Guardian: Last week, almost 3,000 scientists and policymakers from 120 countries gathered on the shores of the Dead Sea in Jordan for the 2017 World Science Forum. It was a landmark moment for Jordanian science, and a tribute to the vision of Princess Sumaya bint El Hassan, president of Jordan’s Royal Scientific […]
Source: The Washington Post By Sarah Pulliam Bailey November 28 at 10:11 AM Brazilian Congressman Jair Bolsonaro (Sebastiao Moreira/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock) SÃO PAULO — Corruption scandals that have landed several of Brazil’s leading politicians […]
Source: The Guardian By Ruth Michaelson Following Friday’s attack on a mosque in north Sinai, in which 305 were killed, annual parade is cancelled A vigil in Cairo for the victims […]
Source: Associated Press By NICOLE WINFIELD NAYPYITAW, Myanmar (AP) — Pope Francis insisted Tuesday that Myanmar’s future depends on respecting the rights of each ethnic group, an indirect show of […]
Source: THE CINCINNATI ENQUIRER* Mark Curnutte, mcurnutte@enquirer.com A local mosque is donating $1 million to the University of Cincinnati to increase understanding of the Islamic religion amid concerns about Islamophobia. UC is adding […]
Source: Charlotte Observer BY JIM MORRILL AND AND TIM FUNK NOVEMBER 27, 2017 04:01 PM UPDATED NOVEMBER 27, 2017 07:44 PM Republican U.S. Rep. Robert Pittenger, who faces a Baptist […]
Source: Time By Alexandra Sifferlin Updated: November 28, 2017 4:01 PM ET | Originally published: November 27, 2017 TIME Health For more, visit TIME Health. There’s a global push for doctors and patients to […]
Nov 28,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Ramzy Baroud On November 18, just days before the 50th anniversary of the United Nations Resolution 242, the US State Department took its first step towards severing ties with the Palestinian Liberation Organisation. The timing of this decision could not be any more profound. The […]
By Seth J. Frantzman November 26, 2017 The immediate spark for the protests came from far-right Islamist politicians whipping up populist intolerance against the Ahmadi Muslim minority. A POLICE officer stands guard outside the Batul Noor mosque of the Ahmadi community in Lahore in 2013.. (photo credit: REUTERS) […]
The latest case shows how strong Islamists have already become in Pakistan. (John Moore via Getty Images) https://swarajyamag.com/world/in-case-it-wasnt-obvious-islamists-hold-over-pakistan-has-now-grown-even-stronger Snapshot ‘Form-A’ is a document which is submitted at the time of election by candidates in Pakistan. In this, “I solemnly swear” had been replaced with “I believe” in a clause relating […]
Source: Dawn News The government on Monday gave in to the demands of Tehreek-i-Labaik Ya Rasool Allah (TLY) in order to end the Faizabad sit-in. The agreement document — bearing signatures […]
Source: Time By Katy Steinmetz November 27, 2017 America is in the midst of a cultural reckoning, as women call out inappropriate behavior they have endured in workplaces from coast to […]
Source: The New York Times By HANNAH BEECH NOV. 23, 2017 Rohingya refugees preparing an evening meal in the Kutupalong camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, on Thursday. CreditAdam Dean for The New […]
By AARTI BETIGERI NOV. 26, 2017 CANBERRA, Australia — On a Sunday afternoon in October, Rabbi Shmueli Feldman was hosting a small celebration at his home in a Canberra suburb. Suddenly, […]
Source: Associated Press By NICOLE WINFIELD YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Pope Francis opened a diplomatically fraught trip to Myanmar and Bangladesh on Monday by immediately diving into the crisis over […]
Source: USA Today By Joel Shannon, York (Pa.) Daily Record YORK, Pa. — It’s 2:00 on a Thursday afternoon in November — a school day. Right on schedule,18 elementary school students come running: They’re […]
Source: Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is leaving in place a court ruling that a Texas school board can open its meetings with student-led public prayers without […]
Source: The New Yorker By David Rohde Minutes before an international war-crimes tribunal in The Hague convicted him, last week, of committing genocide, Ratko Mladić, the former Serbian Army commander, now a […]
Source: The Washington Post By Michelle Boorstein November 27 Longtime Americans United for Separation of Church and State executive director, Rev. Barry W. Lynn, poses for a portrait outside the Supreme Court of […]
Source: The New York Times BY Ross Douthat About 20 years ago, the eminent sociologist of religion Christian Smith coined a useful and resonant phrase, describing evangelical Christianity in the post-1960s […]