Cambridge Analytica’s Parent Company Helped Shape Saudi Arabia’s Reform Movement
Source: The New York Times By Danny Hakim The price of oil was in free fall and a youthful population restive. So the government of Saudi Arabia turned in […]
Never again: Pope denounces ‘culture of abuse, cover-up’
Source: Associated Press By NICOLE WINFIELD and EVA VERGARA VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis became the first pope to publicly denounce a “culture of abuse and cover-up” in the Catholic Church, saying Thursday he was ashamed that neither he nor Chile’s Catholic leaders truly ever listened to victims as […]
Rabbinical court in Israel rejects ‘liberal’ American rabbis
Source: Religion News Service By Michele Chabin Students attend a lecture at Yeshivat Chovevei Torah, located at the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale. Photo courtesy of Yeshivat Chovevei Torah JERUSALEM (RNS) […]
Jeremy Corbyn’s views ‘could drive Jewish people from UK’
Source: The Guardian By Jessica Elgot British Jews are asking ‘Do we have a future?’ says outgoing president of board of deputies Jonathan Arkush speaks to reporters after the meeting […]
Faith-based groups ‘increasingly stepping in to plug gaps in NHS’
Source: The Guardian By Nicola Slawson Faith-based organisations are increasingly stepping in to support the overstretched NHS, research has found. More than 3,500 churches and 200,000 volunteers are working on […]
Crosses Go Up in Public Offices. It’s Culture, Bavaria Says, Not Religion.
Source: The New York Times By Katrin Bennhold DEGGENDORF, Germany — When the order came to hang a cross in the entrance of every state building in Bavaria, the mayor […]
Killings by Belgian inmate treated as terror; IS claims role
Source: Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — A Belgian prison inmate who killed four people while on furlough committed “terrorist murder” and likely intended to cause more harm, prosecutors said Wednesday […]
Quebec mosque attack survivors demand ban on assault weapons
Source: Aljazeera By Jillian Kestler-D’Amours Montreal, Canada – Boufeldja Benabdallah knows the shooting at his mosque could have been much worse. When a gunman entered the largest mosque in […]
For some French officials, the headscarf is such a threat they are attacking a teenager
Source: The Washington Post by James McAuley PARIS — She is a 19-year-old student union president who never wanted to be a culture warrior. But this is France, and Maryam […]
The Mali ‘Spider-Man’ Was Offered French Citizenship. What About the Muslim Migrants Who Aren’t Superheroes?
Source: Time By H.A. Hellyer Hellyer is a senior non-resident fellow at the Atlantic Council and the Royal United Services Institute in London, and the author of “A Revolution Undone: […]
Danish parliament bans the wearing of face veils in public
Source: Reuters BY Emil Gjerding Nielson, Teis Jensen COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Denmark has banned the wearing of face veils in public, joining France and other European countries in outlawing the […]
Tolerance and terror: Islam in Indonesia’s Reformasi era
By Max Walden | 29th May 2018 | @maxwalden_ A Muslim man reads the Koran as he waits for iftar, during the holy fasting month of Ramadan at Istiqlal Mosque […]
Pakistan’s Ahmadi Inquisition
Source: The Daily Times By Busharat Elahi Jamil This dark episode of Spanish history is repeating itself in Pakistan In the 15th Century, the Catholic Monarch Ferdinand II and Isabella […]
Trump hits allies with metal tariffs; Mexico, EU and Canada vow to retaliate
Source: CNN The trade penalties, 25% on imported steel and 10% on imported aluminum, take effect at midnight, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross told reporters Thursday. Mexico, the EU and Canada immediately announced plans to retaliate with their own tariffs against American products. Trump announced worldwide steel and aluminum tariffs in […]
Burqa bans, headscarves and veils: a timeline of legislation in the west
Source: Guardian By Matthew Weaver, who received the digital editorial individual award at the AOP awards 2010. Before joining the Guardian website in 2001 he was news editor of the […]
Pew Research Center Revealing the Secrets to the Muslim Integration in Europe
Median % across 15 Western European countries who say ____ is important to truly share their national identity: Respecting national institutions/laws 94% Speaking national language 87% Having ancestry there 53% […]
Japan’s Buddhist temples to offer rooms to rent after law change
Source: The Telegraph BY Danielle Demetriou The words “spiritual” and “spartan” are not often used to describe properties listed on Airbnb. They are, however, more likely to crop up following […]
Iceland’s Zuist religion apply for permit to build a temple in Reykjavik
Source: Iceland Monitor The Zuist society, founded in 2016 now wish to build a temple in Reykjavik. Leader Águst Arnar Ágústsson says it’s been his dream to build a temple […]
Indonesian designer Anniesa Hasibuan jailed for fraud
Source: BBC News A leading fashion designer, who made history at New York Fashion Week by having all her models wear headscarves, has been jailed for 18 years for fraud. […]
Australian Catholic Church to enter into redress scheme for sex abuse survivors
Source: Reuters MELBOURNE (Reuters) – The Australian Catholic Church has committed to taking part in a new national redress scheme for survivors of institutional child sexual abuse, two top religious […]