Holocaust row: Abbas accused of anti-Semitism
Source: BBC News Remarks by Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas about the Holocaust have been condemned as anti-Semitic by Israeli politicians and rights activists. Mr Abbas told a meeting in the […]
Cardinal George Pell trial a ‘turning point’, says survivors’ rights group
Source: The Guardian Stephanie Kirchgaessner in Rome Question in Rome is now whether Pope Francis is prepared to take tougher action against accused priests Cardinal George Pell leaves Melbourne magistrates court […]
Cardinal Pell likely to face two trials, court hears
Source: BBC News Cardinal George Pell is expected to face two trials on sexual assault charges, an Australian court has heard. The Vatican treasurer, 76, has pleaded not guilty to all charges, and has strenuously denied any wrongdoing. On Tuesday, a magistrate ordered him to stand trial. The allegations […]
USA: Pres Trump lied 3001 times in 466 days
President Trump has made 3,001 false or misleading claims so far Washington Post (CNN)The Washington Post’s Fact-Checker blog has been keeping a strict count of President Donald Trump’s many misstatements, untruths and outright lies. And, over the weekend at a rally in Michigan, Trump hit a(nother) milestone: He topped 3,000 untrue or […]
Twin blasts at mosque in northern Nigeria kill at least 28
Source: Associated Press By IBRAHIM ABDUL’AZIZ YOLA, Nigeria (AP) — A pair of explosions killed at least 28 worshippers at a mosque in northeastern Nigeria and wounded at least 56 […]
Roseanne Barr Dreams Of Being Prime Minister Of Israel
Source: Huffington Post By Mary Papenfuss Actress Roseanne Barr raised the possibility as recently as March that she might run for president — again. Now she’s fantasizing about becoming Israel’s prime […]
U.S. Agencies Fueled A National Increase In Anti-Muslim Incidents: Report
Source: Huffington Post By Rowaida Abdelaziz Under President Donald Trump, the United States government has shown an “unprecedented level of government hostility” toward the Muslim religious minority in the country, according to a newly released report by the Council on American-Islamic Relations. CAIR’s 2018 civil rights report, “Targeted,” disclosed that federal government […]
The racial demons that help explain evangelical support for Trump
Source: Vox By Nancy D. Wadsworth White evangelical Protestants continue to approve of President Donald Trump at about twice the rate of the general public, according to a recent survey by the […]
A hopeful vision for the future of Islam in Europe
Competing Visions of Islam Will Shape Europe in the 21st Century Source: The Atlantic By David Frum Akbar Ahmed’s new book deals with how migration is reshaping the continent, and […]
Dead Sea Scroll fragment unveiled in Israel may point to an unknown manuscript
Source: Times of Israel Previously unseen Dead Sea Scroll fragments, which had been stored in cigar boxes since archaeologists unearthed them in the 1950s, were identified and unveiled at an international conference on Tuesday in honor of the 70th anniversary of the scrolls’ discovery in Jerusalem.The tiny fragments, all thought […]
Israelis targeted Iranian anti-aircraft missiles in Sunday strike: US officials
Source: AT A late-night air strike targeting a base in the Syrian city of Hama was carried out by Israeli F-15s, US officials revealed on Tuesday amid calls for retaliation from Iran. Media outlets associated with the Syrian government and Hezbollah initially suggested Israel was behind the attack, but parties […]
“Evil people can play good roles on occasion.”
Source: AT “In terms of the peace-building process, President Moon has a larger share, but in terms of inducing change from North Korea, that can be attributed to President Trump,” Shin told reporters at a press briefing on Wednesday. Noting that there is “a lot of speculation” on why North […]
Who killed Ahmadiyya Member now threatens others
Source:Breitbart.con Muslim prison chaplains have warned their lives are in danger from sectarian radicals supporting a Sunni Muslim from Bradford who killed a member of the Ahmadiyya sect living in Scotland. The religious leaders say killer Tanveer Ahmed has “put out a death warrant” on their heads and that there […]
Indonesian Government invites 50 ulemas to promote tolerant Islam
The government will bring 50 ulemas from various countries to attend a High Level Consultation of World Muslim Ulemas and Islamic Scholars in Bogor, West Java, which is scheduled to […]
Muslims need to unite and set an example of being tolerant: AJK president
* The president made these remarks while addressing the AJK National Coordination Council seminar. APP May 2, 2018 MIRPUR: Azad Jammu & Kashmir President Sardar Masood Khan has emphasised that […]
Hail the Queen of Mathematics!
By: Mahbub Ghani In today’s world what Friedrich Gauss called the queen of mathematics plays a crucial role in providing internet security. Here we look at some of the […]
Weaponising faith
Source: CT Now, it’s quite possible to argue that this is just a recognition that the state is historically Christian (and Catholic, actually) – as Bavaria’s chief minister Markus Söder does. But that’s not how it’s being seen by many Christians today. According to Evangelical Focus, a survey in Bild […]
Church shooting: At least 15 dead after gunmen open fire
Source: CT At least15 deaths have been confirmed according to morgue officials at Bangui’s Community Hospital and human rights group Doctors Without Borders, while at least 60 were injured in the violence. It remains unclear how many were killed in the church itself or in the ensuing conflict that followed. […]
French troops patrol alongside US soldiers in Manbij
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL It has been reported that there are approximately 250 French soldiers in regions that are under the control of the SDF, including Kobane, Raqqa and Deir […]
The Windrush generation are the ‘right kind’ of immigrants, otherwise we wouldn’t care
Source: The Independent Would the consensus binding the Labour front bench to the Daily Mail in Windrush outrage stretch to Muslims of Pakistani and Bangladeshi origin? Matthew Norman @IndyVoices Protesters hold placards about the […]