First Saudi cinema opens with popcorn and ‘Black Panther’
Source: Associated Press By AYA BATRAWY RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — The lights dimmed and the crowd of men and women erupted into applause and hoots as Hollywood’s blockbuster “Black […]
Catholic cardinal meets Saudi king in historic visit to Riyadh
Source: Aljazeera French cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran’s visit marks the first official meeting between Saudi ruler and a Catholic official. 19 Apr 2018 King Salman has recently held a number of meetings with representatives of Christian traditions [Bandar Algaloud/Saudi Kingdom Council]Saudi Arabia’s King Salman has met French cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran during […]
Families push for stacked life sentences for Quebec City mosque shooter
Source: The Globe and Mail INGRID PERITZ SEAN FINE JUSTICE WRITER QUEBEC CITY PUBLISHED APRIL 18, 2018 A woman places flowers near the mosque where a shooting left six people dead, on Jan. 30, 2017 in Quebec City. PAUL CHIASSON/THE CANADIAN PRESS Amir Belkacemi stood in a Quebec City courtroom on […]
A new type of Catholic emerges: the conservative dissenter
Source: Religion News service By Christopher Lamb VATICAN CITY (RNS) — The tables have turned under Pope Francis. And a new type of Catholic has formed: the conservative dissenter. In the past, conservatives prided themselves on loyalty to the pope and being in lockstep with all papal teachings, while progressives called […]
Cyprus church defrocks priest for 1st time over sex offense
Source: Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — A senior cleric says Cyprus’ Orthodox Christian Church has for the first time defrocked a priest for sexually abusing his step-daughter when she […]
Merkel condemns attack on 2 men wearing skullcaps in Germany
Source: Associated Press By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday sharply condemned a street assault in Berlin on two young men wearing Jewish skullcaps that […]
Minorities in America
Commentary / Insight Minorities in America What they did not discuss was their own indifference towards the miserable conditions of the marginalised minorities back in their own home Syed Kamran […]
Switzerland’s Novartis to inject $100 million into malaria drug research
AFP news@thelocal.ch @thelocalswitzer 17 April 2018 A health worker and a mother try to get down the fever of a boy with malaria in the Democratic Republic of Congo in […]
Testimonies regarding the Election of Khalifatul Masih V
SOURCE: AL HAKAM Fifteen years ago, on 22 April 2003, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad was elected Khalifatul Masih V. Those that remember the occasion will recall the magnificent manner […]
Huzoor’s Recollections of April 2003 (English translation)
source: AL HAKAM Huzooraa Narrates a Momentous Series of Events Asif M Basit, London The days that ensued the demise of Hazrat Khalifatul Masih IVrt and before the Election […]
Family accuses Israel’s Mossad of killing Palestinian in Malaysia
By AFP – Apr 21,2018 – JORDAN TIMES Gaza City, Palestinian Territories – The family of a Palestinian professor and Hamas member accused Israel’s Mossad spy agency on Saturday of […]
‘Jordan does not want terrorists or sectarian militias at border’
By JT – Apr 21,2018 – JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — The Foreign Ministry on Friday stressed the importance of preserving the de-escalation zone in southwestern Syria to stop the bloodshed, […]
UN Security Council meets over Syria in remote Swedish farmhouse
We still face a very serious divide on Syria — Guterres By AFP – Apr 21,2018 – JORDAN TIMES United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres (right) and Sweden’s Prime Minister […]
Early Women of Science, Technology, Medicine and Management
By: Salim Al-Hassani This article is a paper submitted to and presented at WISE 2018: World Muslim Women’s Summit & Exhibition, organised by TASAM, Istanbul, Turkey, from 28th Feb – […]
World Muslim Women’s Summit & Exhibition WISE 2018 Istanbul
By: The Editorial Team The World Muslim Women’s Summit & Exhibition WISE 2018 was held as a part of the 8th World Islamic Forum on the 1st -2nd of March 2018… The […]
Muslims In America: Telling Your Own Stories
April 20, 2018 Leila Fadel In a year of reporting on Muslims across this country, I walked away knowing that there is no one story to tell, there are […]
Why Mike Pompeo’s Views On Muslims Keep Coming Up In His Confirmation Hearing
Politics Download Transcript April 20, 2018 Mike Pompeo’s nomination to be Secretary of State is controversial in part because of his history of making incendiary comments about Muslims. Wa’el […]
Vatican rejects German bishops’ proposal to allow Protestant spouses to receive Communion
Source: CT Sources have told the outlets that Archbishop Luis Ladaria, the current prefect of the CDF, wrote the letter and that it was given papal approval. ‘It’s a rejection […]
Theresa May is ‘not behaving like a Christian’ and should consider resigning, says David Lammy
Source: CT Lammy said of the prime minister: ‘Theresa May feels like a politician with no conviction. She blows with the wind. She is a politician who is pragmatic to […]
St Paul was an ‘extremist’ who would despair at our church disunity
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 […]