Source: CT What should the modern world make of St Paul? It’s one question the world-leading biblical scholar NT Wright has sought to engage in his latest book Paul: A Biography (SPCK, £19.99). Wright spoke with Christian Today about why westerners recoil at Paul, why he’d would despair at the […]
Source:CNN When a huge statue of a pharaoh was uncovered last year in Matariya, a working-class suburb of Cairo that was once the ancient city of Heliopolis, the press eagerly greeted it as a depiction of the great Ramses II, one of ancient Egypt’s most famous rulers. To many it […]
Source: CNN A breakthrough. A stepping stone. A mistake. However you see the upcoming meeting between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in, for tens […]
Islam From The Beginning To 1300 Date: 2002 The spread of Islam to various parts of coastal India set the stage for its further expansion to island Southeast Asia. As […]
Introduction The Ottoman Empire The Great Mosque in Damascus, Syria © The Ottoman Empire was the one of the largest and longest lasting Empires in history. It was an empire […]
Art and Picture Collection, The New York Public Library // Public Domain “Two lazy-bones are fast asleep. A thief comes in, pulls the blanket from the bed, and makes off […]
Mullah Nasruddin Jokes Vengeance – Nasruddin style One day, Mullah Nasruddin heard a knock on his door. He opened the door and found his daughter standing there crying with […]
By Hari Kumar, NYT NEW DELHI — For the second time in 18 months, India has a shortage of cash. And like last time, economists say, it’s primarily the government’s […]
April 19, 2018 BY Editorial Unflattering report card Once again the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) delivered a damning account of the human rights situation of the country in […]
Ujjal Chakraborty, Brahmanbaria Published at 06:47 PM April 20, 2018 Khatme Nobuat members at an anti-Ahmadiyya rally at Jamiya Ramiziya Siddiquiya Madrasa field in Nasirnagar Sadar on Friday; April […]
Terrorists and anti-Islam extremists are both wrong about Islam. Qasim Rashid proves just that in EXTREMIST: A Response to Geert Wilders & Terrorists Everywhere. Rashid debunks extremists head-on, clarifying important […]
By Kathrin Ammann This content was published on April 20, 2018 Most mediators work for up to 15 years and then do something else. Julian Hottinger has been mediating […]
Source: CNN At the end of an interview with CNN Thursday afternoon, former FBI Director James Comey was asked by Jake Tapper about his unusual place in American politics as a man equally “reviled” by partisans of both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.Clinton’s most ardent supporters insist Comey had it […]
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. (Reuters) Reuters April 21, 2018 Suspension will be effective immediately Kim Jong Un said his country no longer needs to conduct nuclear tests SEOUL: […]
Apr 19,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Miroslav Lajcák When the United Nations was created, its founders envisioned a different kind of world. A world in which disputes were resolved in […]
Source: CNN There are really only two narratives that the public hears about Africa. One is a story of suffering — that is, the Africa that is hungry, poor and […]
By Kai Ryssdal and Sean McHenry April 13, 2018 | A member of the Iraqi forces walks past a mural bearing the logo of the Islamic State group in a tunnel […]
The Prince of Wales will be the next head of the Commonwealth, its leaders have announced. The Queen had said it was her “sincere wish” that Prince Charles would succeed […]
Source: The Washington Post By Ruth Eglash April 20 at 8:28 AM Email the author JERUSALEM — Natalie Portman has pulled out of a ceremony in Jerusalem honoring her as the recipient of a $2 million prize, dubbed by some as the “Jewish Nobel,” the organization said Thursday. The Genesis Prize Foundation, […]
Source: The Guardian BY Ben Quinn Lord Sacks speaks of shame over rise of antisemitism, saying ‘this is not the Britain I know and love Jonathan Sacks said on Radio 4’s Thought for the Day: ‘There is today almost no European country where Jews feel safe.’ Photograph: David Sillitoe for the […]