Republican tax law hits churches
Source: Politico Republicans have quietly imposed a new tax on churches, synagogues and other nonprofits, a little-noticed and surprising change that could cost some groups tens of thousands of dollars. […]
Southern Baptist Head Urges Evangelicals To Avoid Political Ideology Amid Crossroads
Source: NPR BY Tori Whitley Newly elected Southern Baptist Convention President Pastor J. D. Greear is taking over as leader of the biggest Protestant denomination in the U.S. at an […]
Being human
Source: ET We have strange notions of accountability in Pakistan. We are not satisfied with audit reports or bureaucratic mechanisms that give holistic accounts of performance. No, we enjoy a good berating. The more humiliating the better. Extra points if it is done in front of television cameras and is […]
Immigrant children: Federal judge orders families separated at border be reunited within 30 days
Source: USA Today BY Doug Stanglin, USA TODAY A federal judge in California has ordered U.S. immigration authorities to reunite separated families on the border within 30 days, describing the Trump administration’s handling of […]
Pakistan placed on FATF grey list
Source: Dawn WASHINGTON: Pakistan was officially placed on a terrorism financing watchdog’s grey list on Wednesday, failing the country’s efforts to avoid the designation, diplomatic sources claimed. The report could not be confirmed independently and the FATF did not make an official announcement till late in night. The sources said […]
Why Christians and atheists both need to lose their prejudices
Source: Christian Today By Krish Kandiah I have read quite a lot of books by atheists about Christians. They make tough reading. Sometimes I feel like I have gone 10 rounds in a boxing ring with Mike Tyson with my hands tied behind my back. Arguments, criticisms, personal attacks punch […]
Supreme Court ruling on equal civil partnerships is a ‘fundamental attack on marriage’
Source: CT Their barrister Karon Monaghan QC told the court they had ‘deep-rooted and genuine ideological objections to marriage’. Civil partnerships have been available to same-sex couples since 2004 and offer the same legal and financial protection to couples as marriage. The decision to legalise same-sex marriage in 2014 means […]
Iran’s power struggle plays out in Tehran’s Grand Bazaar
Source: CNN By Nick Paton Walsh and Shirzad Bozorgmehr Tehran (CNN)A series of largely economic protests have unsettled Iran’s capital Tehran, mostly focused around traders in the Grand Bazaar and […]
Bernie Sanders: Sarah Sanders has the right to ‘go into a restaurant and have dinner’
Source: Msn News By: Justin Wise Sen Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Wednesday came to the defense of White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, saying individuals should “have the right to […]
Iran: Khamenei urges judiciary to confront those who harm economy
Source: Al Jazeera News Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has warned against those “who disrupt economic security”, threatening legal action in response to economic protests that began on Monday […]
EU deeply divided over migration as key summit nears
Source: Al Jazeera News by Annette Ekin Brussels – The European Union’s 28 leaders are expected to meet for the European Council in Brussels on Thursday and Friday to discuss migration, […]
Racist attacks in Italy: ‘The problem did not start today’
Source: Al Jazeera News by Ylenia Gostoli Rome, Italy – At the end of another day of rallies and public speeches, Aboubakar Soumahoro’s phone doesn’t stop ringing as his meetings pile […]
Facebook ends initiative to provide wireless internet via drones
Source: Al Jazeera News Facebook has cancelled its Project Aquila, a programme to develop drones to deliver high-speed internet to remote areas currently not connected to the internet. According to Facebook, […]
For the Forty Percent Europeans, Who Don’t Believe in a Soul
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times According to the Pew Research Center, majorities in most countries agree with the idea that they […]
South Sudan rivals agree to ‘permanent’ ceasefire
Source: Al Jazeera News South Sudan President Salva Kiir and his rival Riek Machar have agreed to a “permanent” ceasefire to take effect within 72 hours, raising hopes of a peace deal to end […]
UN top court begins hearing Qatar lawsuit against UAE
Source: Al Jazeera News The International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague has begun hearing a lawsuit by Qatar against the United Arab Emirates (UAE), over a now year-long blockadeagainst […]
‘Green gold’: Pakistan plants hundreds of millions of trees
Source: Al Jazeera News The change is drastic: around the region of Heroshah, previously arid hills are now covered with forest as far as the horizon. In northwestern Pakistan, hundreds […]
The racist myth of the ‘physical’ African football team
Source: Al Jazeera News by James Yeku I love listening to white men, especially old white men, talk about black athletes during major global sporting events. I have been following […]
Saudis arrest another women’s right activist
Source: Al Jazeera News Saudi Arabia has arrested Hatoon al-Fassi, a Saudi women’s rights activist and writer, as part of its crackdown on activists in the kingdom, a human rights group […]
Poland parliament approves change to controversial holocaust law
Source: Al Jazeera News Poland‘s parliament approved on Wednesday changes to a controversial bill that imposed fines and prescribed a maximum three-year sentence to anyone found guilty of ascribing “responsibility or co-responsibility […]