Can Iran stop the downward spiral of its currency?
Source: Al Jazeera News By Ted Regencia At the end of a tumultuous week, marked by a currency crunch and rare protests by vendors in Tehran, economists are urging Iran’s […]
UN warns of ‘catastrophe’ as 160,000 flee southern Syria push
Source: Al Jazeera News The United Nations has warned of a looming “catastrophe” in southern Syria, as it raised the number of people fleeing a fierce government offensive aimed at retaking […]
Pope replaces Australian prelate who opposes sex abuse norm
Source: Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Melbourne’s archbishop, who said he’d prefer jail to telling civil authorities about any sex abuse of […]
Banning the Uluru climb: ‘This rock means everything to us’
Source: BBC News For decades the Anangu people in central Australia have asked tourists not to climb Uluru, formerly known as Ayers Rock, because of its sacred value. From next […]
The Travel Ban, the Law, and What’s ‘Right’
Source: The Atlantic BY Shadi Hamid In January 2017, when President Donald Trump’s so-called Muslim ban was first announced, I was passionately against it. It was one of the most frightening textsI’ve […]
Orthodox rabbi chosen to lead multifaith California theological center
Source: Religion News Service BY Yonat Shimron (RNS) — Berkeley’s Graduate Theological Union, a multifaith consortium of research centers and seminaries, has selected the first non-Christian president in its history. Daniel […]
7 days in the dark: How the Thailand cave search unfolded
Source: CNN In the vigils that have grown with every day of fruitless searches, families and friends have prayed, made offerings, and held fast to the possibility of signs of life. Some, enduring the torture of such a long, silent wait, have collapsed in the mud with exhaustion, and been […]
Three babies dead, 100 missing in migrant shipwreck off Libya
Source: Dawn The lifeless bodies of three babies were brought ashore in Libya on Friday, victims of a Mediterranean migrant shipwreck in which survivors say 100 people are still missing. Around 120 migrants were aboard the inflatable craft when it ran into trouble, according to survivors taken to Al-Hmidiya, east […]
Pakistan: Ensure Ahmadi Voting Rights
Repeal Discriminatory Laws Against Religious Community Expand Women walk out of a community center of the Ahmadiyya community in Rabwah, Pakistan, October 19, 2017. © 2017 Reuters (New York) – The […]
Israel: Netanyahu targets Iran in bizarre football diplomacy video
By News Desk Published: June 29, 2018 6SHARES SHARE TWEET EMAIL SCREEN GRAB Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has lauded the world cup heroics of Iran by drawing parallels to anti-government protesters on the streets of Tehran, according to The Jerusalem Post. “You showed courage on the playing field and today you showed the same […]
Vatican: Pakistani priest appointed as cardinal in Vatican
By AFP / News Desk Published: June 29, 2018 Tribune.com.pk SHARE TWEET EMAIL Newly-appointed cardinal Joseph Coutts receives guests in Paul VI’s Hall at the Vatican following a consistory ceremony, June 28 2018. PHOTO: REUTERS VATICAN CITY: Pakistani Archbishop Joseph Coutts from Karachi on Thursday was appointed as a cardinal by Pope Francis. Coutts is one of the […]
King’s Cross Aga Khan Centre shows wonders of the Islamic world
Source: Evening Standard By Jonathan Prynn Britain’s largest collection of Islamic gardens, terraces and courtyards is to be opened today by Prince Charles at a new Muslim education hub in […]
UK welcomes His Highness the Aga Khan for the opening of new academic centre in London
Press release FCO Minister Lord Ahmad attends official opening of the new Aga Khan Centre. Published 26 June 2018 From: Department for International Development, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, and Lord […]
It Looks like Afghanistan and the Taliban May Try to End 17 Years of War
June 22, 2018 Could domestic politicians and the international community work to maintain this peace momentum? by Atta Nasib On June 7, Afghan president Ashraf Ghani made a powerful concession […]
Comparing faiths
Source: Dawn RELIGIOUS experience has been a profound phenomenon in human history in terms of holding beliefs, adopting a religious language, and interpreting the mundane and sacred. There is no one type of experience all religions universally acclaim, but a “variety of religious experiences”, as William James rightly demonstrates. Therefore, […]
Prince William visits Al Aqsa Mosque compound
Royalty caught in Mideast complicated politics as he calls Palestine a country By AFP – Jun 29,2018 – JORDAN TIMES Britain’s Prince William (2nd left), accompanied by a group including […]
Working for religious harmony
Jun 28,2018 – JORDAN TIMES In a world dominated by political events, wars, interstate conflicts, and even interfaith frictions and disharmony, it is refreshing and encouraging that His Majesty king […]
The ‘ultimate deal’ that Jared Kushner is proposing for Palestine would strip the people of all their dignity
Is there no humiliation left for the Palestinians? After Oslo, after the “two state solution”, after the years of Israeli occupation – of “Area A” and “Area C” to […]
Hassanabdal Cadet College was ‘first of its kind’
Source: Dawn By Amjad Iqbal Established in 1952 by Ayub Khan, the Hassanabdal Cadet College was the first quasi-military boarding school of its kind in Pakistan. The first principal of […]
US envoy urges Pakistan to stop protecting terrorists
Source: Associated Press By ASHOK SHARMA NEW DELHI (AP) — Nikki Haley, the U.S. envoy to the United Nations, said Thursday her country is urging Pakistan more strongly not to […]