Source: Religion News Service ROSEMONT, Ill. (RNS) It had been a difficult Ramadan for many Muslims, ending the week before the Islamic Society of North America Convention started. In Portland, […]
Source: The Washington Post By Sarah Pulliam Bailey June 30 (iStock) A university in Oklahoma said it will consider removing religious icons from its campus chapel after receiving a letter from a group […]
Source: Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran will allow its citizens to take part in this year’s hajj pilgrimage despite soaring tensions with arch rival Saudi Arabia. Iran’s semi-official […]
Source: The New York Times By ISABEL KERSHNER Photo Protesters, mainly American Jews belonging to the Reform movement, demonstrated last week outside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s residence in Jerusalem. He has […]
Source: BBC News Saudi Arabia is the chief foreign promoter of Islamist extremism in the UK, a new report has claimed. The Henry Jackson Society said there was a “clear […]
Source: Huffington Post By Mike Ghouse Contributor Mike Ghouse is committed to build a cohesive America and offers pluralistic solutions on issues of the day. Did you know that the Muslim […]
Source: Time By Eric Barker Jul 03, 2017 IDEAS Barker is the author of Barking Up The Wrong Tree What habits, tactics and routines do the most successful people use to […]
Source: Time By Elizabeth O’Brien Jun 29, 2017 Dawn Burnfin’s 94-year-old grandmother recently had a massive stroke in a Missouri nursing home. She quickly recovered well enough to tell the end-of-life […]
Source: Time By Charlie Campbell / Beijing During his New Year speech, Kim Jong Un declared that North Korea had “entered the final stage of preparation for the test launch of […]
TEHRAN — Mocking presidents of the Great Satan, the United States, has long been standard practice during state-backed rallies in Iran, where anti-Americanism is ingrained in state ideology. For decades, Iranian revolutionary families would work late into the night to make sock puppets, cartoons and effigies of every American president since […]
Riyadh, Cairo, Abu Dhabi and Manama cut diplomatic links with Qatar month ago By AFP – Jul 04,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Foreign Minister of Qatar Sheikh Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman Bin Jassim Al Thani holds a joint press conference with German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel (not seen) following their meeting […]
Reuters International JULY 4, 2017 Members of Afghan robotics girls team which was denied entry into the United States for a competition, work on their robots in Herat […]
America still wins praise for its people, culture and civil liberties BY RICHARD WIKE, BRUCE STOKES, JACOB POUSHTER AND JANELL FETTEROLF Although he has only been in office a few months, Donald Trump’s presidency has had a major impact on how the world sees the United States. Trump and many […]
One-in-six newlyweds are married to someone of a different race or ethnicity BY GRETCHEN LIVINGSTON AND ANNA BROWN (Beowulf Sheehan/iStock) Terminology In 2015, 17% of all U.S. newlyweds had a spouse of a different race or ethnicity, marking more than a fivefold increase since 1967, when 3% of newlyweds were […]
Global research last week found that three quarters of the world has little or no confidence in Donald Trump and his policies. So it’s no surprise that he’s chosen to start his trip in Poland Andrew Hammond @IndyVoices 2 hours ago 0 comments Donald Trump begins his second foreign foray as […]
While lives are lost every day, it is destruction of cities and monuments that drives home the vicious nature of conflict throughout history Robert Fisk @indyvoices The al-Nuri mosque was blown up by Isis last week AP Over the years, I’ve almost lost count of the priceless treasures of art […]
‘Spiritual abuse’: Christian thinktank warns of sharp rise in UK exorcisms Source: The Guardian By Harriet Sherwood, who is the Guardian’s religion correspondent. She was previously Jerusalem correspondent, foreign editor and […]
Source: Huffington Post By Whitney Buchanan, who is an American analyst and commentator on MENA affairs. She is also the founder of Middle East Collective. Whitney is currently based between […]
Source: The Guardian By Harriet Sherwood, who is the Guardian’s religion correspondent. She was previously Jerusalem correspondent, foreign editor and home editor Report by Theos says vast majority of exorcisms […]
How can we inspire our creativity? Rachel Carson, Abdus Salam, Einstein and others—exploring some unique ways of making connections! Two experts say: “….successful innovation depends less on how smart you are than how connected you are….” ———-Mark Thomas and Stephen Shennan, University College London A new book (about 11000 words) […]