The Crusades Through Arab Eyes (Book Review)
By Ricardo B. Salinas Volumes have been written about the Crusades, the series of wars in which European Christians sought to take, by any means, the holy places under Muslim […]
Jewish groups in Germany urge crackdown on anti-Semitic acts
. Reuters International This content was published on December 13, 2017 By Andrea Shalal BERLIN (Reuters) – Jewish groups in Germany are pressing the authorities to crack down on anti-Semitic […]
Islamic Dream Interpretation: GREEN (by Ibn Sirin)
Green — (Fertile; Good harvest; Longevity; Paradise; Youth) Wearing a green garment in a dream is a sign of piety, religious attendance, assiduity and devotion. Green silky garments are the […]
MSF estimates more than 6,700 Rohingya killed in Myanmar
Source: BBC There have been plenty of detailed reports by journalists and researchers, based on interviews conducted with refugees, which make it hard to dispute that terrible human rights abuses took place at the hands of the security forces. But many of these reports focussed on the worst cases; there […]
Cocoa kings: The pioneers of Switzerland’s ‘Chocolate Revolution’
By Thomas Stephens This content was published on December 13, 2017 Candy girls: an advert for Suchard chocolate from 1893 (Apic/Getty Images) How did a country without a single homegrown […]
7 Books That Will Make You Smarter In a Single Plane Ride
Source: Time By Abby Jackson / Business Insider December 13, 2017 Flying offers the opportunity to disconnect from the internet — unless you pay for it — and turn your mind […]
Arkansas panel clears way for new Ten Commandments marker
Source: Associated Press By JILL BLEED LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas commission cleared the way Tuesday for the installation of another Ten Commandments monument outside the state Capitol, […]
Bangladesh: Accused NYC attacker followed radical preacher
Source: Asssociated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — The man accused of carrying out a bomb attack in New York City’s subway system was influenced by the sermons and writings of […]
Religious Bias Is Distorting American Foreign Policy
Source: The Atlantic The administration is imperiling the very minority communities it claims to want to protect. Egyptian Christians touch a blood-splattered image of Jesus Christ, inside the Coptic Orthodox […]
Israel intel chief invites Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to visit
FRENCH PRESS AGENCY – AFP JERUSALEM FILE PHOTO: Saudi Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman attends a graduation ceremony and air show marking the 50th anniversary of the […]
The indignity of being Muslim in India
Source: Quartz BY Sahil Wajid My first name was chosen by my mother because it was, as she put it, a “secular” name. Being a mildly religious woman, that really […]
Democrat Jones wins stunning red-state Alabama Senate upset
Source: Associated Press By KIM CHANDLER and STEVE PEOPLES MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — In a stunning victory aided by scandal, Democrat Doug Jones won Alabama’s special Senate election on Tuesday, […]
‘A spiritual battle:’ How Roy Moore tested white evangelical allegiance to the Republican Party
Source: The Washington Post By Sarah Pulliam Bailey December 13 at 6:00 AM U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore (R) leaves the stage after speaking at the RSA activity center in Montgomery, Ala., […]
Forget abortion: What women in Appalachian Kentucky really want
Source: CNN By Jessica Ravitz, CNN Pikeville, Kentucky (CNN)Perhaps it was the abstinence pledge she felt forced to sign or the promise ring she was told to slip on her finger. […]
Former police officer argues FBI pushed him to support terrorism
Source: The Washington Post By Rachel Weiner December 12 In the years Nicholas Young went to work patrolling Washington’s Metro system, a federal prosecutor said, an FBI agent was lying awake at […]
‘Nobody saved us’: Man describes childhood in abusive ‘cult’
Source: Assoicated Press By MITCH WEISS and HOLBROOK MOHR SPINDALE, N.C. (AP) — Jamey Anderson vividly recalls being a skinny kid trembling on the floor of a dank, windowless storage […]
EU leaders complicit in torture of refugees and migrants, Amnesty says
Rights group claims EU is financing Libyan system that routinely acts in collusion with militia groups and people traffickers A migrant stands in a packed room at the Tariq al-Matar […]
Heat-not-burn tobacco ‘is a health risk’
Source: BBC News “Heat-not-burn” tobacco products are harmful to health even though they are safer than regular cigarettes, say UK experts. The advisory panel to the government said the devices […]
These Are the Women Who Have Accused President Trump of Sexual Misconduct
Source: Time By SAMANTHA COONEY Updated: December 13, 2017 2:09 PM ET | Originally published: December 12, 2017 Three of the women who accused President Trump of sexual misconduct said on Dec. 11 that they […]
President Trump Criticized Kirsten Gillibrand. It Ended Up Helping Her
Source: Time By RYAN TEAGUE BECKWITH December 12, 2017 President Trump inadvertently boosted Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand in a feud over allegations of sexual misconduct. After the New York Democrat became one […]