Supreme Court won’t take Texas case over student-led prayer
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 […]
Why Did Ratko Mladic Commit Genocide Against Bosnia’s Muslims?
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 […]
After 25 years on the culture war’s front lines, this prominent pastor-activist thinks liberals are winning.
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 […]
Is There an Evangelical Crisis?
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 […]
Why Muslim extremists attacked this mosque in Egypt
Source: The Washington Post By Amanda Erickson November 25 On Friday, at least 305 Egyptians were killed by terrorists who detonated a bomb in a crowded mosque, then sprayed frantic worshipers with gunfire as […]
Who are the Sufis and why does IS see them as threatening?
Source: The Conversation Over 200 people were killed and many more injured in an attack on a Sufi mosque in Egypt’s North Sinai region on Friday. The assault began with a […]
Swedish Lutherans urge use of gender-neutral words for God
Source: Associated Press STOCKHOLM (AP) — The Church of Sweden is urging its clergy to use gender-neutral language when referring to the supreme deity, refraining from using terms like “Lord” […]
Canada: An exclusive interview of Chairman Humanity First
This is an interview of Dr Aslam Daud, Chairman Humanity First, conducted by Saiful Islam, http://www.thenrb.tv/. Non Resident Bangladeshi (NRB) First 24 hours Bengali TV channel n Canada. NRB TV is telecasting mainly in Bengali but some programs will be in English to encourage the young generation of NRB families, […]
Here’s what it was like to be Mansa Musa, thought to be the richest person in history
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’s net worth just crossed $100 billion, the first time in modern history that a person has been known to hold such a massive amount of wealth. […]
Teacher allegedly terminated for being Ahmadi approaches high court
Source: Dawn The Lahore High Court issued on Monday a notice to the Punjab secretary of the school education department on a petition by a teacher allegedly terminated for being an Ahmadi. Shaukat Rauf contended that he had been terminated without being given an opportunity of defence merely on a […]
Our Renaming of Dawn’s Editorial: Pakistan’s March to Islamism
Dawn Editorial: Faizabad surrender is a blow to the legitimacy of government and all state institutions Source: Dawn IT is a surrender so abject that the mind is numb and […]
Pope meets Myanmar’s military chief in shadow of Rohingya crisis
Reuters International This content was published on November 27, 2017 3:47 PMNov 27, 2017 – 15:47 Pope Francis is welcomed as he arrives at Yangon International Airport, […]
Church bells ring out in solidarity with Muslim victims of North Sinai mosque bomb
Posted on: November 27, 2017 The al-Rawda mosque in Bir al-Abed, North Sinai Photo Credit: Egypt’s State Information Service Church bells rang out across Egypt on Saturday as an act […]
Royal Launch for 1001 Inventions in Jordan
By: 1001 Inventions The award-winning 1001 Inventions exhibition aims to create awareness amongst youth about the rich legacy of creativity and innovation in Muslim civilization aiming to inspire them to build a better future. Amman, 1 November 2017: Representing Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdallah, Chairperson of the Jordan Museum Board […]
Taqiyya, Ahmadi style (from a known Islamophobic blog)
Editor’s Note: This is from a known Islamophobic blog site Taqiyya, Ahmadi style Even Islam’s “good guys” lie about Islam. November 27, 2017 Bruce Bawer Founded in 1889 in British India, Ahmadiyya is an Islamic sect that actually preaches everything that Islam as a whole pretends to stand for: love, […]
Muslim center attacked in Poland’s Warsaw
ASSOCIATED PRESS WARSAW, Poland A Polish police technician investigates the damage at the Center of Muslim Culture, Warsaw, Poland, Nov. 27, 2017. (EPA Photo) Warsaw police say they are […]
Attacks on mosques more than doubled in the Netherlands, report says
ANADOLU AGENCY ISTANBUL There has been an increase in the number of attacks targeting mosques in the Netherlands, according to a report released by a Turkish university on Monday. […]
Diversity finds ‘human face’ on IOM online migration platform
By Camille Dupire – Nov 28,2017 – JORDAN TIMES The IOM platform seeks to change negative public perceptions about migration by ‘putting a face’ on the issue (Photo courtesy of ‘i am a migrant’ website) AMMAN — “I never thought of myself as a migrant before, but now, I […]
Indonesia extends Bali airport closure due to Agung eruption
Reuters International This content was published on November 28, 2017 Primary school children play outside their classroom as Mount Sinabung, active since 2010, erupts in the […]
What forced govt to sign agreement with Faizabad protesters, asks Rabbani
Nadir Guramani Updated November 27, 2017 Senate Chairman Raza Rabbani on Monday admonished Minister of State for Interior Affairs Talal Chaudhry and asked that “the house wants to know what forced the government to sign an agreement with the protesters” who had staged a sit-in at Faizabad. After the […]