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By Zia H Shah on October 1, 2018 • ( Leave a comment )

Romania: Broadcast of same-sex marriage debate interrupted

Source: Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romania’s national broadcaster apologized Saturday after a studio camera operator interrupted a live TV debate on a referendum seeking to ban same-sex marriage. TVR1 said sorry to viewers after a broadcast was interrupted when a technical staff member used “inappropriate language,” during a […]

By Zia H Shah on October 1, 2018 • ( Leave a comment )

Brazil’s growing evangelical movement to shape election

Source: DW Brazil once had the reputation of being the most Catholic country in the world. With the exception of General Ernesto Geisel, an evangelical Christian who ruled the country […]

By Zia H Shah on October 1, 2018 • ( Leave a comment )

Vatican deal with Beijing leaves some key questions unresolved

Source: Reuters BY Greg Torode, Philip Pullella HONG KONG/VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – A landmark deal between China’s leaders and the Vatican over the appointment of bishops has been struck without Beijing […]

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Pope Defrocks Fernando Karadima, Priest at Center of Abuse Outrage in Chile Image

Source: The New York Times By Pascale Bonnefoy   SANTIAGO, Chile — Pope Francis has defrocked a once-prominent priest whose case has been at the center of public outrage about clerical […]

By Zia H Shah on October 1, 2018 • ( Leave a comment )

Religious freedom for me, but not for thee

Source: The Washington Post By Katherine Franke September 28 Katherine Franke is the Sulzbacher Professor of Law, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Columbia University, where she also directs the Center for Gender […]

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The Satanic Verses sowed the seeds of rifts that have grown ever wider

Source: The Guardian BY Kenan Malik Thirty years ago last week, Salman Rushdie’s The Satanic Verses was published. Rushdie was then perhaps the most celebrated British novelist of his generation. His new […]

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China Uighurs: All you need to know on Muslim ‘crackdown’

Source: BBC News By Roland Hughes Image copyrightGETTY IMAGESImage captionA Muslim man leads the call to prayer in China’s Xinjiang province in 2008 China is facing growing criticism over its […]

By Zia H Shah on October 1, 2018 • ( Leave a comment )

As younger Catholics drift away, the church considers what works

Source: Boston Globe By Mark Arsenault GLOBE STAFF  SEPTEMBER 29, 2018 A member of the so-called Silent Generation and grandmother of 13, Mary Ann Keyes is the matriarch of a big Catholic family […]

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Sarah Palin’s son Track arrested on domestic violence charges

Source: MSN Kelly McCleary, CNN Sarah Palin’s oldest son, Track Palin, was arrested Friday on domestic violence charges, Alaska State Troopers said. Troopers responded to his home in Wasilla at […]

By Zia H Shah on October 1, 2018 • ( Leave a comment )

Flake says if FBI investigation finds Kavanaugh lied, nomination is over

Source: CNN By Kate Sullivan, CNN (CNN)Sens. Jeff Flake and Chris Coons said in an interview that aired Sunday that if the FBI investigation into sexual assault and misconduct allegations […]

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Landmark cancer therapy wins Nobel prize

Source: BBC Two scientists who discovered how to fight cancer using the body’s immune system have won the 2018 Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine. The work by James P […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on October 1, 2018 • ( Leave a comment )

Can Saudi Arabia play peacemaker in Afghanistan?

  NEWS OPINION Can Saudi Arabia play peacemaker in Afghanistan? RUPERT STONE  The Saudis are making moves in Afghanistan, courting the Taliban and trying to cement its role as a […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on October 1, 2018 • ( Leave a comment )

The Islamic Khilafat – Its Rise, Fall, and Re-emergence

Rafi Ahmad In this essay, we will examine the concept of the khilafat, its rise, fall, and reemergence, and discuss its relevance in modern times. The Arabic word khalifa means successor. […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on October 1, 2018 • ( 1 Comment )

Khilafat – successorship of prophethood

After Prophethood, Khilafat is the most important institution in Islam. Khulafa are ultimately appointed by God through His Divine guidance. Though Khilafat had disappeared, it has been re-established as prophecied […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on October 1, 2018 • ( 1 Comment )

The Shadowy Arms Trade: A Look Back at a Questionable Tank Deal

 An intermediary received a commission of almost $200 million for the sale of battle tanks to United Arab Emirates. Some of that money, though, may have been used to bribe […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on October 1, 2018 • ( 1 Comment )

Macedonia leader vows to press on with name change despite referendum failure

 Reuters International THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON SEPTEMBER 30, 2018   A man casts his ballot for the referendum in Macedonia on changing the country’s name that would open the […]

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DUTCH FM BENT RULES IN AWARDING HUMAN RIGHTS AWARD TO CONTROVERSIAL PRINCE: REPORT

By Janene Pieters on September 4, 2018   Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein. Photo: Foreign and Commonwealth Office / Wikimedia Commons The usual procedure was deviated from in awarding the Human […]

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Former U.N. Human Rights Chief Outlines The State Of The Geopolitical Climate

  September 18, 20184:37 PM ET Heard on All Things Considered NPR’s Audie Cornish speaks with Zeid Raad Al Hussein, who recently stepped down from his United Nations post, about […]

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Ahmadiyya scholars for ban on ‘nikah halala’

 Vishal Joshi Tribune News Service Kurukshetra, September 30 Welcoming the Centre’s approval of an ordinance making instant triple talaq a punishable offence, scholars from the Ahmadiyya sect demanded government’s intervention […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on October 1, 2018 • ( 1 Comment )

Pakistani Government Removes Ahmadi Economist From Advisory Council

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