Europe’s perplexed Pakistanis
Source: Dawn News BY Pervez Hoodbhoy PAKISTANI immigrants to Europe tend to get a bad press. I was, therefore, pleasantly surprised by my brief encounter in Stockholm three weeks ago with […]
A Pastor Pushes Forward as a Drought Threatens His Town and His Church
Source: The New York Times By Rick Rojas WEE WAA, Australia — The Rev. Bernard Gabbott bumped along on a road so remote the asphalt had given way to gravel, […]
Indonesian officials fear 5,000 missing as Christians pray
Source: Associated Press By STEPHEN WRIGHT and EILEEN NG PALU, Indonesia (AP) — Christians dressed in their tidiest clothes flocked to Sunday sermons in the earthquake and tsunami damaged Indonesian […]
Con Man Claimed to ‘Cure’ Childless Women. Blackmail Followed, Then Bodies.
Source: The New York Times By Najim Rahim and Mujib Mashal MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan — For years, Rasool Landay went from place to place in northern Afghanistan, offering a very specialized and in-demand service: […]
Bulgarian Church turns down Russia’s call for debate on Ukraine
Source: Reuters SOFIA (Reuters) – The Bulgarian Orthodox Church on Friday turned down a call by the Russian Patriarch to hold talks to discuss a bid by the Ukrainian church […]
UK dropped objection to death penalty for Isis suspects ‘to appease US’
Source: The Guardian By Owen Bowcott Legal affairs correspondent The home secretary, Sajid Javid, decided to cooperate with US authorities in the prosecution of two alleged Islamic State fighters, without assurances they would not […]
Romanian constitutional ban on same sex marriage fails on low vote turnout
Source: Reuters By Luiza Ilie BUCHAREST (Reuters) – A referendum to change Romania’s constitution to prevent same sex couples from securing the right to marry failed to draw enough voters […]
255 children under the age of 15 were abused by priests across Poland
Victims group in Poland maps 255 sex abuse cases by priests Source: Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A private foundation published a map Sunday showing where Catholic priests in […]
Pope OKs study of Vatican archives into McCarrick scandal
Source: Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has authorized a “thorough study” of Vatican archives into how a prominent American cardinal advanced through church ranks despite allegations that […]
Anglophones and Francophones still approach Islam differently
Source: The Economist IN BOTH internal and external affairs, every Western democracy is facing tricky questions over Islam. In this delicate area, domestic and foreign-policy questions can never be completely […]
Many Catholics Struggle to Keep the Faith
Source: The Wall Street Journal By Ian Lovett Megan McCabe was born into a Catholic family, attended Catholic high school and college, and now teaches at a Catholic university. But […]
Man claiming to be ’11th caliph’ in Khanewal held over blasphemy charges
Source: The Express Tribune Police in Khanewal on Monday arrested a man claiming to be a pir (faith healer) and put him behind bars on the charges of blasphemy. The arrest […]
Final call to save the world from ‘climate catastrophe’
Source: BBC News By Matt McGrath Environment correspondent, Incheon, South Korea It’s the final call, say scientists, the most extensive warning yet on the risks of rising global temperatures. Their dramatic report […]
Satan is attacking the Catholic Church
Source: CT The devil is alive and well and working overtime to undermine the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Francis says. In fact, the pope is so convinced that Satan is to blame for the sexual abuse crisis and deep divisions racking the Church that he has asked Catholics around the […]
Western countries must give Asia Bibi asylum, say Christian campaigners
Source: CT ReutersBibi’s daughters pose with an image of their mother while standing outside their residence in Sheikhupura located in Pakistan’s Punjab Province. Christians campaigning for the release of Asia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian woman on death row for blasphemy, are calling upon Western countries to offer her asylum. The […]
Khashoggi and bin Laden’s paths diverged
Source: CNN I first came to know Khashoggi when I was reporting on Osama bin Laden. As young men, Khashoggi and bin Laden knew each other well because Khashoggi was the first journalist from a major Arab news organization to profile bin Laden when he was fighting the Soviets in […]
Gadhafi’s Gold-money Plan Would Have Devastated Dollar
Written by Alex Newman It remains unclear exactly why or how the Gadhafi regime went from “a model” and an “important ally” to the next target for regime change […]
Islamic Finance A Potential Boost For Gold’s ‘Safe Haven’ Status
Leslie Shaffer in Singapore | @leslieshaffer1 | October 8, 2018 Gold has long been viewed as a safe-haven play, but despite recent geopolitical turmoil and market fluctuations, the precious metal […]
I was an Isis sex slave. I tell my story because it is the best weapon I have
Source: The Guardian By Nadia Murad Nobel peace prize winner Nadia Murad describes her extraordinary journey from suffering at the hands of Islamic State to human rights campaigner The slave market […]
Constantine the African and the Qayrawani doctors
Constantine the African and the Qayrawani doctors: Contribution of the ‘Phoenicians’ of North Africa to Latin Medicine in the Middle Ages and Renaissance by: Charles Burnett When a sixteenth-century medical […]