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By Rafiq A. Tschannen on September 30, 2017 • ( Leave a comment )

Last flight departs as Iraq imposes ban for Kurdish independence vote

Reuters International This content was published on September 29, 2017  The Erbil International Airport is seen empty of passengers in Erbil, Iraq September 29, 2017. REUTERS/Azad Lashkari (reuters_tickers) By Maher […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on September 30, 2017 • ( 1 Comment )

Pakistan ministry seeks ban on new party backed by prominent Islamist

 Reuters International This content was published on September 28, 2017   FILE PHOTO – Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, chief of the banned Islamic charity Jamat-ud-Dawa, looks over the crowed as they […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on September 30, 2017 • ( Leave a comment )

Opinion: Independent Kurdistan Looks Like a Zimbabwe in the Making

  The image of Kurdistan as a democratic, progressive, prosperous state is illusory. The Kurds should get their house in order before they get their state David Rosenberg Sep 28, […]

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Time for Kurdistani Political Parties to Get Their House in Order

By DAVID ROMANO 23/12/2016 –   Your humble columnist just spent the last four months living in Kurdistan. Although this was not, of course, my first stay in the region, […]

By rabyam on September 29, 2017 • ( Leave a comment )

The words that can make us calmer

Source: BBC News By Fiona Macdonald 27 September 2017 In the introduction to his new book The Poetry Pharmacy, William Sieghart quotes the British playwright Alan Bennett. “The best moments in […]

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Michelle Obama scolds female Trump voters

Source: BBC News Former US First Lady Michelle Obama has lashed out at female voters who backed President Donald Trump. “Any woman who voted against Hillary Clinton voted against their […]

By rabyam on September 29, 2017 • ( 1 Comment )

Italy woman marries herself in ‘fairytale without prince’

Source: BBC News An Italian woman has married herself in a ceremony complete with white dress, three-layer wedding cake, bridesmaids and 70 guests. “I firmly believe that each of us […]

By rabyam on September 29, 2017 • ( 3 Comments )

A cleric arrived, the music stopped, a melee ensued: Why hard-liners stopped a Pakistani wedding

Source: The Washington Post By Haq Nawaz Khan and Pamela Constable September 26 PESHAWAR, Pakistan — For nearly a decade, nobody dared play live music at weddings or parties in much of the northwest region […]

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Pope Francis’s actions not heretical, just human

Source: CNN By Jill Filipovic Jill Filipovic is a journalist based in New York and Nairobi, Kenya, and the author of the book “The H-Spot: The Feminist Pursuit of Happiness.” […]

By rabyam on September 29, 2017 • ( Leave a comment )

A conversation is unfolding about women’s voices in Christianity

Source: THE WICHITA EAGLE BY KATHERINE BURGESS The Rev. Tish Harrison Warren struck a nerve in April when she wrote a blog post titled “Who’s In Charge of the Christian Blogosphere?” for evangelical […]

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Judge puts deportations of Indonesians on hold

Source: Associated Press By MICHAEL CASEY A federal judge on Tuesday put on hold the deportation of several dozen Indonesians in New England who had lost their bid to remain […]

By rabyam on September 29, 2017 • ( Leave a comment )

Diwali festivals grow in US, from Disney to Times Square

Source: Associated Press By BETH J. HARPAZ NEW YORK (AP) — The holiday of Diwali is starting to light up mainstream America. Diwali, a festival of lights celebrated by Hindus, […]

By rabyam on September 29, 2017 • ( Leave a comment )

Why ‘Why Buddhism Is True’ Is True

Source: NPR BY ADAM FRANK Here is one thing author Robert Wright and I agree on when it comes to Buddhist meditation: It’s really, really boring. At least, it’s boring in the beginning. […]

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Kosher? Historic ruling lets Israeli diners decide

Source: Religion News Service By Michele Chabin | September 26, 2017 JERUSALEM (RNS) — For decades, Israeli restaurateurs who served kosher food but who did not want to submit to the authority of […]

By zakariavirk on September 29, 2017 • ( Leave a comment )

Toronto: ‘We are living through an all-out assault on truth and reason,’ Hillary Clinton

By VICTORIA GIBSONStaff Reporter Thu., Sept. 28, 2017 thestar.com Former U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton took to a Toronto stage Thursday night in front of a cheering audience of thousands, a scene reminiscent of the campaign trail she left behind on Nov. 8, 2016. Her electoral loss was almost a year […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on September 29, 2017 • ( 1 Comment )

Christian to head Syria parliament for first time in decades

  Sabbagh is first Christian to hold the post since Fares Al Khoury served sporadically between 1920-1946 Image Credit: AFP Newly elected Syrian parliament speaker Hammoudeh Sabbagh delivers a speech on Sept 28, 2017 in Damascus. Published: 18:50 September 28, 2017 AFP   Damascus: A Christian legislator was Thursday elected […]

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King Salman meets Russian realism

Dr. Manuel Almeida Five decades of broken diplomatic ties between Saudi Arabia and the Soviet Union (1938-1992) offer some perspective into the significance of King Salman’s expected visit to Moscow next week, the first ever by a Saudi monarch. In 1926, after Moscow recognized King Abdul Aziz Al-Saud’s conquest of […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on September 29, 2017 • ( 1 Comment )

Why Arabs in the US are their own worst enemy

The Arab and Muslim community in America has many problems. They are often the same problems that Arabs and Muslims face around the world, including the Arab and Muslim worlds. In America, many Arabs and Muslims are there physically, but their thoughts, hearts and minds are “back home.” In other […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on September 29, 2017 • ( 1 Comment )

Toddler shoots two children with handgun in daycare centre

Police are determining whether to file charges in the case Emily Shugerman New York Thursday 28 September 2017 Two children were shot by another toddler at an informal daycare centre in Michigan YouTube/WXYZ-TV Detroit Two children are in serious but stable condition after allegedly being shot by another toddler at […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on September 29, 2017 • ( 2 Comments )

Kurdistan has voted overwhelmingly for independence – so what happens next?

The most pressing problem is funding. Much of Kurdistan’s domestic economy is dependent on Turkey, which has threatened to cut off the flow of goods and stop exporting oil because of the referendum Rebecca Richards, Robert Smith Thursday 28 September 2017 Over 92 per cent of votes were cast for independence […]

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