Source: Reuters By Stephanie Nebehay 3 MIN READ GENEVA (Reuters) – A U.N. rights watchdog called on Saudi Arabia on Monday to end discriminatory practices against women, including its pervasive […]
“The forbidden truth, the unspeakable taboo — that evil is not always repellent but frequently attractive; that it has the power to make of us not simply victims, as nature […]
Source: Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s surviving daughter had a private audience with Pope Francis at the Vatican on Monday. The Rev. Bernice […]
Source: The Washington Post By Annie Gowen AYODHYA, India — The mob of Hindu fundamentalists brought down the mosque in just a few hours, using pickaxes, rope and their bloody, bare hands. […]
Source: Religion News Service By Michele Chabin | March 12, 2018 Demonstrators protest outside the closed doors of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, traditionally believed by many Christians to be the site […]
Source: Associated Press By NICOLE WINFIELD VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis marked his fifth anniversary as pope Tuesday by receiving votes of confidence from his predecessor and current Vatican […]
Source: NPR BY SYLVIA POGGIOLI Every Sunday when he is at the Vatican, Francis ends his remarks to the crowd in St. Peter’s Square with a typical Italian saying: “Have a […]
Source: Time By MARY DIXIE CARTER March 12, 2018 IDEAS Carter, a former publishing director of the New York Observer, is a writer based in Brooklyn. About 13 years ago, I walked […]
Source: USA Today BY Erin Jensen, USAToday After years of being skewered by programs like Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath, the controversial church with a celebrity following is taking to […]
Source: The Guardian BY Kate Connolly in Berlin A debate over proposals to scrap a Nazi-era law that forbids German doctors from providing information on abortion is expected to set the tone […]
Source: Religion News Service By Tom Heneghan VIENNA (RNS) — Just over five years ago, a Saudi-financed center for interfaith relations opened in Vienna amid concern it might be a public relations […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times BBC has reported that the world renowned physicist Stephen Hawking has died at the age of 76. He […]
Mar 13,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Hasan Abu Nimah The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will host the next regular annual Arab summit. Last year’s was held in Jordan. Arab leaders’ […]
Mar 13,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – James J. Zogby You need to prepare yourself for language shock before listening to speeches at the annual convention of the American Israel Public […]
A Marilyn Monroe lookalike cut a huge birthday cake; a troupe of can-can dancers performed; there was music and singing. When the week’s events were all over, he celebrated with […]
France has held the scholar in solitary confinement since his arrest on February 5 over accusations of sexual assault. Once hailed as a religious reformer by Western media outlets, Oxford […]
Methodist Church to host Islamic Society members for panel Rick Bannan/rick@thereflector.com Battle Ground Community United Methodist Church Pastor Susan Boegli talks with Islamic Society of Southwest Washington President Shirin Elkoshairi about the specifics of an upcoming panel scheduled at the church for March 23. Those looking to learn more […]
14 March 2018 When Pakistani designer Nashra Balagamwala produced a board game about arranged marriage, most news reports about her wrongly assumed she was dead against it. Actually her position […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Albert Einstein, man of the century, the 20th century, according to the Time magazine was born on […]
Source: The Guardian Catholic church welcomes law that begins with ban on two Sundays a month, extending to all in 2020 A Polish law banning almost all trade on Sundays […]