‘Water deals with Israel not affected by Baqoura and Ghumar annexes’
By Hana Namrouqa – Oct 23,2018 – JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — A senior official has brushed off news reports claiming Israeli officials have threatened to cut off water to the […]
AN’NUR CONTROVERSY: Eight found guilty of Swiss mosque attack
THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON OCTOBER 23, 2018 The former An’Nur mosque in Winterthur’s Hegi district has made headlines several times for alleged radicalisation o fyouth. (Keystone) Eight […]
French ban on full-face Islamic veil violates human rights – U.N. panel
Reuters International THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON OCTOBER 23, 2018 FILE PHOTO: A women, wearing a niqab despite a nationwide ban on the Islamic face veil, gives a phone […]
Khashoggi’s body parts found at Saudi consul’s residence in Istanbul: Report
Epigraph: Every human life is precious and sacred and killing one is like triggering a genocide. (Al Quran 5:32/33) Source: Hurrieyat Daily Body parts belonging to murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi have been found, […]
Jamal Khashoggi: Trump says Saudi cover-up was ‘one of worst’ in history
US curbs 21 Saudi officials’ visas and mulls more sanctions Pompeo: ‘These penalties will not be the last word’ Bethan McKernan in Istanbul and agencies in Washington Tue 23 Oct […]
Buddhism: My prayer experience
Source: The Muslim Sunrise; the longest running Islamic magazine since 1921: Muslim Sunrise Fall 2018 By Fazal Masood Malik On a warm Sunday afternoon, warm enough to be lazy, I sat […]
The Vatican Debating to Open Priesthood to Married Men
The Vatican is laying the groundwork to open formal debate on opening up the priesthood to married men in parts of the world where clergy are scarce. https://t.co/vSY6z57l6V — Religion News Service (@RNS) October 23, 2018 Suggested Reading for the best understanding of personal religion in the 21st century Deciding […]
Wildlife Photographer of the Year: Gazing monkeys image wins
Source: BBC By Jonathan Amos; BBC Science Correspondent Two snub-nosed monkeys are pictured resting on a stone and staring intently into the distance. What are they looking at, and what are […]
Documentaries about the Nobel Laureate: Dr. Abdus Salam
Mohammad Abdus Salam[4][5][6] NI, SPk, KBE (/sæˈlæm/; Punjabi, Urdu: عبد السلام, pronounced [əbd̪ʊs səlaːm]; 29 January 1926 – 21 November 1996),[7] was a Pakistani theoretical physicist. He shared the 1979 Nobel Prize in Physics with Sheldon Glashow and Steven Weinberg for his contribution to the electroweak unification theory.[8] He was the […]
Khashoggi murder ‘planned days in advance” – Turkey’s Erdogan
Related Topics Jamal Khashoggi death Image copyrightAFPImage captionThe search for evidence moved to an underground car park in Istanbul on Monday The killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi was planned days […]
Erdoğan says Saudi team planned Khashoggi murder – as it happened
The Turkish president has addressed parliament on the death of the murdered Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi Play Video 0:40 Jamal Khashoggi: Turkish president says journalist’s death is a ‘political […]
Belief is back: why the world is putting its faith in religion
Source: Guardian By Neil MacGregor, who was the director of the British Museum between 2002-2015. He is the author of A History of the World in 100 Objects and Living […]
Bible Museum says five of its Dead Sea Scrolls are fake
Image copyrightEPA A US Bible museum has removed fragments of what it believed were part of the Dead Sea Scrolls from display, after tests suggested they were forgeries. The Museum […]
Thousands of Canada’s indigenous children died in church-run boarding schools. Where are they buried?
Source: The Washington Post By Amanda Coletta TORONTO — Armed with everything from school attendance records to drones, researchers across Canada are racing to shed light on a bleak part of the […]
Mount Athos, a Male-Only Holy Retreat, Is Ruffled by Tourists and Russia
Source: The New York Times By Neil MacFarquhar MOUNT ATHOS, Greece — The skulls, lined up five deep on wooden shelves, date back hundreds of years, with the names of […]
Birth of a new Ukrainian church brings fears of violence
Source: Associated Press By YURAS KARMANAU KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — The rough-looking young men brought clubs and brass knuckles to the Pechersk Monastery in Kiev , one of Orthodox Christianity’s most important […]
Row over Muslim scholar’s invitation to preach at Anglican service
Source: The Guardian By Harriet Sherwood, Religion correspondent Blog claims sermon by imam at Oxford church contrary to ‘sacred act of divine worship’ in keeping with C of E rites An […]
Coalition airstrike targets mosque used by Islamic State
Source: Associated Press By LOLITA C. BALDOR AL-UDEID AIR BASE, Qatar (AP) — An airstrike by the U.S.-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group targeted a mosque in Syria last […]
Young Catholics urge Vatican to issue inclusive LGBT message
Source: Associated Press By NICOLE WINFIELD VATICAN CITY (AP) — Catholic bishops are entering their final week of debate over hot-button issues facing young Catholics, including how the church should […]
Australia’s Jerusalem ploy fails to avoid by-election beating, risks Muslim backlash
Source: Reuters By Tom Westbrook , Colin Packham SYDNEY (Reuters) – In the kosher cafes of Sydney’s east, Australia’s surprise move to mull recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital won some […]