Prince William to visit Palestinian Territories, Israel this summer
AFP | Published — Thursday 1 March 2018 LONDON: Prince William will be the first senior British royal to make an official visit to the Palestinian Territories and Israel, […]
New York to pay Muslim women forced to remove hijabs
New York: The city of New York has agreed to pay $180,000 (Dh661,000) to three Muslim women forced by police to remove their headscarves to have mug shots taken, officials said Wednesday. Each of the women is to receive $60,000 after the settlements were finalized in a Brooklyn federal court […]
Erdogan has released the genealogy of thousands of Turks – but what is his motive?
In 2003, the Armenian newspaper Agos, whose editor Hrant Dink was assassinated outside his office in 2007, reported that the Turkish government was secretly coding minorities in registers Robert Fisk […]
Rouhani says Iran ‘ready’ to talk to Arab neighbours
By AFP – Feb 28,2018 – JORDAN TIMES Tehran, Iran — President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday said Iran is ready to discuss regional security issues with its Gulf Arab neighbours […]
Faithful return to Jerusalem holy site as Christian protest ends
By AFP – Feb 28,2018 – JORDAN TIMES A general view of the Edicule of the Tomb at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem’s Old […]
Trump and Netanyahu — ‘birds of a feather’ getting together
Feb 28,2018 -JORDAN TIMES – Michael Jansen Donald Trump’s December 6th decision to shift the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem and his announcement last week that the ambassador […]
Hundreds gather at church for blessing ceremony featuring AR-15s
NEWFOUNDLAND, Pa. — Hundreds of crown-wearing worshipers clutching AR-15 rifles drank holy wine and exchanged or renewed wedding vows in a commitment ceremony at a Pennsylvania church on Wednesday, prompting […]
Holi Festival 2018: How the thwarting of a Hindu demon king led to the colourful celebration
Source: Telegraph UK Holi, a traditional Hindu festival which celebrates the beginning of spring as well as the triumph of good over evil, begins tomorrow. It is best known around […]
Book: Light from the East: how the science of medieval Islam helped to shape the Western world
cosmosmagazine.com: NON FICTION Light from the East: How the science of Medieval Islam helped to shape the Western world, by John Freely I.B. Taurus (2015) In their frustration and disgust at the barbarity of the modern day Islamic extremists, many commentators in the West, groping for a context in which to […]
Everyone seems to be speaking for God. Heaven help us.
Source: The Washington Post By Courtland Milloy Columnist It seems as if God is everywhere now, but I’m not always sure who or what people are referring to when they talk about […]
What is a Cult?
Source: Huffington Post By J. H. McKenna, Ph.D. The word ‘cult’ is never benign in religious terminology as it is in the world of art, where Johnny Stonenoggin filmster extraordinaire […]
How many Jews live in the U.S.? That depends on how you define ‘Jewish.’
Source: The Washington Post By Emily Guskin February 23 Email the author Hillel students take photos of the 300-year-old Torah scroll that was given to the University of Pittsburgh Hillel Jewish student organization. […]
Barbra Streisand Cloned Her Dog. Here’s How Much That Costs
Source: Time By SARAH GRAY February 27, 2018 Barbra Streisand cloned a beloved dog, as revealed in a wide-ranging cover story for Variety. Her two pups Miss Violet and Miss Scarlett (who appear […]
French Bishop Declares Nun’s Recovery A Lourdes Miracle
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla DIOCESE DE BEAUVAIS NOYON ET SENLIS / YOUTUBE Bernadette Moriau’s healing was recognized as a miracle by a Roman Catholic bishop on Feb. 11. Nearly 10 years […]
27 Colorful Photos That Show The Joy Of Holi In India
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla and Chris McGonigal RUPAK DE CHOWDHURI/REUTERS A student of Rabindra Bharati University, with his face smeared in colored powder, reacts in Kolkata, India. 730 […]
TAJIKISTAN: Almost 2,000 mosques closed in 2017
Source: Forum18 By Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 Tajikistan has claimed to have closed almost 2,000 mosques in 2017. Officials claimed they were closed at the request of local residents, but […]
Oxford University Debate: Is Religion the Opiate of the Masses?
Source: Huffington Post By Frank Fredericks I had the esteemed privilege of opening the Proposition in the Oxford Union debate: This House Believes that Religion Remains an Opiate of the […]
US civil rights groups decry ‘anti-Muslim’ bill in Idaho
A spate of bills in state legislatures across the United States have been decried by civil rights groups as Islamophobic. Most recently, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), a Washington, DC-based Muslim civil rights group, has called on Idaho’s Senate to vote against a bill recently passed by the state’s House of […]
Air Force Chief Goldfein: ‘We’ll be fighting from space in a matter of years’
by Sandra Erwin — February 24, 2018 Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein speaks at the Air Force Association Air Warfare Symposium, Orlando, Fla., Feb. 23, 2018. Credit: […]
No Peace after Islamic State: Foreign Powers Compete for a Slice of Syria
Islamic State has largely been defeated, but peace in Syria has not been achieved. On the contrary, without a common enemy, parties involved are now pursuing their own interests, […]