Source: The Washington Post By Michelle Boorstein January 7 The global Catholic community Opus Dei in 2005 paid $977,000 to settle a sexual misconduct suit against the Rev. C. John McCloskey, […]
Source: Reuters BY Ben Blanchard Beijing has faced an outcry from activists, scholars, foreign governments and U.N. rights experts over what they call mass detentions and strict surveillance of the […]
Source: Time By JAMIE DUCHARME January 8, 2019 These days, it can seem like just about everybody has a food allergy. But according to a new study, about 11% of American adults actually […]
Source: Time By BRIAN BENNETT and TESSA BERENSON At several points in his brief political career, Donald Trump has tried, as he calls it, to be presidential. He’s tamped down his freewheeling speaking style to […]
Source: The Guardian Agence France-Presse in Kathmandu A Nepali spiritual leader believed by his followers to be a reincarnation of Buddha is under investigation over the disappearance of several devotees, […]
Source: Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — The head of the Russian Orthodox Church says the data-gathering capacity of devices such as smartphones risks bringing humanity closer to the arrival of […]
Source: BBC News Saudi Arabia drew international plaudits last year when it lifted a longstanding ban on women driving. However, restrictions on women remain – most notably, the “male guardianship […]
Source: Religion News Service BY Tonny Onyulo MOGADISHU, Somalia (RNS) — In a small single-room house in the Banaadir district of Somalia, dozens of Christians worship in secret out of fear […]
Source: The Guardian BY Jamie Fullerton in Kuala Lumpur and Helen Davidson Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun, the Saudi Arabian woman who fled her family and is now under UN protection in Thailand, has been […]
Source: Associated Press By WASBIR HUSSAIN GAUHATI, India (AP) — India’s lower house of Parliament approved a bill Tuesday that would grant residency and citizenship rights to non-Muslims who entered […]
Source: GQ BY LUKE DARBY On the first day of 2019, a new ban on kosher and halal meat went into effect in Belgium. Specifically, the law bans the slaughter of […]
Source: CNN By Alaa Elassar (CNN)Amazon has pulled more than a dozen products off its website after receiving complaints that the items are offensive to Muslims. The Council on […]
DAILY SABAH WITH WIRES Istanbul Amid an ongoing probe over a neo-Nazi network within the Frankfurt police force, a German police officer in Hesse was identified as a suspect for […]
Press Reactions Why Trump’s absence could benefit Davos This content was published on January 11, 2019 The US government has already spent millions in Davos If this year’s World […]
Elaine Kamarck Wednesday, January 9, 2019 Senator Lisa Murkowski (AK) has joined three other Republican Senators—Thom Tillis (NC), Susan Collins (ME), and Cory Gardner (CO)—to call for an end to […]
The Guardian Australian immigration and asylum Rahaf and Hakeem: why has one refugee captured the world’s attention while another is left in jail? Helen Davidson When it comes to Rahaf […]
By Rick Kelsey Newsbeat reporter 11 January 2019 The way we all talk about people moving to a different country can be confusing. You’ll have heard the different terms: […]
Epigraph: Indeed, you have in the Prophet of Allah an excellent model, for him who fears Allah and the Last Day and who remembers Allah much. (Al Quran 33:21/22) Written […]
Source: Huffington Post The Russian Orthodox Church’s Patriarch Kirill claims the Antichrist is someone who will control humanity through the internet. MOSCOW (AP) — The head of the Russian Orthodox […]
Robert Fisk @indyvoices The Independent Voices I hate television “experts”, the infamous “analysts” who know all – and support all – about the military, the televisual ex-generals with vain presidential […]