John Bolton presided over anti-Muslim think tank
The content of the advocacy group Gatestone is part of an echo chamber that includes Russian media. by Heidi Przybyla / Apr.23.2018 / National security adviser John Bolton, second from […]
American finds spirituality in the air in first Ramadan in the UAE
Asfour enjoys festive lights and lanterns on the streets Image Credit: Published: 12:47 May 30, 2018 Binsal Abdul Kader, Senior Reporter Abu Dhabi: Jamil Asfour, 40, a digital […]
EU handouts not always the answer for Africa’s returning migrants
Sofia Christensen, Edward McAllister DAKAR (Reuters) – When Fatou Kine’s failed attempt to reach Europe left her jobless and penniless in Algeria, she turned to an agency she had heard […]
China orders crackdown on large outdoor religious statues
Source: Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China’s ruling Communist Party has ordered local governments to better regulate the construction of large outdoor religious statues amid increasing restrictions on religious expression […]
Australia’s New Rule for Asylum Seekers Makes Ramadan Even Harder
Source: The New York Times By Sarah Malik May 28, 2018 SYDNEY, Australia — For hundreds of Muslim asylum seekers being held in Australian detention facilities, Ramadan this year has […]
On Abortion Rights, Ireland Has Mirror Image in Conservative Poland
Source: The Wall Street Journal By Drew Hinshaw and Francis X. Rocca WARSAW, Poland—Ireland’s vote on Friday to legalize abortion echoed through another Roman Catholic-majority country in Europe, but one […]
Portugal considers allowing euthanasia, assisted suicide
Source: Associated Press By BARRY HATTON LISBON, Portugal (AP) — After legalizing abortion and same-sex marriage in recent times, Portuguese lawmakers will decide Tuesday on another issue that has brought […]
Fearing extremist violence, Egypt silences 20,000 storefront mosques
Source: Religion News Service By Jacob Wirtschafter and Amr El Tohamy CAIRO (RNS) – The Egyptian government has banned preaching at 20,000 mosques as a precautionary measure to prevent extremist […]
Egypt blocks YouTube over film denigrating prophet Muhammad
Source: The Guardian Egypt’s top administrative court ordered authorities to block video-sharing website YouTube for a month over a film denigrating Islam’s prophet Muhammad. The ruling on Saturday ends a […]
What Politics and Religion Could Learn From Science
Source: Slate Returning to a science conference after a few years of covering politics was jarring and instructive. By William Saletan Over my years as a journalist, I’ve written […]
Where Islam flourishes despite being half-underground
Source: The Economist ON A baking-hot Friday afternoon in the dusty Athenian district of Neos Kosmos, a cheerful assortment of (mostly male) worshippers greet one another in Arabic, Greek and […]
Trump exposes the hypocrisy of Christian Republicans
Source: The Washington Post By Michael Gerson Opinion writer Three recent news items: ● At the Catholic Prayer Breakfast in Washington, House Speaker Paul D. Ryan said: “We see moral […]
Irish vote shows need for new pro-life strategy
Source: Religion News Service By Thomas Reese (RNS) — The overwhelming vote in Ireland in favor of allowing access to abortion shows that the pro-life movement needs a new strategy. Trying […]
West missing out on communal activities like Ramadan fasting
Peter Welby May 29, 2018 As a Christian living in London, it is easy to forget that it is Ramadan. I keep offering Muslim colleagues coffee. It’s taken in good […]
Diplomatic Tensions Reception Grows Frosty for German Firms in Saudi Arabia
Following diplomatic discord between Berlin and Riyadh, contracts for German businesses in Saudi Arabia have been drying up. Is the crown prince punishing them? By Susanne Koelbl Daniel Pilar […]
Hero migrant ‘Spiderman’ joins Paris fire brigade as French citizenship awaits
FRENCH PRESS AGENCY – AFP PARIS Malian migrant Mamoudou Gassama arrives to receive his temporary residence permit at the Prefecture of Bobigny, northeast of Paris on May 29, 2018. (AFP […]
History will never let Donald Trump escape the shame of separating parents and children at the border
Trump has no shame, though hopefully the country as a whole will find its own and stop this barbarism at the border before more lives are ruined David Usborne @dusborne […]
Iran willing to push for ceasefire in Yemen talks with European powers
By Reuters – May 30,2018 – JORDAN TIMES Boys carry rifles as they attend a gathering held by women loyal to the Houthi movement to show their support in Sanaa, Yemen, on January 14 (Reuters file photo) ANKARA/PARIS — Iran and European powers have made good progress in talks to […]
Things I learned about Palestine while touring western nations
May 30,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Ramzi Baroud On February 20, 2018, I embarked on a global book tour that has, thus far, taken me to eight nations. The main […]
In the Middle East, Putin has a lot to thank Trump for right now
Once it was the State Department which called for ‘restraint on all sides’ – usually when the Israelis were invading or bombing Lebanon or Gaza – but now it’s the Kremlin […]