London Closes 500 Churches; Opens 423 New Mosques
March 5, 2018 Baxter Dmitry News, UK 33 The creeping Islamization of London is almost complete, with hundreds of official sharia courts operating in the capital, and mosques opening where […]
This Photo of Harriet Tubman Was Lost for Close to a Century
Source: Time By OLIVIA B. WAXMAN March 6, 2018 More than a century after Harriet Tubman died in March of 1913, the Library of Congress announced on Tuesday that it has […]
Muslim women don’t need saving from their religion
Source: Religion News Service By Maha Elgenaidi (RNS) — In an average week, I deliver presentations to hundreds of people on various topics related to Islam and Muslims. Oftentimes, such presentations […]
Russia embraces Pakistan with gas and diplomacy
Source: Dawn ISLAMABAD: As US influence in Islamabad wanes, former adversary Moscow is building military, diplomatic and economic ties that could upend historic alliances in the region and open up […]
This City Is Most Likely to Be Named Amazon’s Second Headquarters
Source: Time By BRAD TUTTLE March 6, 2018 HQ2 in D.C.? More and more, signs indicate that Seattle-based tech giant Amazon will choose the Washington, D.C., area for its much-hyped second headquarters, dubbed […]
How to Use Awkward Silence to Get What You Want
Source: Time By MELISSA DAHL February 16, 2018 IDEAS Dahl is the author of Cringeworthy: A Theory of Awkwardness. I heard a story recently about a friend’s former boss. When underlings would go […]
Saudi crown prince visits Cairo Coptic cathedral, meets pope
Source: Reuters CAIRO (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman met Coptic Pope Tawadros II at Cairo’s largest Coptic cathedral on Monday in what state media said was […]
Malika V: Nur Jahan
By: Tom Verde From Bangladesh to Pakistan, Kyrgyzstan to Nigeria, Senegal to Turkey, it is not particularly rare in our own times for women in Muslim-majority countries to be […]
Threatened with ‘acid, rape, abuse’: Protesting Iran’s compulsory hijab law
Source: CNN By Hannah Ritchie, CNN Editor’s Note: CNN is committed to covering gender inequality wherever it occurs in the world. This story is part of As Equals, a year-long […]
WHEN CATHOLICS CRITICIZE THE POPE
Source: First Things By Dan Hitchens C. S. Lewis never read the newspapers. Though this habit led to some memorable blunders—he was under the impression that the Yugoslav dictator Tito was […]
Americans may not know it, but they’ve long been embracing Hindu philosophy
Source: Quartz WRITTEN BY Vasudha Narayanan Last week marked the death anniversary of Mahesh Yogi, the Indian guru who brought transcendental meditation to the West in the sixties and became a […]
Christians are key to support for el-Sissi in upcoming Egypt election
Source: Religion News Service By Jacob Wirtschafter and Mina Nader | March 5, 2018 Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, right, shakes hands with Pope Tawadros II, the 118th pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria […]
Rohingya crisis: UN envoy says refugees facing ‘forced starvation’
Source: BBC News Myanmar has not stopped its ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya people in Rakhine state, a United Nations human rights official said on Tuesday. The UN envoy’s assessment […]
The future of Israel’s ‘dreamers’
Source: The Washington Post Story by Loveday Morris Photos by Corinna Kern Alam Godin fled to Israel as a boy, escaping war in Sudan more than a decade ago with his family. […]
Sri Lanka declares emergency amid anti-Muslim violence
Source: Associated Press By KRISHAN FRANCIS COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s president declared a state of emergency Tuesday amid fears that anti-Muslim attacks in several central hill towns […]
Gambian Islamic Scholar Speaks Against Ahmadiyya TV Station
WRITTEN BY Jollof Media Network March 7, 2018 Imam Drammeh A prominent Gambian Islamic scholar has warned the government of President Adama Barrow not to grant a television […]
A hard sell? Saudi crown prince goes West to woo allies
Reuters International This content was published on March 6, 2018 FILE PHOTO: Saudi Arabia’s then Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman reacts upon his arrival at the Elysee Palace […]
Indonesian Islamic university bans burqas on campus
Reuters International This content was published on March 7, 2018 A woman wearing a full-face veil shops for clothes in a traditional textile market in Jakarta, Indonesia March 7, […]
Balkan neighbours push to resolve disputes, but deals elusive
Reuters International This content was published on March 6, 2018 5:36 PMMar 6, 2018 – 17:36 Chairman of the Bosnian Tripartite presidency Dragan Covic (C) and members Bakir Izetbegovic (L) and Mladen Ivanic (R) pose for photo with Croatian President Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic (2nd L) and Serbian President Aleksandar […]
U.N. rights chief attacks EU and U.S. over migrants and Dreamers
Reuters International This content was published on March 7, 2018 U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein talks to reporters in Jakarta, Indonesia February 7, 2018. REUTERS/Beawiharta […]