Saudis likely to show restraint as Yemen crisis escalates
Reuters International This content was published on March 28, 2018 FILE PHOTO: A guard walks in the yard of a house destroyed by air strikes in Sanaa, Yemen, March […]
Blowback: A Critique of American Foreign Policy- Six part series by Mehdi Hasan
The Intercept; For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. Sir Isaac Newton called it his Third Law of Motion. The CIA calls it “blowback.” Watch:
Christians, Jews and the dubious history of the Passion play
Source: Religion News Service By A. James Rudin (RNS) — Passover and Easter once again coincide this year. The first seder (Passover meal) of the eight-day Jewish festival is on March […]
With a new president and new apostles, Mormon General Conference is sure to make history, but will speakers touch on timely topics?
Source: The Salt Lake Tribune By Peggy Fletcher Stack No doubt, this weekend’s LDS General Conference will be historic. In a ritual known as a “solemn assembly,” reserved for sacred […]
This doctor was raised to believe abortion was wrong. He’s now an advocate for reproductive rights.
Source: The Washington Post By Courtland Milloy Columnist March 27 Email the author Raised as a religious evangelical in the Deep South, Willie Parker had a straightforward view of abortion. He thought it was […]
How John Bolton and Mike Pompeo mainstreamed Islamophobia
Source: Vox By Zack Beauchamp John Bolton, President Trump’s pick for his next national security adviser, and Mike Pompeo, Trump’s pick to be the next secretary of state, are well-known hawks. […]
Coroner who refuses to let Jewish or Muslim burials skip the queue accused of breaching human rights
Source: Telegraph BY Olivia Rudgard, religious affairs correspondent A coroner who refuses to allow Jews or Muslims to skip the burial queue has been accused of breaching human rights laws at the High […]
Teacher who tried to build ‘army of children’ jailed
Source: BBC News A “dangerous liar” who trained an “army of children” for terrorist attacks in London has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 25 years. Umar […]
Saudi women strive to bring male guardians to a Twitter end
Source: The Guardian By Liz Ford Millions of women embrace social network to push for social reforms including abolition of system of male dominion Supported by Saudi Arabia has more than […]
Far-right, hard-left leaders forced out of French march to honor Jewish murder victim
Source: Reuters PARIS (Reuters) – Leaders of the far-right National Front and hard-left France Unbowed movement met booes on Wednesday when they joined a march in honor of a Holocaust […]
A Hitler-Era Abortion Law Haunts Merkel, and Germany
Source: The New York Times By MELISSA EDDY BERLIN — She was an obscure gynecologist in a central German town who never intended to stoke a debate that is driving a […]
France honours gendarme who sacrificed his life in Islamist attack
Source: Reuters BY Richard Lough PARIS (Reuters) – President Emmanuel Macron led national tributes on Wednesday to the gendarme who switched places with a woman hostage during an attack […]
Report: Key unofficial bishop in Vatican-China deal released
Source: Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — A Catholic missionary news agency says an underground Chinese bishop who is a key player in a proposed Vatican-China deal over bishop nominations […]
Pope visits retired pontiff after doctored letter scandal
Source: Associated Press By NICOLE WINFIELD VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis met Tuesday with Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI in the first known contact between the two, following a major […]
Pakistani court ruling aims to publicly identify all religious minorities
Source: Religion News Service By Naila Inayat LAHORE, Pakistan (RNS) – A high court in majority-Muslim Pakistan has ruled that citizens must declare their religious affiliation before joining the civil service, […]
Trump’s travel ban stranded her. Then America welcomed her.
Source: CNN By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN Photographs by Melissa Golden/Redux and Nichole Sobecki for CNN Atlanta (CNN) Batulo weaves through the crush of passengers streaming down the train station stairs. It is loud — so […]
Every Woman in the Senate Is Demanding a Vote on a Sexual Harassment Bill
Source: Time By MAYA RHODAN March 28, 2018 Every woman Senator is urging Senate leadership to bring up legislation that would address sexual harassment and discrimination on Capitol Hill. In a letter signed […]
Archbishop of Canterbury ‘ashamed’ of Church over abuse
Source: BBC News The Archbishop of Canterbury has said how “ashamed” he is of the Church in the wake of the child sex abuse inquiry. The Most Rev Justin Welby […]
Ted Talk: Intuition a Part of Prophethood?
Your elusive creative genius | Elizabeth Gilbert Elizabeth Gilbert muses on the impossible things we expect from artists and geniuses — and shares the radical idea that, instead of the […]
The last ‘peace process’ warrior: Abbas hanging by a thread
Mar 27,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Ramzy Baroud The “deal of the century” is a farce. We suspected that, of course, but, upon his return from Washington, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu revealed in more detail why the long-anticipated plan of the administration of US President Donald Trump has no […]