Bridge-Building Is Needed Between Cultures In Canada
Bridge-Building Is Needed Between Cultures In Canada BY LETHBRIDGE HERALD OPINON ON APRIL 24, 2017.By Mansoor Ladha April 24, 2017 It’s very sad and depressing to learn that there has been an increase in incidents of racism, anti-Semitism and Islamophobia in Alberta. A number of high-profile incidents have been reported […]
Pope Francis Calls For ‘Revolution Of Tenderness’ In Surprise TED Talk
His Holiness Pope Francis: Why the only future worth building includes everyone … Source: Huffington Post By Ed Mazza; Overnight Editor for Huffpost Pope Francis delivered a stern warning to […]
ORGANISATION THANKED: Dewsbury Resident Arif Ahmad is pictured with the Prince of Wales at the special reception.
ORGANISATION THANKED: Dewsbury Resident Arif Ahmad is pictured with the Prince of Wales at the special reception. Friday 21 April 2017 Arif Ahmad, representing the Ahmadiyya Muslim Association UK, last […]
Ex-defense minister says IS ‘apologized’ to Israel for November clash
Moshe Ya’alon’s office refuses to elaborate after alluding to contact with terror group BY JUDAH ARI GROSS April 24, 2017, Former Israeli defense minister Moshe ‘Bogie’ Ya’alon speaks at the Hebrew University, on January 18, 2017. (Miriam Alster/Flash90) WRITERS Judah Ari GrossJudah Ari Gross is The Times of Israel’s military […]
Three Isis fighters ‘mauled to death by wild boars in Iraq’
Members ‘took revenge on the pigs’ after the fatal attack occurred, a source claimed Lucy Pasha-Robinson @lucypasha Militants had been trying to remove the animals (not pictured) near Kirkuk when they […]
Why French elections should matter to Arabs
Apr 25,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Osama Al Sharif It is a new era for French politics following the outcome of the first round of presidential elections on Sunday, which, as most polls had predicted, was won by independent centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron, followed by far right leader Marine Le Pen. […]
Palestinian, Jewish voices jointly challenge Israel’s past
Apr 25,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Ramzy Baroud Israel has resorted to three main strategies to suppress Palestinian calls for justice and human rights, including the right of return for refugees. One is dedicated to rewriting history; another attempts to distract from present realities altogether and a third aims at reclaiming […]
Erdogan says Turkey won’t wait at Europe’s door forever
Reuters International APR 25, 2017 Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan attends an interview with Reuters at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, Turkey, April 25, 2017. REUTERS/Umit Bektas (reuters_tickers) By Samia Nakhoul, Nick Tattersall and Orhan Coskun ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey will not wait at Europe’s door forever and is ready to […]
CALENDAR CONTROVERSY: Time is money: why the Swiss switched calendars
By Regula Bochsler APR 23, 2017 Pope Gregory XIII announced a major calendar reform on February 24, 1582(Andreas Praefcke/wikimedia commons) Catholics and Protestants in Switzerland fought, literally, for more […]
SUCCESS STORY: From refugee to neurobiologist
By Julie Hunt APR 25, 2017 Abdurahman Mohamad Mah arrived in Switzerland as a refugee at the age of six. Now he is a neurobiologist. This is his story. […]
Macron vs. Le Pen: A New Political Reality for France
Never before in the six-decade history of the Fifth Republic have French voters so thoroughly rejected establishment parties. In this new political reality, only one thing is certain: There are no certainties. A Commentary by Julia Amalia Heyer in Paris Photos DPA April 24, 2017 12:08 PM Print Feedback Comment […]
Head Scratching in Europe: Brussels and Berlin Shaken By Turkish Referendum
A significant number of eligible Turkish voters living in Europe supported the referendum that curtails democracy in Turkey. That has triggered calls for consequences in both Berlin and Brussels and stirred up […]
Israel snubs German foreign minister in row over human rights talks
Benjamin Netanyahu cancels talks with Sigmar Gabriel after German foreign minister vows to meet Israeli rights groups German foreign minister Sigmar Gabriel (left) with Israel’s president, Reuven Rivlin, in […]
Ivanka Trump Is Jeered in Berlin After Defending Her Father
Ivanka Trump elicited groans and hisses on Tuesday from some members of the audience at a conference in Germany after she defended her father’s attitude and record on women, calling him a “tremendous champion” of families. RUSSELL GOLDMANAPRIL 25, 2017https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/25/world/europe/ivanka-trump-is-jeered-in-berlin-after-defending-her-father.html An entrepreneur and an adviser to the president, Ms. Trump, […]
Somalia executes four it says were al Shabaab fighters behind 2016 attack
Source: Reuters A military court in Somalia has executed four men it said were al Shabaab militants who were behind a 2016 attack that killed 80 people, a military officer […]
These men want to be the first turbaned Sikhs elected to the B.C. Legislature
Source: CBC News By Jesse Johnston This month marks 70 years since Sikhs were given the right to vote in British Columbia and two South Asian candidates want to mark the […]
UKIP seeks ban on face-covering veils, new Muslim schools
Source: Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s anti-EU U.K. Independence Party says it will promote social unity by banning face-covering veils and barring the opening of new Islamic schools. The […]
Ted Talks: Is Religion Giving Way to Secular Generation?
Suggested Reading Deism: Common between Islam, Christianity and Judaism The anesthesia of familiarity: There should be a Creator for this universe Ten Raised to Five Hundred Reasons for Our Gracious God Video: The […]
Philosopher who argued for God wins Templeton Prize
Source: Religion News Service By Chris Herlinger | 3 hours ago (RNS) American scholar Alvin Plantinga, a pioneering advocate for theism, or belief in God, as a serious philosophical position […]