Ten things you never knew about peace
1. The theme this year is: The Right to Peace – The Universal Declaration of Human Rights at 70. 2. In 2015, the UN adopted “17 Sustainable Development Goals” of […]
UAE tolerance: Emirates is a country for all religions, races and people, says Sheikh Nayhan
Speaking on the International Day of Peace, the minister of tolerance also said the country works to resolve crises wherever it can The National September 21, 2018 Sheikh Nahyan bin […]
PAKISTAN: Intolerance, its flavours and justifications
Source: Daily Times But being a Muslim in Pakistan does not protect one from religious extremism. As I found out in 2013, when I started working as a relief doctor […]
India slams religious bias of ‘Naya Pakistan’ at UN
Atif Mian Atif Mian was identified by the IMF as one of the 25 young economists who will shape the global economy WRITTEN BY Sidhant Sibal Updated: Sep 20, 2018, […]
Failure of the multicultural project in Europe
Sep 20,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – AKRAN AL DEEK Europe seems to feed what Samuel Huntington called in his 1992 lecture “The clash of civilisations”: a myth that assumes cultural, […]
No more Palestinian refugees
Sep 20,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – GWYNNE DYER Who said this? “The weak crumble, are slaughtered and are erased from history while the strong, for good or for ill, survive. […]
I asked Israel’s only journalist in Palestine to show me something shocking – and this is what I saw
This is the old road from Ramallah to Jerusalem, lined with lost wealth and forgotten hopes and once-loved homes. They all now end, of course, at The Wall Robert Fisk in Bir […]
‘Suicider!’ Came the Warning. For Afghans, Wrestlers’ Deaths Resound.
ImageWrestlers gather at the Maiwand Wrestling Club in Kabul on Sept. 6, the morning after a suicide bomber killed as many as 30 there.CreditCreditWakil Kohsar/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images By […]
Don’t miss this event, at least get your youth in
Dr. Mike Ghouse is a speaker on Pluralism and is the founder president of the Center for Pluralism in Washington, DC. He is committed to building cohesive societies and offers pluralistic solutions on issues of the day. https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikeghouse/ Applications for The Global Youth Peace Conference is still open! The Center for […]
Everything you know about obesity is wrong
Source: Huffington Post For decades, the medical community has ignored mountains of evidence to wage a cruel and futile war on fat people, poisoning public perception and ruining millions of […]
At Yom Kippur, business leaders profit from reflecting on ethics
Source: Religion News Service BY Michele Chabin JERUSALEM (RNS) — Roughly one-sixth of the 613 commandments in the Torah, the Hebrew Scriptures, touch on business and monetary practices. The Talmud, the […]
Hit-and-run outside London mosque investigated as hate crime
Source: The Guardian BY Aamna Mohdin, Vikram Dodd and Jamie Grierson Three people have been injured after a car ploughed into a crowd outside a north London Islamic centre, in an incident that is being treated […]
Afghan Shi’ites brace for attacks ahead of Ashura celebration
Source: Reuters By Abdul Qadir Sediqi, James Mackenzie KABUL (Reuters) – Afghan police and volunteer groups of armed civilians tightened controls across the capital Kabul on Wednesday ahead of Ashura, the […]
Pope gives bishops more decision-making options
Source: Associated Press By NICOLE WINFIELD VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis decreed on Tuesday that ordinary Catholics should be consulted about issues facing the Catholic Church and that bishops […]
Pope role in study of Argentine sex abuse case in spotlight
Source: Associated Press By LUIS ANDRES HENAO and NICOLE WINFIELD BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Pope Francis’ role in Argentina’s most famous case of priestly sex abuse is coming under […]
India: Triple talaq or instant divorce now a criminal offence
Source: Al Jazeera By Zeenat Saberin New Delhi, India – India’s government on Wednesday decided to make the practice of instant triple talaq (divorce) a punishable offence through an executive order […]
Romania one of the few EU states to prohibit gay marriages
Romania sets date for referendum to block gay marriage Source: Reuters BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Romania set an Oct. 6-7 date for a referendum to change the constitutional definition of marriage […]
A Nuclear Bomb Inside the Vatican
Source: The New York Times By Jennifer Finney Boylan “What do you think?” I asked my wife, as I looked in the mirror. We were on our way to the Vatican. […]
What The Yom Kippur Fast Means To A Man Who’s Known Hunger
Source: NPR BY SARA TOTH STUB Editor’s note: This story was originally published in 2017 and has been republished with updates. For Rosh Hashana, more than 350 members of Uganda’s Namutumba Synagogue […]
These Are the Four Big Personality Types, According to Science
Source: Time By JAMIE DUCHARME Personality tests are beloved by high school guidance counselors and self-help book authors — but less so by many scientists. There’s controversy among them over whether clear-cut personality […]