The domestic gag rule on abortion, explained
Source: Vox By Anna North The Trump administration last year reinstated — and expanded — a rule banning family planning clinics that get aid money from the United States from performing abortions or […]
Why 80% of American Muslims fast during Ramadan. (It’s not about the food.)
Source: CNN By Omar Suleiman (CNN)Ramadan, the Muslim holy month, begins next week, which means Muslim children in school and adults at work will be met with curiosity or possibly […]
How artificial intelligence is shaping religion in the 21st century
Source: CNBC BY Shafi Musaddique Alessandro Di Ciommo/NurPhoto via Getty Images Technology and artificial intelligence (AI) are fashioning how people interact with everything from food to healthcare — and so, […]
Jewish Rapper Takes On Germany’s Hip-Hop Scene
Source: The New York Times By Andrew Curry May 11, 2018 ESSEN, Germany — A yellow star of David — the sort the Nazis forced Jews to wear — on the […]
First mosque opens on Outer Hebrides in time for Ramadan
Source: The Guardian Harriet Sherwood Religion correspondent The first mosque in the Outer Hebrides has opened before the start of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan next week, after a herculean […]
Humanists given voice in shaping religious education
Source: BBC News Non-religious groups are set to be given a voice in the shaping of religious education in schools. Teaching of the subject is overseen by the Standing Advisory […]
Iraqi forces capture 5 top IS leaders in cross-border raid
Source: Assoicated Press By SUSANNAH GEORGE and JOSH LEDERMAN BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi forces in coordination with U.S.-backed Syrian forces have captured five senior Islamic State group leaders, the U.S.-led […]
Evangelicals find like-minded Christians in unlikely place: Palestinian West Bank
Source: Religion News Service By Dan Rabb | May 10, 2018 BEIT SAHOUR, West Bank (RNS) — Smiling as he sings, Pastor Danny Awad faces his flock with eyes closed and palms […]
Chilean bishops in Rome for expected brow-beating from pope
Source: Associated Press By NICOLE WINFIELD VATICAN CITY (AP) — Chilean bishops are arriving in Rome ahead of an expected brow-beating next week from Pope Francis, who says he was […]
NI same-sex marriage bill blocked at Westminster
Source: BBC News By Gareth Gordon BBC News NI Political Correspondent A bill to bring same-sex marriage to Northern Ireland has been blocked from moving to the next stage in […]
Book Review: The Politics of Heroin: CIA Complicity in the Global Drug Trade Paperback – May 1, 2003
Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest Buy New $29.47 by Alfred W. McCoy (Author) The first book to prove CIA and U.S. government complicity in global drug trafficking, The Politics of […]
Ireland abortion poll: Campaigns in full swing
Source: BBC News By Shane Harrison BBC NI Dublin correspondent On Friday, 25 May, voters in the Republic of Ireland go to the polls to decide whether to reform the […]
South Africa probes ‘extremism’ element in mosque attack
Source: Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa’s elite police unit said Friday it was investigating an “element of extremism” in a mosque attack in which one person died after […]
US apologized after Canadian minister was asked to remove turban
Source: CNN By Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN (CNN)He had passed the usual security checks at Detroit Metro Airport but that was not enough. Then he was asked to remove his turban. […]
Najib, wife barred from leaving Malaysia
Former Malaysian PM Najib Razak has been blacklisted from leaving the country. (AAP) Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has been barred from leaving the country and announced he’s stepping […]
Time running out for Malaysian hitman in Australia
Sirul Azhar Umar is in detention where he must prove that he did not mastermind the killing of the former lover of the ousted Malaysian PM’s confidant Mary Ann Jolley […]
70 years ago Celebrating World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day
By Thomas Stephens This content was published on May 8, 2018 An ICRC aid convoy in Daraya, Syria, in 2016 (swissinfo.ch) On May 8, 1948, the first Red Cross Day […]
The Iraqi elections and the opening of the US embassy in Jerusalem will illuminate the damage Trump has really done to the Middle East
As one commentator put it, there are more unpredictable ‘moving parts’ than ever before in the different crises, parts which may break loose at any moment Patrick Cockburn @indyworld The problem […]
Opinion: Aga Khan’s contributions little-known, but significant
Dave Mowat Published on: May 9, 2018 His Highness the Aga Khan, left, is greeted by Lois Mitchell, Lieutenant Governor of Alberta, and Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi upon arrival in […]
In the Middle East right now, all sides in this complex battle are staring at each other with increasing concern
An Israeli statement that the Iranians had missiles in Syria was surely made in concert with the Trump administration – it came within hours, and coincidences don’t run that close […]