Source: Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s top mufti has issued a fatwa, or a religious decree, saying that buying Facebook “likes” is prohibited under Islam because it’s a form of fraud and deception. Grand Mufti Shawki Allam regularly issues all sorts of fatwas, usually in response to questions by […]
Source: Associated Press By TIA GOLDENBERG JERUSALEM (AP) — An electrifying new documentary series on the problematic integration of Middle Eastern Jews by Israel’s European founders in the 1950s has reopened old wounds of an ethnic divide within Judaism ahead of the country’s 70th anniversary festivities. While Israel is marking […]
Source: Wall Street Journal By David Gauthier-Villars Updated April 16, 2018 8:38 p.m. ET An American pastor who has spent 18 months in Turkish custody appeared for the first time […]
Source: BBC News One of Scotland’s top bishops claims the Catholic Church may be its own worst enemy in spreading its beliefs. The Bishop of Galloway has released a letter suggesting: “It could be argued that the greatest obstacle to preaching the gospel today in Scotland is the Catholic Church […]
Source: The Guardian BY Calla Wahlquist Robert Richter says historic sexual abuse allegations against Pell invented by ‘thwarted’ people to punish the church Cardinal George Pell leaves the Melbourne magistrates’ court […]
Source: The Guardian By Igho Akeregha, Oludare Richards, Tina Abeku (Abuja) and Abdulganiyu Alabi (Kaduna) It was violence yesterday as members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), also known as Shiites, clashed with the police in Abuja. A senior member of the group, Abdullahi Mohammed Musa, informed The Guardian on […]
Source: Reuters By Philip Pullella ROME (Reuters) – About 200 aspiring exorcists gathered on Monday for a week-long course in casting out demons – including by cellphone if necessary – amid increased demand for the service among Roman Catholics. Participants, many of them priests, will attend lectures and talks on […]
Source: The Washington Post By Sarah Pulliam Bailey April 16 at 10:00 AM Email the author Wheaton College. (Sarah Pulliam Bailey) About 50 top leaders of major evangelical institutions will attend an invitation-only gathering this week to discuss the future and the “soul” of evangelicalism at a time when many of them are […]
Source: Time By ARIC JENKINS Updated: April 16, 2018 7:58 PM ET On the last day of his job at a local newsroom, photojournalist Ryan Kelly took a picture that would end up winning him a Pulitzer Prize. Now, he works for a brewery. Kelly captured the award-winning image in Charlottesville, Va. on […]
Source: Time By ALICE PARK April 16, 2018 TIME Health For more, visit TIME Health. Researchers report some of the most encouraging results yet for treating lung cancer with the latest immune-based treatments, most of which have been approved to treat other types of tumors. In three papers presented at the American Association […]
By Frédéric Burnand in Geneva This content was published on April 17, 2018 11:00 AMApr 17, 2018 – 11:00 Outgoing UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Raad al-Hussein signs […]
This content was published on April 15, 2018 The entrance to the Ar’Rahman mosque in Biel, where Ramadan spoke. (Keystone) A judicial enquiry has been opened in Bern against […]
By Peter Siegenthaler This content was published on November 21, 2017 According to the Social Democrats, most Muslims live their faith in a way that fits into Swiss society. (Keystone) […]
Source: Christiantoday.com Christian protest is under way in Quetta after the terrorist killing of two Christians yesterday near a church by four unidentified gunmen in the city in Pakistan’s Balochistan province.Local police said that a group of Christians had come out of the church when the four gunmen appeared on […]
Complicated integration system is failing refugees, says new report Education Society April 17, 2018 – By Robin Pascoe The current system of integration courses and lessons for refugees is so […]
Source: Inc By Betsy Mikel, Aveck@BetsyM When Yale began offering a new course this semester, over 1,000 students jumped at the opportunity. It wasn’t about business, technology or innovation. It’s about […]
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL DHA Photo President of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) Mustafa Akıncı said on Tuesday the Greek side’s attitude towards a political solution in the divided […]
By Reuters – Apr 16,2018 – JORDAN TIMES DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The United Arab Emirates is ending a military training programme in Somalia in response to the seizure […]
Interrogation The author of a new study on Islam in Europe on the challenge of European tribalism and what European Muslims can learn from Jews. By Isaac Chotiner April 12, […]
Eleanor Rose The Evening Standard The HMT Empire Windrush arriving at Tilbury, Essex, on 22 June 1948 with Jamaican immigrants, many of whom had served in the RAF SSPL via […]