Blasphemy bans are struck out in Ireland and reinforced in Austria
Source: The Economist WHEN it comes to basic principles of free speech and freedom of belief, do the nations of Europe form a coherent bloc, determined to apply those principles […]
Turkey pressures Saudi Arabia on Khashoggi body as prosecutor visits
By AFP – Oct 29,2018 – JORDAN TIMES People hold posters picturing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi and lightened candles during a gathering outside the Saudi Arabia consulate in Istanbul on […]
Istanbul summit fails to deliver map to end Syrian conflict
Oct 31,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – OSAMA AL SHARIF The four-way summit that was held in Istanbul on Saturday on Syria was extraordinary in more than one way. Turkish President […]
Drillship Fatih kicks off operations in Med, second vessel to enter fleet soon
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL Turkish drilling vessel Fatih started drilling first well Alanya-1 in offshore Antalya, a Mediterranean coastal province, Oct. 30. Turkish drilling vessel Fatih began its first well-drilling operations […]
Asia Bibi acquitted in blasphemy case
Pakistan Web Desk October 31, 2018 ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Wednesday acquitted Asia Bibi of blasphemy charges, declaring the death penalty handed down to her by a trial […]
People who abstained from sex until tying the knot have happier marriages, research finds
Source: CT (Photo: Unsplash/Marc A Sporys) New research reveals that marriages are quantifiably happier if the couple had fewer sexual partners prior to their wedding day. Writing at the Institute for Family Studies Monday, University of Utah sociologist Nicholas Wolfinger explained that the majority of Americans who have only had sexual […]
SC acquits Asia Bibi, orders immediate release
Source: Dawn The Supreme Court on Wednesday acquitted Asia Bibi, a Christian woman condemned to death on blasphemy charges after accepting her 2015 appeal against her sentence. A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar, Justice Asif Saeed Khosa and Justice Mazhar Alam Khan Miankhel […]
For European Jews, a horrifying sight on the other side of the Atlantic
Source: The Washington Post By James McAuley October 28 PARIS — Jewish children slaughtered in school. Jewish customers shot in a kosher supermarket. Elderly Jewish women beaten in their apartments, then thrown […]
Israeli minister’s mosque tour highlights diplomatic push in the Gulf
Source: Reuters By Jeffrey Heller JERUSALEM (Reuters) – An Israeli cabinet minister’s visit to Abu Dhabi’s grand mosque gave more momentum on Monday to Israel’s diplomatic push in the Gulf, […]
Protesters burn Hindu religious center in southern India
Source: Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Protesters on Saturday set fire to a Hindu religious center in southern India for supporting a Supreme Court decision allowing women of menstruating […]
‘Walk to heaven’: Shiite pilgrims trek to Iraq’s Karbala
Source: Associated Press By PHILIP ISSA and HADI MIZBAN KARBALA, Iraq (AP) — Millions of Shiite Muslims from around the world are making their way this week to their sect’s […]
Pope Decries ‘Persecution’ of Catholic Church Through Accusations
Source: Wall Street Journal By Francis X. Rocca Updated Oct. 27, 2018 6:26 p.m. ET ROME—Pope Francis told a gathering of bishops from around the world that the Catholic Church […]
Vatican meeting ends with call for greater role for women in Church
Source: Reuters VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – A major meeting of Catholic bishops ended on Saturday with a call for women to play a greater role in Church decision making as […]
The fate of children born of IS rape
Iraqi minority shuns children born of IS rape, enslavement Source: Associated Press By HAMZA HENDAWI, QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and SALAR SALIM DAHUK, Iraq (AP) — The 26-year-old Yazidi mother faces a […]
Vatican synod calls for women leaders ‘at all levels,’ avoids using LGBT or gay
Source: Religion News Service BY David Gibson ATICAN CITY (RNS) — A global summit of Catholic bishops on Saturday (Oct. 27) issued a powerful call for the inclusion of women […]
A Christian message about the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting: If you hate Jews, you hate Jesus, too
Source: The Washington Post By Russell Moore On the Jewish Sabbath this week, a white-nationalist terrorist killed 11 worshipers at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue in what is being called the […]
Climate change: Five cheap ways to remove CO2 from the atmosphere
Source: BBC News By Matt McGrath Environment correspondent Image copyrightGETTY IMAGES As well as rapidly reducing the carbon dioxide that we humans are pumping into the atmosphere in huge […]
Angela Merkel to step down as German chancellor in 2021
Source: BBC News Germany’s Angela Merkel has said she will step down as chancellor in 2021, following recent election setbacks. “I will not be seeking any political post after my […]
British Museum’s new gallery celebrates wonders of the Islamic world
October 30, 2018 By lyana khairuddin As I walked into Room 42 on the second floor of the British Museum in London recently, two massive stone engravings greeted me – […]
Home Activities . Events . Islamophobia Awards 2018
October 25, 2018 IHRC’s Islamophobia Awards are back and in 2018 it promises to be bigger and better than ever. Our gala dinner and awards show is a satirical […]