Suu Kyi says outside hate narratives driving Myanmar tension
Source: Associated Press YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — A social media account run by the office of Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi quotes her as saying that “hate narratives from […]
China: new rules to prevent sex-selective abortions raise fears
Source: The Guardian By Lily Kuo New rules restricting abortions in a Chinese province have prompted concern from citizens and activists over state control of women’s bodies. Jiangxi province issued […]
British milestones in Holy Land set traditional foundation for royal visit
Source: Reuters JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Prince William will become on Monday the first British royal to pay an official visit to Israel and the Palestinian Territories, 70 years after British […]
Palestinians and Israelis remember life under British rule
Source: Reuters BY Maayan Lubell, Rinat Harash JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Prince William’s tour of Israel and the Palestinian Territories is the first official visit by a member of the royal family, […]
Church of England’s 2010 abuse inquiry was ‘flawed’ and ‘failed’
Source: BBC News By Donna Birrell & Alex Strangwayes-Booth & Steve Swann The Church of England “botched” its investigation into alleged cases of abuse, a report’s author has said. Sir […]
USA: Concluding Dars-ul-Quran & prayers at Masjid Mahmood
“All blessings with Ahmadiyya Muslim Community are by the Khilafate Ahmadiyyat” said Imam Shamshad Report by Muhammad Ahmad, Detriot Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of Rochester Hills, Michigan concluded the Holy month of Ramadhan on Thursday, June 14, 2018, with Dars-ul-Quran and silent prayers led at Masjid Mahmood by Imam Shamshad Nasir, […]
Jordan’s Civil Society Comes of Age
Published on June 20, 2018 Brian Frydenborg Published Author. Independent Analyst. Consultant in International Affairs/Development/Aid/, NGOs/Politics/Policy/Media. 146 articles It seems most people—including many Jordanians—have failed to realize how wonderful the […]
From Timbuktu, with love
Over 800,000 select manuscripts from this historic city are travelling to raise awarness on Africa’s written heritage The 16th century HolyQuran is an illuminatedcopy that includesnotices of ownershipand purchase […]
Who is the champion of the pious in Turkey?
MERYEM İLAYDA ATLAS @miailayda Election posters of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) decorate a street in İstanbul, June 6. The opposition has […]
Hungarian STOP Soros laws are openly xenophobic – U.N.’s Zeid
Reuters International This content was published on June 21, 2018 Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein in Geneva, Switzerland June 18, 2018. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse (reuters_tickers) GENEVA (Reuters) – New Hungarian laws that criminalise […]
British milestones in Holy Land set traditional foundation for royal visit
Reuters International This content was published on June 21, 2018 The entrance of British forces under British General Edmund Hynman Allenby to Jerusalem is seen in this December 11, 1917 […]
Jordan: All cancer patients will be insured
By JT – Jun 22,2018 – JORDAN TIMES AMMAN —The Cabinet, upon the recommendation of Health Minister Mahmoud Sheyyab, decided on Thursday to cover all patients diagnosed with cancer with […]
War-war and jaw-jaw
Jun 22,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Jonathan Power Give the man a break. US President Donald Trump found out in Singapore that, as Churchill said, “Jaw-Jaw is better than War-War.” […]
Countries wanting to tackle migration should follow Switzerland’s lead and boost local economies rather than punish individuals
Switzerland wants to give Tunisians an incentive to stay home rather than leave for Europe, but instead of building walls it’s investing in promoting tourism to the region to create jobs […]
In the land of the massacres, the very last Armenians have been finally been found
Avedis Hadjian, author of “Secret Nation: The Hidden Armenians of Turkey”, sometimes appears out of breath, exhausted by his attempts to find his people’s ancestors and descendants Robert Fisk @indyvoices The Independent […]
Can former Lebanese MP Mustafa Alloush turn even the coldest of Middle Eastern sceptics into an optimist?
Bullet holes still blister the buildings and army checkpoints control the roads up to the Alawite Jabel Mohsen district, but Alloush spots an illusory element about all this Robert Fisk […]
Three men indicted for Minnesota mosque bombing
Source: Reuters (Reuters) – Three men from a rural community in Illinois were indicted on Thursday and charged for the 2017 bombing of a mosque outside Minneapolis, U.S. prosecutors said. […]
Faith Leaders Say Sikh Refugees and Others in Oregon Prison Are Being Denied Access to Religious Services
Source: WILLAMETTE WEEK By Frankie Benitez | Religious leaders from the Interfaith Movement for Immigrant Justice today denounced the treatment of the 123 immigrants detained in a federal prison in Sheridan, […]
A battle over ‘Catholic identity’ at Catholic University of America
Source: Religion News Service BY Jack Jenkins WASHINGTON (RNS) — In February 2012, about a year after John Garvey was named 15th president of the Catholic University of America, Stephen […]
Muted reaction by ‘pro-family’ groups to family separations
Source: Associated Press By DAVID CRARY Even as many religious organizations, from liberal to conservative, denounced the Trump administration’s policy of separating immigrant families at the U.S.-Mexico border, some major […]