El Salvador woman freed after 15 years in jail for abortion
Source: BBC News A 34-year-old woman in El Salvador has been freed after spending 15 years in jail for having an abortion. Maira Verónica Figueroa Marroquín was released after her […]
Indonesia’s Aceh considers beheading as penalty for murder
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 […]
Nigerian campaign group threatens to sue government over abducted girls
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 […]
Lightning kills 15 worshippers in Rwanda, as government cracks down on unsafe churches
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 […]
Mike Pompeo, Trump’s pick to replace Tillerson, has long worried Muslim advocates
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 […]
Al-Qaeda operative born in Texas sentenced to 45 years for conspiring to murder Americans, supporting terrorism
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 […]
‘Fetal heartbeat’ abortion ban faces looming deadline and uncertain future in Iowa House
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. […]
Atheists can ‘go to hell,’ says Sedgwick County commissioner
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 […]
Trump boasts he made up trade facts in meeting with Trudeau
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 […]
Young people to talk with Pope Francis about future of the church
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 […]
The cliff that revealed Earth’s history
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 […]
Hate mail in London urges people to ‘punish’ Muslims, bomb mosques
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 […]
Anti-Semitic crime in Berlin doubles in prevalence in four years: report
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 […]
First purpose-built mosque by Ahmadiyya in London, the Fazl Mosque, Southfields, from 1926, has been given Grade II status
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 […]
Debate: God & Morality: William Lane Craig vs Erik Wielenberg
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? […]
U.S. general signals support for Iran nuclear deal
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 […]
Eritrea arrests hundreds of perceived opponents – U.N.
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 […]
Myanmar says UN findings on human rights lack credibility
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 […]
Netflix Paid Its Queen Elizabeth Less Than Prince Philip. Here’s Why That’s Insanely Wrong
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 […]
A Good Marriage May Help Keep You Thin, Study Says
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 […]