Source: Associated Press BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — The conservative Indonesian province of Aceh known for publicly caning gays, adulterers and gamblers is considering the introduction of beheading as a […]
Source: Reuters By Afolabi Sotunde, Abraham Achirga 3 MIN READ ABUJA (Reuters) – A Nigerian group that sparked a global campaign for the safe return of schoolgirls kidnapped in 2014 said […]
Source: Religion News Service By Fredrick Nzwili | March 13, 2018 NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — As the Rwandan government continues to shut down houses of worship it deems unsafe and dissenters charge it […]
Source: The Washington Post By Michelle Boorstein March 13 at 11:53 AM Email the author Mike Pompeo (left) at a confirmation hearing to be CIA director. (Bill O’Leary/The Washington Post) Rex Tillerson during […]
Source: The Washington Post By Ellen Nakashima March 13 at 7:08 PM Email the author A federal judge in Brooklyn handed down a 45-year prison sentence Tuesday to a Texas native convicted last […]
Source: HE DES MOINES REGISTER By Brianne Pfannenstiel Nearly all Iowa abortions would be banned under a measure that faces a looming legislative deadline this week and mounting pressure from outside groups. […]
Source: THE WICHITA EAGLE BY DION LEFLER Atheists who want deliver an invocation at a Sedgwick County Commission meeting can “go to hell,” a county commissioner said Tuesday. “If you don’t […]
ADRIAN MORROW AND MICHELLE ZILIO WASHINGTON AND OTTAWA- globe and mail PUBLISHED MARCH 15, 2018 UPDATED 6 MINUTES AGO U.S. President Donald Trump has admitted to making up information in a meeting with Justin Trudeau, telling the Prime Minister the U.S. has a trade deficit with Canada even though he had no […]
Source: Religion News Service By Thomas Reese (RNS) — Around 300 young people from all over the world will descend on Rome next week to have a conversation with Pope […]
Source: BBC By David Cox A rocky, remote outcrop in Scotland inspired the realisation that the Earth was millions of years old – and led Charles Darwin to his theory […]
Source: Dawn For example, abusing a Muslim is said to have 10 points, pulling a Muslim women’s hijab is worth 25 points, throwing acid is marked 50 points while burning or bombing a mosque is a whole 1,000 points.The Muslim population living in London believes that this is a part […]
Source: Local.de The number of anti-Semitic crimes recorded in Berlin increased twofold between 2013 and 2017, according to a report in Tagesspiegel on Thursday. Police figures seen by the Berlin newspaper show that 288 crimes classified as anti-Semitic were recorded by the capital’s police in 2017, which is slightly less […]
Source: Daily Mail The Fazl Mosque, Southfields, which was the first purpose-built mosque in London. The Fazl Mosque, Southfields, which was the first purpose-built mosque in London and only the second such building in Britain, has been given Grade II status. It was constructed in 1925-26 with funds raised by the […]
Suggested reading by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times for understanding morality and promoting secularism in every country of the world Debate: Human Morality, Monotheism and Organized Religion? […]
Reuters International This content was published on March 13, 2018 U.S. Army General Joseph Votel, commander of the U.S. Central Command, testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee on […]
Reuters International This content was published on March 14, 2018 FILE PHOTO: A old Fiat car drives along a street in Eritrea’s capital Asmara, February 20, 2016. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya/File […]
Source: Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s government on Tuesday rejected two reports presented to the U.N. Human Rights Council that concluded it committed extreme human rights violations, probably amounting […]
Source: Time By JENNIFER CALFAS March 13, 2018 Actor Claire Foy’s nuanced, star-making portrayal of Queen Elizabeth II on the hit Netflix series The Crown earned her critical acclaim, a Golden Globe award […]
Source: Time By JAMIE DUCHARME March 13, 2018 Over the years, researchers have found more than a few health benefits associated with a supportive marriage, from a longer life to a lower risk of […]
Source: BBC News By Megha Mohan When Pakistani designer Nashra Balagamwala produced a board game about arranged marriage, most news reports about her wrongly assumed she was dead against it. […]