All roads lead to Moscow
Jul 18,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Michael Jansen The most positive statement by US President Donald Trump at the news conference following his one-on-one meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin […]
Is China’s atheist Communist Party trying to eradicate Islam?
Source: South China Morning Post In a west China city, Muslim children have been banned from religious activity, while authorities have curtailed the number of people over 16 allowed to […]
Belgium struggles to manage its burgeoning Islamic scene
Source: The Economist As Donald Trump stormed through Brussels this week, alternatively dishing out anti-European tirades and paeans of fawning praise, he had little time to mingle with the city’s […]
Duterte vs. God
Source: Foreign Policy By Emily Schultheis Relatives of people killed during the anti-drug operation participate in a Catholic-led protest in Manila on November 5, 2017. (NOEL CELIS/AFP/Getty Images) MANILA, Philippines […]
Creating God
Source: NPR BY Shankar Vedantam ,Laura Kwerel,Tara Boyle ,Rhaina Cohen,Parth Shah,Lucy Perkins and Jennifer Schmidt Let’s take a moment to go back in time. For most of human history, we […]
Want to understand Islamic extremism? The answer isn’t in Islam — it’s in the Cold War.
Source: The Washington Post Recent years have witnessed a surge of interest in political Islam and jihadist violence. An array of commentators have sought to link contemporary groups such as […]
The Taliban Has Used Islam as a Weapon of War. This Is How Afghanistan Can Use It for Peace
Source: Time By Tariq Ali Bakhiet Ambassador Tariq Ali Bakhiet is the Director General of Political Affairs for the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, the second-largest intergovernmental body in the world; […]
Russian pilgrims mark 100th anniversary of czar’s execution
Source: Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Thousands of Russian pilgrims have walked in a procession marking the 100th anniversary of the execution of Czar Nicholas II and his family. Russia’s […]
Controversial climate fix poses new question: Is geoengineering playing God?
Source: Religion News Service BY Rosalie Chan (RNS) By now it is abundantly clear that religious groups have taken a stand on the moral necessity of combating climate change. Pope […]
These Women Were Told Not to Play Soccer. Instead They Formed a Team.
Source: The New York Times By Shannon Sims Photographs by Nichole Sobecki JUMBI, ZANZIBAR — “People have tried to stop me from playing,” said Riziki Abdallah, sitting in her mother’s […]
Jehovah’s Witnesses, Fleeing Russia Crackdown, Seek Shelter in Finland
Source: The New York Times By Andrew Higgins TURKU, Finland — Sergey Avilkin, one of the hundreds of Russians now sheltering in Finland to avoid arrest as “extremists” in […]
Late Mother Teresa’s Order Investigated For Child Trafficking In India
Source: NPR BY Scott Neuman India has ordered its state governments to inspect child care facilities run by the Missionaries of Charity — the Roman Catholic order founded by Mother […]
India’s top court calls for new law to curb mob violence
Source: Associated Press By AIJAZ HUSSAIN NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s highest court on Tuesday asked the federal government to consider enacting a law to deal with an increase in […]
Chief rabbi: Labour should toughen up anti-Semitism code
Source: BBC News The chief rabbi has said Labour will be “on the wrong side” of the fight against racism unless it toughens up its anti-Semitism code of conduct. Ephraim […]
Pakistan general elections: US-designated terror group Harkat-ul-Mujahideen announces support for Imran Khan’s PTI
World Press Trust of India Jul 18, 2018 Islamabad: Fazlur Rehman Khalil, the founder of Harkat-ul-Mujahideen (HuM) terrror group and a US-designated global terrorist with links to al-Qaeda, on Tuesday […]
Pakistan’s Religious Alliance Not Conducive to Coming Elections
Published July 18th, 2018 Pakistan’s election campaign fever (Twitter) Rahimullah Yusufzai Things are not that conducive for the five-party religious alliance Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) in the upcoming elections, compared to […]
Death Descends on Pakistan
By Tarek Fatah https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/fatah-death-descends-on-pakistan The nuclear state of Pakistan is going through a farcical election in which hundreds have died at the hands of government-backed jihadi death squads, tens of thousands have disappeared, feared kidnapped and killed by security agencies. At the same time, Pakistan’s newspapers and TV networks face a crackdown […]
Pakistan: Ahmadis won’t vote on 25th: spokesperson
LAHORE: Spokesperson for the Ahmadiyya Community in Pakistan Saleem-ud-Din has dissociated the community from the upcoming general elections. He said though the elections are ostensibly being held under a joint […]
Why Worry About a National Identity?” Why Pluralism and Individualism Makes Canada More Than Just Another Country
Home » Canada » Why Worry About a National Identity?” Why Pluralism and Individualism Makes Canada More Than Just Another Country Posted by Matthew McManus on Jul 11, 2018 in […]
What Do Quakers Believe?
Submitted by QICadmin on Thu, 2011-05-26 The links below on this page will connect you with some descriptions of Quaker beliefs as expressed by different branches of the Society of […]