Kenya bans lesbian love story film ‘Rafiki’ set to open at Cannes
Source: Reuters By Maggie Fick NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenyan authorities have banned a film that tells the love story of two women on the grounds that it promotes lesbianism but […]
US-owned Christian radio station in Rwanda shut down for saying women are evil
Source: CNN By Munachim Amah, CNN (CNN)A US-owned local radio station has been shut down for insulting women in Rwanda, authorities say. The Amazing Grace Christian Radio, a radio station that […]
More than 70 countries commit to combat terror financing
Source: Associated Press By SYLVIE CORBET PARIS (AP) — More than 70 countries committed Thursday to bolster efforts in the fight against terrorism financing associated with the Islamic State group and al-Qaida. Participants at an international conference in Paris agreed to “fully criminalize” terror financing through effective and proportionate sanctions […]
UNHCR programme: Syrian refugees ‘resettle in’ to Switzerland
By Roger Wehrli (images and text) Day in the life of refugees This content was published on April 28, 2018 The Monjids – a family of four – are […]
The inter-Korean summit and the long road to peace
SADIK ÜNAY @sadikunay As Presidents Moon and Kim conduct early rounds of peace negotiations, the issues of denuclearization and drawing up a formal peace treaty to officially end […]
Zakat: Trickle-up economics! (from the Turkish press)
HATEM BAZIAN @hatembazian The commentaries on Quranic and Hadith texts extol the benefits of Zakat and provide an extensive rationalization for its institution as a pillar of Islam. Some benefits include Zakat’s impacts on fostering social cohesion, providing a safety net for the poor, and forcing capital circulation in […]
Erdoğan says Kanal Istanbul is a post-election priority
DAILY SABAH WITH ANADOLU AGENCY ANKARA President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Saturday that the first initiative of his government after winning elections would be the construction of Kanal Istanbul, an […]
Ending war in Syria possible without outside intervention
Apr 19,2018 -JORDAN TIMES – Jonathan Power A total of 500,000 dead and counting. President Bashar Assad is going full blast at reducing the parts of his country still standing, […]
Will America go to war?
Apr 26,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Jonathan Power A speech of General George Patton, a famous World War II warrior, has an uncanny resemblance to the philosophy of Donald Trump. […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Slovenia did it in spite lot of opposition
Source: Mr Talha Ahmad, President AMJ Slovenia The Slovenian Book Days (Slovenski dnevi knjige) is an event that takes places every year in April across the whole country. The Slovenian Book Days is a traditional festival in Slovenia, each year attracting many publishing houses and thousands of visitors. The annual […]
The Times’ Islamophobic coverage is shocking but not surprising
Source: CT The Times may not be the ‘paper of record’ that it undoubtedly was prior to Rupert Murdoch’s takeover in 1981. But it is still widely regarded as the respectable newspaper to take and be seen with by ordinary people outside the beltway of those in the know about […]
Ankara edging back to Washington’s side in Syria,
Source: Asia Times: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan suggested last weekend that the country’s ongoing operation to cut out a swash of Kurdish-dominated Syrian territory could stop short of the northeast, in contrast to recent proclamations. Those remarks, along with Ankara’s immediate public support for US-led airstrikes on targets linked to […]
North and South Korea vow to end the Korean War in historic accord
Source: CNN With one step, Kim Jong Un just made history 02:53 Ilsan, South Korea (CNN)The leaders of North and South Korea have committed themselves to the complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and pledged to bring a formal end to the Korean War, 65 years after hostilities ceased. In […]
Islam Party stirs controversy ahead of Belgian elections
Source: Euro News By Damon Embling Amid Europe’s turbulent political landscape, a party – whose aim is to create an Islamic State – is hoping to win seats in Belgium’s October municipal elections. The Islam Party got two members elected in 2012, including one in the Molenbeek area of Brussels. This […]
IS web media targeted in EU-led attack
Source: BBC News The EU police agency Europol says an international operation has struck a major blow against the internet propaganda of the Islamic State group. Cyber specialists in various […]
3rd priest in a week found dead in Mexico
Source: Associated Press By MARK STEVENSON MEXICO CITY (AP) — A Roman Catholic priest who had been reported kidnapped has been found dead in central Mexico, authorities said Thursday. Prosecutors […]
Global religious freedom commission cites 28 key nations for ‘ongoing downward trend’
Source: Religion News Service By Adelle M. Banks (RNS) — The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom cited more than two dozen countries as main contributors to an “ongoing downward trend” in religious liberty worldwide and called on the Trump administration to prioritize the release of religious prisoners and assist in […]
What causes us to get hangry?
Source: BBC News By Sarah Keating 25 April 2018 This story is from an episode of Woman’s Hour on BBC Radio 4. It was presented by Jane Garvey and produced by Rory […]
The Number of Single Moms in America Is at a Record Low. Here’s Why
Source: Time By MAHITA GAJANAN April 26, 2018 A rise in unmarried parents living together has led to a decline of single motherhood in the U.S., according to a new report. A quarter of parents living together with their children are unmarried, an uptick from 50 years ago when only 7% of […]
In Berlin, a Show of Solidarity Does Little to Dampen Jewish Fears
Source: The New York Times BERLIN — After an attack on a young man wearing a kipa in a trendy Berlin neighborhood, the leader of Germany’s largest Jewish organization urged Jews to wear baseball caps instead. It was just too dangerous, he said, to walk around openly with a kipa […]