Hindu Today, Muslim Tomorrow
Source: The Atlantic BY SABA IMTIAZ For the first 16 years of her life, Ravita Meghwar was a Hindu girl living in a village in Pakistan. But today her name […]
Ranking countries by their blasphemy laws
Source: The Economist BLASPHEMY laws, in the sense of laws that penalise speech or acts that disrespect God or the sacred, are “astonishingly widespread”. From the harshest laws to the […]
Hurt and Angry, Charlottesville Tries to Regroup From Violence
Source: The New York Times By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Brittany Caine-Conley, a minister in training at Sojourners United Church of Christ, arrived in downtown Charlottesville on Saturday morning […]
Orthodox Jewish group sues New Jersey town for ordering eruv removed
Source: JTA (JTA) — An Orthodox Jewish group filed a federal lawsuit against a New Jersey town for ordering it to remove an eruv, or religious boundary, from utility poles […]
Museum of the Bible to offer free admission when it opens in November
Source: The Washington Post By Peggy McGlone The entrance to the Museum of the Bible, under construction and set to open Nov. 17 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Michael S. Williamson/The […]
Grandmother in travel ban lawsuit arrives in US
Source: Associated Press By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER HONOLULU (AP) — The Syrian grandmother at the center of Hawaii’s lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s travel ban on people from six mostly […]
Indian Independence Day: everything you need to know about Partition between India and Pakistan 70 years on
Source: Telegraph By Barney Henderson, and agencies 70 years ago, Partition came into effect, dividing British India into two new, independent countries: India and Pakistan. At midnight on August 14 […]
India says to deport all Rohingya regardless of U.N. registration
FILE PHOTO: People belonging to Rohingya Muslim community sit outside their makeshift houses on the outskirts of Jammu, May 5, 2017. REUTERS/Mukesh Gupta/File photo (reuters_tickers) By Krishna N. Das and Sanjeev Miglani NEW DELHI (Reuters) – All of an estimated 40,000 Rohingya Muslims living in India are illegal immigrants, even […]
Modi urges India to reject violence in name of religion
Reuters International THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON AUGUST 15, 2017 Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi gestures as he addresses the nation from the historic Red Fort during Independence Day celebrations in Delhi, India August 15, 2017. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi (reuters_tickers) By Tommy Wilkes and Rahul Bhatia NEW DELHI (Reuters) – […]
In pictures: 2017 Galapagos photography competition
Source: BBC The winners have been announced for a photography competition capturing wildlife and scenery from across the Galapagos Islands. Please see the pictures in BBC Suggested Reading and Viewing […]
Switzerland: Exaggerated …
Daniel Foppa Ressortleiter Inland @DFoppa14.08.2017 (Possible prohibition of the importation of Halal and Kosher Meat into Switzerland) (Halal and Kosher slaughter is already prohibited) When the National Council adopted the motion to ban imports of animal-induced products in June, the emotions were high in Romandy: (French speaking Switzerland) […]
UNDER INVESTIGATION: Priest urges nations to improve migrant rescues
By Luigi Jorio AUGUST 11, 2017 Mussie Zerai is often on the telephone helping migrants (Keystone) An Eritrean Catholic priest living in Switzerland says his efforts to save migrants’ lives show the need for nations to rescue more people trying to reach Europe through the Mediterranean. Nominated […]
White supremacists heard what Trump did not say
After several hours of violence on Saturday, Trump finally stepped to the microphone to make a pathetically weak gesture in the vicinity of a statement condemning it, couched in the false equivalence of “both sides do it.” Josh Levin has it about right: image: http://wp.production.patheos.com/blogs/dispatches/files/2016/04/racism550.jpg “We’re closely following the terrible events […]
70 years since Partition, Pakistan still hasn’t been able to separate itself from India
Mid-August remains an annual reminder of the shared history and mutually assured destruction that binds India and Pakistan together Kunwar Khuldune Shahid in Lahore http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/india-pakistan-partition-violence-islam-hinduism-mutual-destruction-70-years-a7889606.html Pakistan came into being based on an idea, since dubbed the Two Nation Theory, that underlined, in no uncertain terms, that Hindus and Muslims were mutually antagonistic, different beings, […]
Over 600,000 displaced Syrians returned home in 2017, majority to Aleppo: UN
Source: ABNA Findings by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and partners indicate that 84 per cent of the people returning had been displaced within Syria, and the rest returned from Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan and Iraq. Refugees returning from Turkey and Jordan reportedly returned mainly to Aleppo and Al Hasakeh […]
GIRLS POWER: U.S. Team Claims Aga Khan Trophy In Big Win In FEI Nations Cup At Dublin
By: Edited Press Release Dublin, Ireland—Aug. 11 Team USA secured a definitive victory in the eighth and last leg of the FEI Nations Cup™ Jumping Europe Division 1 League in Dublin today when producing the only 0 score in a hard-fought competition. On level pegging with the Irish at the […]
Merkel condemns ‘disgusting’ far-right violence in US
Source: The Local German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday slammed as “disgusting” the role of white supremacists in a violent protest in Virginia and an “evil attack” against counter-demonstrators that left one woman dead, her spokesman said. In sharply worded remarks, Merkel’s spokesman Steffen Seibert expressed shock at the weekend rally […]
American tourist beaten up in Dresden after giving Nazi salute on street
Source: The Local An inebriated American tourist was beaten up in the German city of Dresden after he repeatedly raised his arm to give the Nazi salute, police said Sunday.The 41-year-old American, who was lightly injured in the attack, is now under investigation for violating the law against the use […]
Happy 70th Independence day to People of Pakistan
This bill board is on a highway in Multan. Paying tribute to one of the founding father of Pakistan Sir Muhammad Zafrulla Khan ( 1893-1985), who drafted the Lahore Resolution on March 23, 1940. He was first Foreign Minister of Pakistan, a world statesman, author of many books. ============================== Chaudhry Sir Muhammad […]
Hama
by: Salah Zaimeche Hama is famed for its huge water wheels and it produced great scholars in geography, mathematics, medicine and much more. Here we look at a few of […]