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 […]
Source: Associated Press By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA and VANESSA GERA WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Sirens wailed, church bells tolled and yellow paper daffodils of remembrance dotted the crowd as Polish and Jewish leaders extolled the heroism and determination of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising fighters on the 75th anniversary of their ill-fated […]