Do not forget Gaza
Feb 07,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Daoud Kuttab Sometimes man-made disasters can be worse than natural calamities. This certainly applies to the Gaza Strip, where humans are responsible for serious […]
Israel’s double game with Daesh
Feb 07,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Michael Jansen Israel is inadvisably but increasingly involved in conflicts raging in its northern and southern neighbours. In the north, Israel has for several years provided aid and comfort to Daesh, Al Qaeda, and other insurgents fighting the Syrian government. This began by offering […]
UN rights chief: Intolerance making inroads in Indonesia
Source: Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — The U.N. human rights chief says “strains of intolerance” once thought foreign to Indonesia are making inroads in the world’s most populous Muslim […]
Mashal Khan case: Death sentence for Pakistan ‘blasphemy’ murder
Source: BBC News A Pakistani court has sentenced one man to death and handed life terms to five others for murdering a student who was falsely accused of blasphemy. Twenty-five […]
Ex pope Benedict says he is in the last phase of his life
Source: Reuters VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Former pope Benedict said in a letter published in an Italian newspaper on Wednesday that he is in the last phase of life and […]
Draft DHS Report Called for Long-Term Surveillance of Sunni Muslim Immigrants
Source: Foreign Policy Those fitting broad “at-risk” profiles would be targeted for continuous vetting. BY GEORGE JOSEPH | FEBRUARY 5, 2018, 4:53 PM Two Muslim women stand near a fence across the […]
Can LGBT rights and religious rights coexist? Kim Davis-like case tests the waters
Source: The Washington Post Since the Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage nationwide in 2015, a slew of controversial cases have raised questions over whether LGBT rights can coexist with religious […]
U.S. Prisons Allow Extremism to Fester, Study Warns
Source: The Wall Street Journal By Jessica Donati Feb. 6, 2018 10:15 a.m. ET Heather Coffman was among the first U.S. prisoners to return to her hometown, in Virginia, after […]
Judge: Baker can refuse to make same-sex wedding cakes
Source: Associated Press BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) — A California bakery owner can continue to refuse to make wedding cakes for same-sex couples because it violates her Christian beliefs, a judge […]
DNA suggests 10,000-year-old Brit had dark skin, blue eyes
Source: MSN By Jill Lawless LONDON — DNA from a 10,000-year-old skeleton found in an English cave suggests the oldest-known Briton had dark skin and blue eyes, researchers said Wednesday. […]
The Five Schools of Islamic Thought
Schools of Islamic thought (madhahib) are the paths people follow to the Noble Qur’an and Prophet Muhammad. Obviously, these schools of thought were founded considerably after the death of the Prophet; in fact, they never took shape until the time of the Umayyid Caliphate. The common phrase ahl al-sunnah wal-jama΄ah, […]
The Country’s First Safe Injection Facility May Soon Open in Philadelphia. Here’s What You Need to Know
Source: Time By JAMIE DUCHARME February 6, 2018 TIME Health For more, visit TIME Health. Last month, supervised injection facilities, also known as safe injection facilities (SIFs), were thrust back into the […]
Pope Francis’s Failure to Address Abuse Allegations Jeopardizes His Papacy
Source: Time By CHRISTOPHER J. HALE Hale is a political strategist who helped lead Catholic outreach for President Obama and is the co-founder of Millennial. This week it came to light […]
Germany coalition talks: Merkel’s conservatives and SPD clinch deal
Source: BBC News Germany is set to emerge from months of political deadlock after Angela Merkel’s conservatives (CDU/CSU) finally agreed a coalition deal with the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD). Negotiators […]
The story of Elon Musk rocket launch
Source: BBC News Falcon Heavy successfully launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The rocket’s payload is Elon Musk’s own Tesla. Video Here
Kurds protest in Rome as Turkey’s Erdogan meets pope
Source: Associated Press By FRANCES D’EMILIO VATICAN CITY (AP) — Paying the first Vatican visit by a Turkish head of state in 59 years, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met Monday […]
Chinese paper says diplomatic ties with Vatican inevitable
Source: Reuters BEIJING/HONG KONG (Reuters) – China and the Vatican will establish formal diplomatic relations sooner or later because Pope Francis has the “wisdom” to resolve problems between the two […]
After Religious Clash in India, Rumors Create a False ‘Martyr’
Source: The New York Times By SUHASINI RAJ and KAI SCHULTZ Rahul Upadhyay, who was rumored to have been killed in clashes between Hindus and Muslims in India last month, is very much […]
Delhi chief minister condemns murder of Hindu man
Source: BBC News Image copyrightANKIT SAXENA/FACEBOOKImage captionAnkit Saxena was allegedly stabbed last week by the family of his girlfriend Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal has met the family of a […]
Study finds lower ultra-Orthodox male employment in Israel
Source: Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — New statistics indicate that after years of growth the number of ultra-Orthodox Jewish men in Israel’s workforce has begun to decline. The Israel Democracy […]