The Predestination Debate – White vs Brown
James White and Michael Brown debate the central issue of God’s Sovereignty and Election at Southern Evangelical Seminary in Charlotte, North Carolina. Predestination may become a less of a dilemma […]
Buddhist protesters block aid to Muslim Rohingya
Mob in Myanmar blocks relief supplies while fatal road accident hits truck carrying food to refugees in Bangladesh. Rohingya refugees wait for aid in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh [Danish Siddiqui/Reuters] Police in Myanmar have clashed with a mob blocking an aid shipment in Rakhine state while nine people have died in […]
Hurricanes: A perfect storm of chance and climate change?
Source: BBC News BY Matt McGrath Environment correspondent The succession of intense and deadly tropical cyclones that have barrelled across the Atlantic in recent weeks have left many people wondering if a […]
Caravan of Love takes its peace message to Indian families touched by hate
Source: The Guardian Huizhong Wu in Ahmedabad Wednesday 20 September 2017 05.00 BSTLast modified on Wednesday 20 September 2017 05.52 BST A police escort is a must when travelling in the Karwan-e-Mohabbat, or “Caravan of […]
GAMA Collective reclaims the Muslim narrative
By Ilaf Esuf | Senior Staff “If we don’t push Muslim creatives into the space, who’s going to write our story? Are we just going to let someone else write our narrative?” Abbas Mohamed, one of the GAMA (Gathering All Muslim Artists) directors, asked the sold-out crowd at Alena […]
Film starring Pope Francis as himself gets first screening at Vatican
Source: The Guardian Beyond the Sun, to be released at Christmas, tells story of children searching for God, with proceeds going to charity Pope Francis is expected to attend the […]
Why religious belief isn’t a delusion – in psychological terms, at least
Source: The Guardian Religious beliefs are typically incompatible with scientific evidence and observable reality, but aren’t considered to be delusions. Why not? There’s nothing to be concerned about, in the […]
Political reporter beaten to death in north-east India
Source: The Guardian Shantanu Bhowmick attacked with sticks outside Agartala two weeks after high-profile murder of another journalist indi Indian journalists at a road blockade set up over the killing of […]
Two in five European Muslims have felt discriminated against – survey
Source: The Guardian Study for EU’s fundamental rights agency finds 30% say they have been insulted and 2% physically assaulted in past 12 months Nearly 40% of women who wore […]
How France Is Making Libya Worse
Macron Is Strengthening Haftar By Jalel Harchaoui On July 25, at peace talks in Paris convened by French President Emmanuel Macron, the leaders of Libya’s two main factions—Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj of the internationally recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) in Tripoli and Marshal Khalifa Haftar of the self-styled Libyan […]
Rohingya crisis: Rakhine aid boat ‘blocked by Myanmar mob’
Source: BBC News Police in Myanmar’s Rakhine state have fired warning shots to disperse a Buddhist mob trying to block a boat carrying aid, reports say. The boat was bound […]
Bishop Schneider: The Pope is not the ‘owner’ of Catholic truths
Source: Life Site By Dorothy Cummings McLean September 19, 2017 (LifeSiteNews) — In a recent interview, Bishop Athanasius Schneider said that some of the “ambiguous affirmations” in Amoris Laetitia are “causing a […]
Iraq’s Kurdish region to hold independence vote on September 25
By Reuters – Sep 20,2017 – JORDAN TIMES KIRKUK, Iraq — Visitors to Kirkuk in northern Iraq are greeted by an imposing statue of a Kurdish Peshmerga fighter with a gun slung over his shoulder, a reminder of tensions building in the hotly-contested city ahead of a referendum on Kurdish […]
Is Trump killing the dollar?
Sep 20,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Benjamin J. Cohen For nearly a century, the US dollar has been viewed as the financial world’s ultimate safe haven. No other currency has promised the same degree of security and liquidity for accumulated wealth. In past times of trouble, skittish investors and prudent […]
If Donald Trump is going to use WW2 to justify his UN speech, it would be good if he got his facts right
Source: Independent By Robert Fisk I do recall another man who used the ‘Free French’ resistance parallel from the Second World War. He was trying to prove that Muslims had the right to resist the United States. His name was Osama bin Laden When, oh when, will our politicians/statesmen/dictators – mad […]
Why doesn’t the Muslim community look up to its black celebrities?
Source: The Washington Post By Sarah A. Harvard September 20 at 6:00 AM Actor Mahershala Ali, winner of the Best Supporting Actor award for “Moonlight,” poses with his Oscar as he arrives […]
On Rosh Hashanah, Jewish communities try repenting for gun violence and racism
Source: Washington Post By Julie Zauzmer The synagogue members hammered stakes into the ground on a hot September afternoon, then draped each one with a t-shirt bearing the name of a […]
First professional Muslim sorority opens chapter on campus
Source: The Daily Texan BY TEHREEM SHAHAB The nation’s first professional Muslim sorority, Mu Delta Alpha, has established a beta chapter at UT and started rush week Monday. The University of […]
Rohingya crisis: Suu Kyi speech criticised by global leaders
Source: BBC News Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi is facing mounting international pressure for her handling of violence in Rakhine state and the Rohingya refugee crisis. In a speech on Tuesday, […]
How Myanmar’s Buddhists actually feel about the Rohingya
Source: CNN By Katie Hunt, CNN Yangon, Myanmar (CNN)One public servant skipped work. A butcher shut up her store for the day. A noodle seller watched on his phone. They […]