Lone Nigerian captive refused to convert for Boko Haram
Source: Associated Press By SAM OLUKOYA and BASHIR ADIGUN LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — The mother of the only Nigerian schoolgirl still in Boko Haram captivity after the extremists released 104 […]
Prince Alwaleed Reveals Secret Deal Struck to Exit Ritz After 83 Days
One of the world’s richest men opens up about his confinement by the Saudi government. Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal in his penthouse office suite in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Photographer: Guy […]
Nigeria: Ahmadiyya set to preach Islam on social media
On March 23, 2018 Over eight hundred Muslims have benefited from a special training organised by Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at Nigeria (AMJN) to horn their skills in the propagation of Islam. […]
Yes, John Bolton Really Is That Dangerous
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD MARCH 23, 2018 Credit Eric Hanson The good thing about John Bolton, President Trump’s new national security adviser, is that he says what he thinks. The bad […]
World wary as Trump turns to hardliners Bolton and Pompeo
By Nicole Gaouette and Richard Roth, CNN Sat March 24, 2018 Washington and New York (CNN)President Donald Trump’s decision to bring on John Bolton as national security adviser jolted the […]
The $3,850 per second war and its victims: Bernd Debusmann
Editor’s Note. This article is from 2007. In ‘commemoration’ of the 15 years anniversary of the Iraq war – and in view of renewed warmongering – I thought I should bring you this article. The International Organization for Migration, Iraq, is mentioned in the article. I was its Chief of […]
USA: California air base attacker is Hafiz Kazi 51
Source: CBS – SF Travis Air Force Base Attacker Identified As Bay Area Resident (CBS SF) — The FBI has identified the driver who crashed through a security gate at a Northern […]
Lessons from the Iraq War After 15 Years
Mar 22, 2018 Javier Solana In the 15 years since former US President George Bush launched the Iraq War, the Middle East has been wracked by turmoil, and America’s standing as the post-Cold War era’s benevolent hegemon has been irreversibly eroded. Are US policymakers about to repeat this tragedy of […]
One Morning in Baghdad
Fifteen years after the U.S. invasion, there’s no satisfying answer to the question: What were we doing in Iraq anyway? Maya Alleruzzo / AP / Katie Martin / The Atlantic […]
Head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community says Time has come to stop blaming only Muslims for the World’s Problems
Source: Khalifa of Islam On 17 March 2018, the World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the Fifth Khalifa (Caliph), His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad delivered the keynote address at […]
More anti-Muslim, conspiratorial tweets emerge from Trump’s pick for top UN migration job
Source: CNN By Andrew Kaczynski and Nathan McDermott, CNN Ken Isaacs (CNN)Ken Isaacs, the Trump administration pick to head the international organization that coordinates assistance to migrants worldwide, once wrote […]
Stephen Hawking to Be Interred at Westminster Abbey
Source: The New York Times By DENNIS OVERBYE MARCH 21, 2018 Stephen Hawking will be interred at Westminster Abbey in London, keeping company with the likes of Charles Darwin and Isaac Newton. CreditBruno […]
European court upholds German move to take kids from sect
Source: Associated Press By DAVID RISING BERLIN (AP) — The European Court of Human Rights on Thursday upheld Germany’s decision to take away the children of families in a Christian […]
Ontario Catholic school board faces backlash over controversial donation policy
Source: The Globe and Mail BY CAROLINE ALPHONSO Ontario’s Education Minister is concerned that a Catholic school board did not properly consult with the community before adopting a controversial policy […]
Police investigating after man caught on video vandalizing Thornhill synagogue
Source: TORONTO STAR By ALEXANDRA JONES York Regional Police are investigating a “hate-motivated crime” after the front doors of a synagogue in Thornhill were smashed in an apparent outburst of anti-Semitic […]
The last male rhino of its kind dies. African religious leaders call it a spiritual loss.
Source: Religion News Service By Fredrick Nzwili NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — Religious leaders who campaign for wildlife conservation are mourning the death of the world’s last male northern white rhino, calling […]
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 told […]
Gay hospital chaplain loses discrimination appeal against C of E
Source: The Guardian Harriet Sherwood Religion correspondent Court rules church had right to bar Jeremy Pemberton from NHS job because he had married Canon Jeremy Pemberton (right) claimed he was discriminated […]
Nonbelievers ask Sedgwick County to drop meeting prayers after ‘go to hell’ comment
Source: THE WICHITA EAGLE BY DION LEFLER A group of nonbelievers is asking the Sedgwick County Commission to either drop its weekly religious invocation entirely or replace it with a […]
Tennessee lawmakers pass bill requiring public schools to post ‘In God We Trust’ motto
Source: USA Today A bill requiring Tennessee schools to prominently display the national “In God We Trust” motto is headed to the governor for his signature. The legislation, sponsored by Rep. Susan […]