Report examined findings of 26 royal commissions and inquiries from Australia, Ireland, the UK, Canada and Netherlands Melissa Davey @MelissaLDavey Wed 13 Sep 2017 A comprehensive study found mandatory celibacy […]
Council for Interreligious Dialogue aims to eradicate ‘fanatical discourse’ in the name of religion Anne-Bénédicte Hoffner Iraq April 25, 2018 Yazidis take part in a ceremony celebrating Charshama Sor (Red Wednesday), the […]
By Everett Rosenfeld Tuesday, Aug. 02, 2011 Mohammad Sajjad / AP After fasting through the day, Sunni Muslims may break their fast as soon as the daily maghrib prayer begins, […]
By Azadeh Moaveni Abdul Azis via Getty Images The father-in-law of the Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, a chauvinistic Sunni who aggressively persecuted his country’s Shiites and laid the grounds […]
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla A Tennessee man has pleaded guilty to using strips of bacon and anti-Muslim graffiti to vandalize an Islamic center in his state. Charles […]
Source: The Jerusalem Post Long-awaited draft legislation on Jewish conversion which is set to be presented to the prime minister in the next few days appears to be doomed to […]
Source: The Washington Post Brutally long working hours are not just the preserve of Japanese office workers and laborers. Now, a Buddhist monk who works at a temple on the […]
Source: Associated Press By ASHRAF SWEILAM and FARES AKRAM GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Palestinians resumed their fiery protests at Gaza’s border with Israel on Friday as a U.N. […]
Source: Reuters JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesian prosecutors on Friday sought the death penalty for radical Islamic cleric Aman Abdurrahman who is on trial accused of masterminding a series of attacks, […]
Source: Radio Free Asia The ruling Chinese Communist Party’s crackdown on Protestant churches continued on Thursday with warnings to churches in several provinces that they should shut down and the demolition of property funded by believers. A Christian church follower in the eastern province of Jiangxi said that a church […]
Source: The Guardian BY Harriet Sherwood Religion correspondent Archbishop says removal of C of E’s privileges is decision for parliament and people Justin Welby: ‘Would disestablishment be a disaster? No … Nothing’s […]
Source: Associated Press By NICOLE WINFIELD VATICAN CITY (AP) — In the biggest shake-up yet in the Catholic Church’s long-running sex abuse scandal, every active Chilean bishop offered to resign […]
Source: Associated Press By BRADY McCOMBS SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Top leaders from the NAACP and Mormon church on Thursday called for greater racial harmony and mutual respect following […]
Source: The Washington Post By Jill Jacobs As the United States opened its new embassy in Jerusalem on Monday, tens of thousands of Gazans gathered at their territory’s boundary fence to protest the loss […]
By Omar Said Posted: May 19, 2018 (Daily Bruin file photo) “Not even water?” This is one of the more persistent questions people ask me – and many other Muslims […]
Source: The Sunday Times By Tim Wyatt Followers of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad preach peace and tolerance, but many mainstream Muslims regard them as heretics Eight hundred people recently assembled in […]
By Simon Bradley This content was published on May 15, 2018 Pope Francis (right) with Bishop Angelo De Donatis as he meets with the bishops, priests, religious and lay […]
COMPILED FROM WIRE SERVICES ISTANBUL PublishedMay 18, 2018 Matteo Salvini, leader of the far-right party “Lega” (League) speaks to the press at the Quirinale palace, Rome, May 14. Following more than two months of political deadlock, Italian anti-establishment and far-right parties took a step closer to forming a government by […]
THE EDITORIAL BOARD Published May 18, 2018 It was only five days ago that 62 innocent people were viciously murdered in Gaza. On Friday, the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) […]
May 19,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Walid M. Sadi Jordan at various levels of government never failed to make the Palestinian conflict a core regional crisis and the continued epicentre […]