Saudi prosecution demands 5 defendants be executed for Jamal Khashoggi murder
Arab News January 03, 2019 Jamal Khashoggi was killed on Oct. 2 in the Saudi consulate in Turkey There are 11 people accused over their involvement in the […]
Astana axis not yet united in purpose
Jan 02,2019 – JORDAN TIMES – MICHAEL JANSEN The Astana axis, comprised of Russia, Iran and Turkey, has gained increasing importance over the past two years, as Damascus, with the […]
False pretense – US ‘policy’ in Syria
Jan 02,2019 -JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL One of the reasons offered by US President Donald Trump for ordering the withdrawal of US troops from the north of Syria was his conviction […]
Judge Richard Goldstone suffered for turning his back on Gaza – but not as much as the Palestinians he betrayed
Friends of Goldstone told me that he had been painfully pressured to recant, and was in a state of great personal distress Robert Fisk Beirut @indyvoices The Independent Voices When […]
Far-right ‘neighbourhood defence groups’ patrol Bavarian town after asylum seeker attack
Source: The Local After four young asylum seekers reportedly attacked pedestrians at random in Amberg in northern Bavaria, far-right “neighbourhood defence groups” have started patrolling the streets of the town, according to German media reports. On Saturday evening the four suspects allegedly physically assaulted 12 random people while under the […]
Many foreigners in Germany was ‘a problem he wanted to solve’.
Source: The Local A man who injured five people in an apparent xenophobic attack on New Year’s Eve was mentally ill. He told police that the many foreigners in Germany was ‘a problem he wanted to solve’. DPA reported early on Wednesday that the man had previously been admitted to […]
German politicians propose a ‘religion tax’ for Muslims to counter extremism
Source: The Washington Post By Rick Noack December 28, 2018 BERLIN — When Germans file their annual tax returns, religion matters a great deal. If you’re Catholic, tax authorities will likely […]
Nuns in India tell AP of enduring abuse in Catholic church
Source: Associated Press By TIM SULLIVAN KURAVILANGAD, India (AP) — The stories spill out in the sitting rooms of Catholic convents, where portraits of Jesus keep watch and fans spin […]
Conflict That Helped Spur Israeli Election Resounds Among Ultra-Orthodox Jews
Source: Wall Street Journal By Felicia Schwartz and Dov Lieber TEL AVIV—The Israeli culture clash that helped to precipitate the collapse of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ruling coalition in December is […]
Europe’s Right Wing Woos a New Audience: Jewish Voters
Source: The Wall Street Journal By Bojan Pancevski December 31, 2018 BERLIN—Emanuel Bernhard Krauskopf’s trips to his synagogue in the German capital have become an awkward affair. The reason: Mr. […]
Evangelicals Seek Detente With Mideast Muslim Leaders As Critics Doubt Motives
Source: NPR By JEROME SOCOLOVSKY In recent months, evangelical Christian leaders have been traveling to the Middle East to meet with rulers of Islamic countries and with Muslim clergy. The […]
Protests break out in India after two women enter temple
Source: The Guardian BY Amrit Dhillon in Delhi Protests have broken out in the Indian state of Kerala, where groups of angry traditionalists waving black flags blocked traffic and staged demonstrations […]
Vatican spokesman, deputy, resign over strategy differences
Source: Reuters BY Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – The Vatican spokesman and his deputy resigned on Monday over disagreements on strategy, ending a year of upheaval in the Holy […]
Israel’s Jewish Home party splits ahead of April election
Source: Reuters JERUSALEM (Reuters) – A religious-nationalist party in Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition government split on Saturday, with its leaders saying they were bolting to appeal to more […]
What’s coming for religion in 2019? Here’s what the experts predict.
Source: Religion News Service BY Aysha Khan (RNS) — This year saw wave after wave of new revelations about the extent of the Catholic Church’s sex abuse crisis. It saw deadly […]
China’s Gulag for Muslims
Source: The New York Times By Mustafa Akyol One of the darkest episodes of the 20th century was the gulag — the Soviet system of forced labor camps where dissidents were […]
Migrants who saved lives in Attica wildfire granted Greek citizenship
3 January 2019 Twitter: @NeosKosm Three migrant fishermen have been recognised for their heroic efforts, after rescuing dozens of Greeks during the devastating wildfire that broke out in […]
Video Debate: Is There Meaning to Life? | William Lane Craig, Rebecca Goldstein, Jordan Peterson – Toronto 2018
Epigraph: God created the heavens and the earth for a true purpose: to reward each soul according to its deeds. They will not be wronged. (Al Quran 45:22/23) And We […]
Prof. Bart Ehrman’s Freedom From Religion Foundation Lecture
Here’s Bart Ehrman’s Freedom From Religion Foundation Lecture in Raleigh, NC in 2014. Suggested reading and viewing 24 Video lectures: The Great Courses: How Jesus Became God?
Malmö Imam: ‘We do not hate mosque shooter’
The Local news@thelocal.se @thelocalsweden 2 January 2019 A shot was fired through a glass door at a Malmö’s Mahmood Ahmadiyya mosque, shortly after midnight on New Years’ Day, with police […]