOOMBERG Riyadh Saudi Arabia — Authorities here will not say what became of Saud al-Qahtani, a powerful royal adviser whom Saudi prosecutors allege played a major role in […]
Belgium Bans Religious Slaughtering Practices, Drawing Praise and Protest
BY MILAN SCHREUER Source: MSN BRUSSELS — A Belgian ban on the Muslim and Jewish ways of ritually slaughtering animals went into effect on New Year’s Day, part of a […]