We need a revival of humanism
Source: The Washington Post By Michael Gerson A tourist in Florentine museums is like a skipping stone above unfathomable depths. Here a Botticelli. There a Donatello. A single room at the Uffizi that […]
Muslim Amazon workers say they don’t have enough time to pray. Now they’re fighting for their rights.
Source: Vox By Chavie Lieber Khadra Ibrahin, a 28-year-old single mother of two and Somali immigrant living in Minneapolis, has been working at Amazon’s Shakopee fulfillment center for two years. As […]
Indiana governor says passing hate crime law ‘long overdue’
Source: Associated Press By BRIAN SLODYSKO and TOM DAVIES INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The spray-painting of a swastika outside a suburban Indianapolis synagogue this summer was the final straw for Republican […]
Climate change: The massive CO2 emitter you may not know about
Source: BBC News BY Lucy Rodgers Concrete is the most widely used man-made material in existence. It is second only to water as the most-consumed resource on the planet. But, […]
Dozens of well-preserved dinosaur footprints from 100 million years ago uncovered in Sussex, UK
Hastings dinosaur footprints exposed by cliff erosion Source: BBC Dozens of well-preserved dinosaur footprints from at least 100 million years ago have been uncovered in East Sussex. At least seven […]
The Parliament of the World’s Religions Is the Closest Thing We Have to an International Interfaith Movement
Source: Religion and Politics By Gene Zubovich In 1893, during the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago, thousands gathered over 17 days in September to witness a “World’s Parliament of Religions.” […]
Osinbajo Speaks At Ahmadiyya Conference – Osinbajo Recommends Religious Tolerance, Unity and Peace for Nigeria’s Development
Published on 17th December 2018 By Gbenga Sijuade Vice president, Professor Yemi Osinbajo has called for religious tolerance among all Nigerians as a prerequisite for the country’s socio-economic and […]
Syrian children find friendship through football in Turkey’s southern Hatay
A young girl practices football through Turkish-Syrian program by SAR Foundation. (AA Photo) A foundation in southern Hatay province is helping Syrian children make friends and integrate into Turkish society […]
Western tourists trickle into Saudi Arabia as it tries to open up
Dec 15, 2018 – 16:06 By Stephen Kalin RIYADH (Reuters) – Western tourists, a rarity in Saudi Arabia, visited this weekend under a new visa system, as one of […]
What now for Syria?
By Imogen Foulkes in Geneva Dec 13, 2018 – 11:00 “It is really playing with a gigantic powder keg in the middle of three million civilians”. These were the words of Jan Egeland, the United Nation’s humanitarian advisor for Syria, on his final day in office last month after chairing […]
Comprehensive plan urged to address issues facing Muslim world
Arab News December 16, 2018 The conference stressed the idea of nation state is an extension of the concept of the Ummah, which converges and integrates with other […]
Iraq lays cornerstone to rebuild iconic Mosul mosque
By AFP – Dec 16,2018 -JORDAN TIMES This photo taken on Sunday shows the Great Mosque of Al Nuri and the remains of ‘Al Hadba’ leaning minaret in Mosul’s war-ravaged […]
The Little-Known Way Pharma Companies Hook People on Their Costly Drugs
Source: Time By SARAH JANE TRIBBLE / KAISER HEALTH NEWS Kip Burgess was relieved last year when pharmaceutical giant Amgen overnighted him a $2,976 check to help pay for his go-to […]
NHS introduces faith declaration to reassure potential organ donors
Source: The Guardian BY Rosemary McCabe Organ donors will be asked if they want their religious beliefs to be considered before any donation goes ahead after their death, as part […]
U.S.-backed Syrian forces close to seizing town from Islamic State: spokeswoman
Source: Reuters BEIRUT (Reuters) – The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces will soon seize the town of Hajin from Islamic State (IS) in eastern Syria near the Iraqi border, a spokeswoman […]
Supporters of ex-al Shabaab leader clash with police in Somalia’s Baidoa city, 11 dead
Source: Reuters BY Abdi Sheikh MOGADISHU (Reuters) – At least 11 people were killed in Somalia’s city of Baidoa in clashes between security forces and supporters of a former al […]
Philippines: 66 alleged militants convicted in kidnappings
Source: Associated Press BY Jim Gomez MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Philippine court on Friday found 66 alleged members of the Abu Sayyaf guilty of kidnapping dozens of students, teachers […]
Strasbourg reopens Christmas market after attacker shot dead
Source: Reuters By Gilbert Reilhac STRASBOURG, France (Reuters) – Strasbourg reopened its traditional Christmas market under heavy security on Friday, the morning after French police shot dead a gunman suspected […]
Ukraine-Russia tensions reach Greece’s holy Mount Athos
Source: The Guardian By Shaun Walker in Athos In the chilly pre-dawn gloom one recent morning, Father Makarios hurried to his chapel, one of dozens of churches and cathedrals across Mount Athos, […]
A Rabbi Calls Trinitarians Idolaters and Pagans; What Does the Quran Say About the Christians?
Epigraph: And You will find the nearest of them in affection to those who believe to be those who say: ‘Lo! We are Christians.’ That is because there are among them savants and monks, and because they are not arrogant. (Al Quran 5:82) Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief […]