A bus rider tells a woman in a head scarf ‘ICE should take her kids away’
By Amanda Jackson and Steve Almasy, CNN (CNN) A woman wearing a Muslim head scarf on a New York transit bus going to Staten Island was subject to racial taunts […]
Women Are Buying Up Plan B Because They’re Terrified of the Future Supreme Court
Source: Time By JULIA GLUM July 11, 2018 Within hours of Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy’s retirement announcement last month, Emily Hauser was standing at a drugstore counter asking a pharmacist for two […]
Is Hummus Actually Healthy? Here’s What the Experts Say
Source: Time By SOPHIA GOTTFRIED Hummus, the chickpea-based dip that’s a staple in many Middle Eastern cuisines, is on the rise in the U.S. Multiple factors are fueling its growing popularity, according […]
Pizza Chain Papa John’s Founder John Schnatter Resigns After Using a Racial Slur
Source: Associated Press By ASSOCIATED PRESS Papa John’s says founder John Schnatter has resigned as chairman of the board. The company made the announcement late Wednesday, hours after Schnatter apologized for […]
‘NATO Is Much Stronger Now’: Trump Claims Victory After Contentious Summit
Source: Time By TESSA BERENSON/BRUSSELS As a contentious North Atlantic Treaty Organization summit in Brussels began to wind down on Thursday, President Donald Trump claimed victory over defense spending and reaffirmed […]
Thailand cave: Museum and film in the works for Tham Luang
Source: BBC News The cave complex in northern Thailand where 12 boys and their football coach were trapped for more than two weeks is set to be turned into a […]
Sadiq Khan: The Man Who Curtailed Trump’s Big Visit To London
Source: Huffington Post By Rachel Wearmouth The Mayor of London was recently asked what he would do were Donald Trump to visit his city. Sadiq Khan, the first Muslim to lead not […]
Multiracial churches increase as blacks, whites learn to worship together
Source: Religion News Service BY Adelle M. Banks (RNS) — For two and a half years, Ja’mel Armstrong and Matt Ness have jointly led One Church, a congregation striving to be […]
Meet the Sudanese pastor of a ‘refugee church’ in Bucharest
Source: Aljazeera By Lorelei Mihala 8 Jul 2018 Bucharest, Romania – In the basement of a new building in Giulesti, a neighbourhood on the periphery of Bucharest, pastor Peter Rong […]
Sri Lankan Buddhist monk strangles officer who tries to arrest him – police
Source: Reuters COLOMBO (Reuters) – A 37-year-old Sri Lankan Buddhist monk on Tuesday assaulted and strangled a police officer who sought to arrest him on a warrant for alleged sexual […]
Germany’s Thilo Sarrazin in court over controversial book on Islam
Source: DW His controversial views have stirred much debate in Germany. Now Thilo Sarrazin has written a new book about Islam – and is battling his erstwhile publisher in court […]
Buddhist leader facing sexual misconduct allegations is ‘embarrassed and thoroughly apologetic’
Source: The Star Halifax By Brett Bundale HALIFAX—International Buddhist leader Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche is apologizing for the “pain, confusion and anger” sweeping through the Shambhala community amid sexual misconduct allegations […]
Vatican drafting guidelines on proper uses for sold churches
Source: Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican is drafting guidelines to help Catholic dioceses find appropriate ways to decommission unneeded churches so they don’t end up as discos, […]
C of E to create 100 new churches as number of Anglicans hits new low
Source: The Guardian BY Harriet Sherwood Religion correspondent The Church of England will create more than 100 new churches to “revive the Christian faith in coastal areas, market towns and […]
Saudi bid to protect pre-Islamic sites upends religious dictates
Source: Reuters BY Stephen Kalin RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia is preserving pre-Islamic heritage sites, like a date palm oasis from the Stone Age, in a break with the austere […]
What’s in a name? Episcopalians move to change their words for God
Source: Religion News Service By Eileen Flynn AUSTIN, Texas (RNS) — For some watching (and blogging and tweeting) the debate on the floor of the Episcopal Church’s triennial General Convention this […]
Accused mosque burner’s own words part of trial
Source: San Antonio Express News By John MacCormack VICTORIA – When Kristopher Thompson’s parents told him on Jan.28, 2017 that the mosque in Victoria had just burned, his first impulse […]
10 Fabrications Muslim Leaders Need to Stop Making About Ahmadi Muslims
Source: Huffington Post By Qasim Rasheed It is no secret I’ve been critical of Muslim leadership for their deafening apathy and silence over the 125-year worldwide persecution of Ahmadi Muslims. […]
Bill allowing ‘Jewish-only’ towns sparks row in Israel
By AA – Jul 11,2018 – JORDAN TIMES A Palestinian man talks with a member of Israeli forces while Israeli forces remove a school, made of containers by Palestinians, with […]
Kurds must cut loose from the US to achieve a deal
Home » Opinion » Michael Jansen » Jul 11,2018 – JORDAN TIMES The Syrian Southern Front’s collapse was in the cards as soon as Syria’s army and air force backed […]