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 […]
Ladies’ side Jalsa Salana Germany 2018
Atia Nuur Ahmad-Hubsch Sadr Lajna Imaillah Germany The 43rd Jalsa Salana Germany 2018 took place on 7-9 September 2018 in Karlsruhe. Undoubtedly the highlight of the Jalsa Salana was that […]
World Day of Peace
Let us become channels of peace 2018-09-20 Tomorrow is the United Nations World Day of Peace and we all need to be channels of peace though the big powers like […]
Trump’s trade war will do not good – but neither will going back to the status quo
Your editorial reflects widespread sentiment about the manifold idiosyncrasies of Trump’s economic policy – if policy is the mot juste. What you neglect to mention is that American economic hegemony was […]
Beyond the Muslim identity crisis
Culture & Entertainment 03 September 2018 Image via The Muslim Vibe A Dominant Islamophobic NarrativeWe hear the same story told again and again in the media and from certain politicians, every […]
Philanthropy Bets Big on Sustainable Development Goals
An international roster of donors has dispersed billions of dollars since 2000 to address social issues targeted by the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. Their efforts highlight four ways that big bets can achieve big social change. By Kim Ogden, Sridhar Prasad & Roger Thompson Sep. 18, 2018 The United […]
News Analysis: U.S. role as Mideast peacemaker “gone”: analysts
Source: Xinhua| 2018-09-16 by Mahmoud Fouly CAIRO, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) — The recent and recurrent decisions made by the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump against the Palestinians and […]
How Karen Armstrong became a ‘freelance monotheist’
Source: Lancaster Online By Diane Bitting The religious scholar and author sat down to talk about other issues following her April 11 talk at Elizabethtown College. Following her talk “Leading […]
WHEN IS ASHURA? MUSLIMS COMMEMORATE MARTYRDOM OF THE PROPHET’S GRANDSON
BY NICOLE ROJAS ON 9/19/18 Muslims around the world will celebrate the holiday of Ashura, an Islamic holiday that commemorates the martyrdom of Imam Hussein ibn Ali, a grandson of […]
How Sweden hopes to get more foreign-born residents voting
Catherine Edwards catherine.edwards@thelocal.com @CatJREdwards 31 August 2018 Choosing from ballot papers during the early voting period. Photo: Hanna Franzén/TT When Sweden holds its general election in less than two […]