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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Source: The Guardian Money raised worldwide to convert building in Stornaway before start of holy month By Harriet Sherwood Religion correspondent, @harrietsherwood The first mosque in the Outer Hebrides has […]
Reuters International This content was published on May 10, 2018 A man purported to be the reclusive leader of the militant Islamic State Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in Mosul, July […]
1 / 3 A vendor shows a carpet at the Afghanistan Rug and Carpet Center show room in Kabul, Afghanistan on April 1, 2018. (REUTERS) 2 / 3 An Afghan […]
STELYO BERBERAKIS ISTANBUL DHA Photo Halki or Heybeliada, a seminary that has been a source of contention for Turkey’s Orthodox community for decades, may be reopened, Patriarch Bartholomew I […]