An Al Jazeera investigation has revealed that international volunteers are being enlisted in the Israeli army August 29, 2017 Organisations linked to the Israeli army are said to be cropping up all over Europe to enlist voluntary recruits. The organisations specialising in bringing individuals to Israel operate branches in major […]
Arab News | Published — Wednesday 30 August 2017 MINA: Agencies involved in Hajj preparations are ready to serve more than 2 million pilgrims, a senior Saudi official said. Pilgrims have arrived in preparation for the “Day of Tarwiyah,” which falls today, said Interior Ministry Spokesman Maj. Gen. Mansour Al-Turki. […]
Aug 29,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Hasan Abu Nimah As many feared, the US team led by the president’s son-in-law and adviser Jared Kushner ended its effort to resuscitate the moribund Palestinian-Israeli peace process without any tangible result. And yet, neither of the two directly concerned sides nor the Arab capitals […]
Source: Dawn Fighting “Islamist terrorism” is France’s top foreign policy priority, President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday, vowing to make his country a leading power in an unstable, increasingly polarised world. “Providing security for our citizens means that the fight against Islamist terrorism is our first priority,” Macron told some 200 […]
By AFP – Aug 30,2017 – JORDAN TIMES An undated handout picture released by the Metropolitan Police Service in London on Tuesday shows Naji Salim Hussain Al Ali, a political cartoonist for the Kuwaiti newspaper Al Qabas, who was fatally shot in 1987 in Knightsbridge, London (AFP photo) […]
We must ensure that no one is raised under a needlessly isolating doctrine when the benefits from all those who have happily integrated are so clear to see Nav Mirza 81 comments We need to involve young men and women in the modernisation of Islam in Britain Reuters As a […]
Source: Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — More than 1.7 million Muslims from around the world have arrived in Saudi Arabia for the start of the annual hajj […]
Source: The Salt Lake Tribune By Peggy Fletcher Stack Sandy • Don’t call Denver Snuffer Jr. a prophet and don’t view his Remnant movement as a church. Of course, it was […]
Source: Associated Press By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Virginia’s prison system must recognize an offshoot of the Nation of Islam as a religion and allow inmates who are followers to congregate and possess its publications, a federal judge ruled Monday. The Virginia Department of Corrections has long considered the Nation of […]
Source: CNN (CNN)Pastor Joel Osteen’s Houston megachurch says it’s opening its doors Tuesday to residents displaced by flooding. Lakewood Church, which was founded by Osteen’s father in the 1950s, […]
Source: Christian Today It takes a lot to cancel church in the shiny Bible Belt stronghold of Houston, Texas, home to more megachurches than any city in America. Specifically, 9 […]
Source: The New York Times By ADAM LIPTAK AUG. 28, 2017 Photo A protest of President Trump’s travel ban outside an appeals court in Seattle in May. CreditDavid Ryder/Reuters WASHINGTON — In the […]
Source: The Washington Post By Perry Stein, The Washington Post Posted Aug 26, 2017 at 8:42 PMUpdated Aug 26, 2017 at 8:44 PM The Rev. Al Sharpton organized more than 1,000 religious leaders from multiple faiths to rally Monday […]
Source: Tampa Bay Times Reaction to this month’s Season 2 premiere of the Emmy-nominated Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath series has been swift, from the religion’s international spiritual headquarters in Clearwater […]
Source: Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — An attorney for the founder of a mystical, New Age version of Shiite Islam says an Iranian court has sentenced his client to death. Mahmoud Alizadeh Tabatabaei tells The Associated Press that the court sentenced Mohammad Ali Taheri to death on charges of […]
Source: Associated Press By AMIR VAHDAT TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Just a couple of weeks into her appointment, the new Iranian vice president’s decision to abandon her fashion style for […]
Source: Reuters BY Adnan Abidi ROHTAK, India (Reuters) – An Indian judge sentenced a self-styled “godman”, whose followers went on a deadly rampage after he was convicted of rape last […]
Source: The New York Times By BEN HUBBARD BEIRUT, Lebanon — For three decades, Hezbollah maintained a singular focus as a Lebanese military group fighting Israel. It built a network of bunkers and […]
Source: Los Angeles Times By Abby Sewell Reem Kaedbey was never very religious. She’s not even sure there is a God. But when it came to marriage, she never had […]
Source: The New York Times Abraham never fit in. Hisham finally felt at home. Then their worlds collided in western Arkansas. By SABRINA TAVERNISE Photographs by ETHAN TATE for The New York Times AUGUST […]