The Wire In: Several days ago, I pointed out on Twitter that Valmiki’s Ramayana contains episodes where Sita criticises Rama, whereas representing Sita as chiding Rama today – as did a recent cartoon – often leads to extreme controversy. I soon found out that many now find intolerable even criticisms preserved within […]
Source: Reuters BY Jason Szep, Matt Spetalnick, Zeba Siddiqui WASHINGTON/COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh (Reuters) – The U.S. government is conducting an intensive examination of alleged atrocities against Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims, documenting accusations of […]
Source: Reuters ANKARA (Reuters) – Iran’s supreme leader called on Muslim nations to unite against the United States, saying Tehran would never yield to “bullying,” state television reported on Thursday. […]
Source: The Guardian International far-right figures rush to judgment though police have not suggested any possible motivation BY Jason Wilson A woman pays her respects at a makeshift memorial following […]
Source: Reuters BY Nichola Saminather TORONTO (Reuters) – Canadian Muslim charities are leading fundraising efforts to help victims of Monday’s van attack in Toronto and their families cope with medical […]
Source: Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — An Australian nun whose missionary visa in the Philippines was revoked after the president complained about her joining opposition rallies said Thursday that […]
Source: The Washington Post By Ann E. Marimow Max Brennan, 16, with his parents, Larry and Lynn. (Bonnie Jo Mount/The Washington Post) Lynn and Larry Brennan’s oldest child could have remained anonymous, just three initials in federal court papers accusing the local school system of discrimination. But their son was done […]
Source: The Washington Post By Robert Barnes, Ann E. Marimow and Matt Zapotosky The conservative majority on the Supreme Court seemed to agree Wednesday that President Trump has the authority to ban travelers from […]
Source: The Kansas City Star BY JENEÉ OSTERHELDT Wearing homemade tie-dye tees and a rainbow of hijabs, the members of Girl Scout Troop 4162 decorate flower pots for Earth Day. […]
Source: Voice of America WASHINGTON — Incessant attacks on the media by populist politicians are posing a threat to major democracies, two international watchdogs said on Wednesday. In their annual reports on the state of press freedom around the world, Reporters Without Borders and Freedom House harshly criticized Western populist […]
NYTimes April 26, 2018 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 or […]
Epigraph: Say, ‘O People of the Book! come to a word equal between us and you — that we worship none but Allah, and that we associate no partner with […]
Source: The New York Times RASANA, Jammu and Kashmir — There was no empathy for the 8-year-old girl. It was as if she barely registered as a human being, as if her life didn’t count except to serve as a target. Police investigators say a gang of young Hindu men […]
Source: Religion News Service By Fredrick Nzwili Cremation is a controversial practice in Kenya. Photo courtesy of Creative Commons NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) – Kenneth Matiba, a popular politician in Kenya who died […]
Source: Reuters BY Ahmed Aboulenein BASRA/NAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) – United in their fight against Saddam Hussein’s oppression for decades, Iraq’s Shi’ites have become deeply fragmented and disillusioned with their leaders […]
Source: Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Bavaria’s conservative government is ordering Christian crosses to be placed at the entrance of all state administrative buildings. The regional government says the crosses […]
Source: Reuters BY Madeline Chambers, Michael Nienaber BERLIN (Reuters) – Thousands of Germans wearing Jewish caps took part in nationwide rallies on Wednesday evening in support of the Jewish community amid […]
Source: The Washington Post By Abigail Hauslohner Mehdi Ostadhassan is a celebrated professor and scientist, a mentor, a husband and father, and has been a North Dakotan for the past nine years. He is also a Muslim and an Iranian national — a citizen of one of several majority-Muslim countries targeted […]
Source: The Guardian The British toddler’s illness is terminal, and helping his family come to terms with that is the job of his doctors and carers • Rachel Clarke is a […]
Source: The Conversation While James Comey’s most recent clashes with President Trump are foremost on everyone’s minds, he’s had quite a career. He was the U.S. attorney responsible for taking down the New York mafia, the acting U.S. attorney general who stopped the policy that George W. Bush’s administration called “enhanced interrogation” or, in […]