Rohingya refugees: Choosing what to save and what to leave
Source: BBC News Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims have been arriving in Bangladesh with minimal belongings they gathered in a last-minute rush. They say they had to flee to […]
Hurricane Irma: Quarter of Florida Keys homes ‘destroyed’
Source: BBC News Hurricane Irma evacuees are returning to scenes of devastation in the Florida Keys with reports of a quarter of homes destroyed on the low-lying islands. The latest […]
Do you know what separates Protestants and Catholics? Many Protestants seem not to.
Source: The Washington Post By Julie Zauzmer September 13 at 7:00 AM Two open-air streams trickle west toward the Castle Church in East Germany where Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses, sparking the Protestant Reformation 500 years ago. (Eliot Stein For The Washington Post) This year marks the 500th anniversary of the […]
Israel’s Military Exemption for Ultra-Orthodox Is Ruled Unconstitutional
Source: The New York Times By ISABEL KERSHNER SEPT. 12, 2017 Photo Ultra-Orthodox Jews praying at the Western Wall in the Old City area of Jerusalem in June.CreditAtef Safadi/European Pressphoto Agency […]
Apparent ‘Ethnic Cleansing’ Is Now Unfolding In Myanmar, U.N. Says
Source: NPR BY COLIN DWYER By the latest estimates, roughly 313,000 refugees have fled Myanmar across the border into Bangladesh in a span of just over two weeks. Hardship awaits the fleeing […]
Pakistan: Hajj fraud: Over a hundred stage protest against devious tour operator
THE EXPRESS TRIBUNE > PAKISTAN By Sehrish Wasif Published: August 19, 2017 11SHARES SHARE TWEET EMAIL PHOTO: AFP/FILE ISLAMABAD: More than a hundred intending pilgrims staged a protest outside the religious affairs ministry on Friday against a private Hajj tour operator who fled away with their passports and money collected for sending them on the holy […]
Bin Laden’s Son Is Poised to Unify Terrorists Worldwide
Source: MSN News BY Ali Soufan This article was first published in CTC Sentinel, the flagship publication of the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point. One day in early November 2001, on a hillside south […]
The 9 Qualities That Help You Thrive Under Pressure
Source: Time BY Amanda MacMillan / Health.com Sep 13, 2017 TIME Health For more, visit TIME Health. In new and challenging situations, some people fold under pressure and some manage to […]
The Sole Black Senate Republican Lectured President Trump on Racism After Charlottesville
Source: Time By Aric Jenkins 7:00 PM ET The sole black Republican in the Senate, Tim Scott, tried to explain racism in the U.S. to President Donald Trump Wednesday following […]
Why More Women Are Getting a Double Mastectomy
Source: Time BY Alexandra Sifferlin Sep 13, 2017 TIME Health For more, visit TIME Health. Recent research has shown that despite more having more treatment options, women with cancer in one […]
As the former British Ambassador to the UAE, I know Brexit will fail if we don’t change our attitude toward the Middle East
Repeating the American line with a British accent (which was Blair’s particular skill) no longer impresses anybody, especially with President Trump in the White House. The Emiratis could be key to our financial success, but only if Boris Johnson pulls his socks up Anthony Harris https://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FIndependentVoices%2F&width=450&layout=button&action=like&size=large&show_faces=false&share=false&height=35&appId=235586169789578 ‘This Government is now […]
Indonesia: Ahmadiyya Jama’at Sues For Changes in Religious Defamation Law
The Constitutional Court is asked to revoke article 1,2,3 of Act number 1 of PNPS in 1965 and to declare it contradictory to the 1945 Constitution. Times of Ahmad | News Watch | Source/Credit: Viva.co.id By Viva News | September 11, 2017 The Ahmadiyya sued Law no. 1 / […]
The UN is failing – states must back off and give its leader the power to act
Guardian: In a world facing many grave challenges across many spheres, people look to the United Nations to play a key role in resolving them. Photograph: Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images Yet there is broad appreciation that the UN is failing in vital areas, not least on peace and security. It is at […]
USA: Want to Make a Prophecy? Then Follow These Rules
This is a guest post by James Zimmerman. He’s the author of the book Deliverance at Hand!: The Redemption of a Devout Jehovah’s Witness. http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/09/11/want-to-make-a-prophecy-then-follow-these-rules/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=Newsletter&utm_campaign=Nonreligious&utm_content=44 In novels, plays, and motion pictures, it’s a well-known trope. From Star Wars to The Matrix, Lord of the Rings to Battlestar Galactica to Harry Potter and even Julius Caesar, there’s a prophecy, and the characters have […]
Hurricane Irma: New Tampa mosque opens as shelter for first time
Source: Tampa Bay Times BY Christopher O’Donnell, Times Staff Writer TAMPA — For now it’s their hurricane shelter, but Muslim rules about removing your shoes are still being observed at a […]
China facing intensified threat of religious infiltration, extremism: official
Source: Reuters BEIJING (Reuters) – China is facing heightened threats from foreign infiltration via religion and from the spread of extremism, a top official for religious affairs said on Tuesday, […]
Decades After Alcohol Ban, Iran Admits It Has a Problem
Source: The New York Times By THOMAS ERDBRINK SEPT. 11, 2017 Photo Nasser, a taxi driver who has been sober for three years, serving tea at an Alcoholics Anonymous association meeting […]
India’s Vigilante Cow Protectors: ‘If Police Did Their Job, We Wouldn’t Have To’
Source: The Wall Street Journal By Niharika Mandhana Sept. 11, 2017 5:30 a.m. ET PANIPAT, India—Across this northern town, clusters of young men embarked on patrols one recent night, some […]
The Contradictions of Hajj, Through the Lens of a Smartphone
Source: The New York Times By Wajahat Ali Is it permissible to take a selfie in front of the Kaaba during hajj? With spotty internet, I was unable to Google the […]
Faith groups provide the bulk of disaster recovery, in coordination with FEMA
Source: USA Today BY Paul Singer, USA TODAY If you donate bottles of water, diapers, clothing or any other materials to hurricane victims in Texas or Florida, your donation will likely […]