Months after exodus began, Rohingya see no end to suffering
Source: Associated Press By TOFAYEL AHMAD and JULHAS ALAM COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh (AP) — Their houses are often made of plastic sheets. Much of their food comes from aid agencies. […]
Iraq’s ethnic, religious groups fragmented as elections near
Source: Associated Press By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and SINAN SALAHEDDIN BAGHDAD (AP) — Long beset by toxic divisions, Iraq seems to be growing even more fragmented ahead of national elections scheduled […]
Turkish women sentenced to death in Iraq for IS links
Source: BBC News An Iraqi court has sentenced at least 15 Turkish women to death by hanging, after they were found guilty of joining the Islamic State group (IS). Some […]
Tens of Thousands Attend Funeral of Radical ultra-Orthodox Rabbi in Jerusalem
Source: Haaretz By Aaron Rabinowitz The question of a successor to Auerbach, who died in Jerusalem at the age of 86 on Saturday, may be answered with the convening of a […]
Hard-Line Supporter of Israel Offers to Pay for U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem
Source: The New York Times By GARDINER HARRIS and ISABEL KERSHNER WASHINGTON — Sheldon G. Adelson, one of the most hawkish supporters of Israel among American Jews, has offered to help fund the construction […]
Millennials ‘set to be fattest generation’
Source: BBC News UK millennials are on track to be the most overweight generation since records began, health experts say. Based on population trends, more than seven in every 10 […]
Samsung Galaxy S9 focuses on the camera
Source: BBC News By Leo Kelion Technology desk editor Media captionWATCH: Spencer Kelly gets hands on with the Galaxy S9 New and improved camera capabilities are the main thrust of Samsung’s […]
Testing Gulshan = No amount of tragedy — be it war, illness or mass shooting — could stop her from following her dream.
By Jeremy Redmon The Atlanta Journal-Constitution February 18, 2018 Dr. Gulshan Harjee stands in the middle of a crowded waiting room at the Clarkston Community Health Center, which she co-founded to serve refugees and immigrants The Atlanta police chaplain appeared calm and composed as he stepped through the door of […]
Pakistan’s critical role in the New Cold War
M. K. Bhadrakumar – February 23, 2018 1.8k SHARES ShareTweetPrintMail M K Bhadrakumar | Afghanistan, no doubt, was what brought Pakistani Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif to Moscow on a ‘working […]
Hadrat Mirza Bashiruddin Mahmud Ahmad (ra). – The purpose of The Fadl-I-‘Umar Foundation
he purpose of The Fadl-I-‘Umar Foundation is to honour the loving memory of the late Hadrat Mirza Bashiruddin Mahmud Ahmadra Book: Fazl-e-Umar – The Life of Hadhrat Mirza Bashiruddin Mahmud […]
U.S. trying to ’embarrass’ Pakistan with terror financing list – minister
. Reuters International This content was published on February 26, 2018 By Drazen Jorgic ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan’s de facto finance minister, Miftah Ismail, has brushed off concerns that economic growth will suffer because of the country’s re-inclusion on a terrorist financing watch list, and lashed out against the […]
Jakarta’s Christian ex-governor challenges blasphemy conviction
Reuters International This content was published on February 26, 2018 A hard-line Muslim group member shouts slogans during a protest against former Jakarta Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama in front of […]
True Talk: I wear a headscarf but I am not a terrorist!
//tp.srgssr.ch/p/swi/embed?urn=urn:swi:video:43574578 Feb 22, 2018 – “True Talk” puts people in front of the camera who are fighting prejudice. They answer questions that nobody would normally dare to ask directly. This week, we speak […]
US escalation in the Middle East
Feb 26,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Amer Al Sabaileh It is clear that the Trump administration in the US is adopting a new strategy in the Middle East that is […]
Jordan condemns Israeli occupation’s heavy taxes on churches
Christian leaders close iconic church in protest of measure, related bills By JT – Feb 25,2018 – JORDAN TIMES Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos III delivers a statement […]
Christian Missions and the Construction of South SudanEvangelization, Humanitarian Work, and International Activism in Wau
bySébastien Fath Sébastien Fath is a historian affiliated with the CNRS and the Sociétés, Religions, Laïcités research center (EPHE/CNRS). He has taught at the École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE – Sorbonne) and at the University of Edinburgh (2004–2005). His area of specialization is the study of Evangelical Protestantism. Within […]
BBC looks beyond the west to retell the story of civilisation
Guardian: The meeting had already eaten up the morning when Michael Jackson, executive producer of the BBC’s new art epic, Civilisations, challenged me to explain why Michelangelo needed to be in a world history of art for a 21st-century audience. I gave, I thought, a passionate explanation: that Michelangelo invented the […]
নবীনেতা-মুহাম্মদ (সা:) এর জীবনী – Holy Prophet Muhammad’s (saw) Biography
The Muslim Times has the Best Collection on Muhammad, in Media, History and Literature https://t.co/bmpbG2P5Rr pic.twitter.com/f4OI3PPUjt — Zia H Shah (@ZiahShah1) April 20, 2016 //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js This article was originally posted in the Muslim Times by Ghulam Rabbi Ahmed and Sazzad Khandakar নবীনেতাঃ মুহাম্মদ মুস্তফা (সাঃ)/ Life of Muhammad (saw) By হযরত মির্যা […]
This New Jet Design Would Get You From New York to China in 2 Hours
Source: Travel And Leisure By TALIA AVAKIAN FEBRUARY 23, 2018 A team of Chinese researchers has revealed a design for a hypersonic jet that they claim could transport passengers from China to New […]
Trump Is Telling Foreign Leaders That the U.S. May Rejoin the Paris Climate Agreement, Ex-Aide Says
Source: Time By JUSTIN WORLAND February 23, 2018 President Trump has listed his decision last June to withdraw from the Paris Agreement on climate change high among his first-year accomplishments, describing the deal […]