New Mormon women’s leader preaches the value of interfaith aid in U.N. speech
Source The Salt Lake Tribune By BOB MIMS AND DAVID NOYCE | The Salt Lake Tribune First Published Apr 13 2017 01:30PM • Updated 2 hours ago Photo […]
Minneapolis Muslims protest ‘sharia’ vigilante in Cedar-Riverside area
Source: Star Tribune By Faiza Mahamud Star Tribune APRIL 13, 2017 — 2:06PM Abdullah Rashid, 22, a Georgia native who moved to Cedar-Riverside last year, says his group, General Presidency […]
The ADL offers Sean Spicer a personal Holocaust history lesson
Source: The Washington Post By Julie Zauzmer April 13 at 7:45 PM White House press secretary Sean Spicer apologized during “The President and the Press: The First Amendment in the […]
Chicago Archdiocese pays $3.15 million to settle abuse suits
Source: Chicago Tribune BY Manya Brachear Pashman Contact ReporterChicago Tribune The Archdiocese of Chicago will pay $3.15 million to settle lawsuits brought by three men who allege they were sexually abused […]
Were Trump’s Syrian missile strikes morally justified? 5 religious experts respond
Source: CNN By Daniel Burke, CNN Religion Editor (CNN)It’s rare for President Donald Trump to mention God, and rarer still for him to name-drop the Almighty three times in a […]
On Easter, Mary Magdalene will be maligned as a prostitute. Except she wasn’t.
Source: The Washington Post By Petula Dvorak, Columnist Here’s who Mary Magdalene was: one of Jesus Christ’s original followers, the last to stay with him while he was nailed […]
The Evangelical Roots of Our Post-Truth Society
Source: The New York Times By Molly Worthen THE arrival of the “post-truth” political climate came as a shock to many Americans. But to the Christian writer Rachel Held Evans, charges […]
11 breathtakingly beautiful waterfalls in the U.S.
Source: USA Today BY Jamie Ditaranto, SmarterTravel.com Once you’ve seen one great waterfall, you have to see them all. These cascading beauties come in all varieties: tall, skinny, massive and wonderfully […]
50th Ahmadiyya Mosque in Germany opened in Waldshut-Tiengen by Head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
The Aafiyat Mosque inaugurated by Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is pleased to announce that on 10 April 2017, the World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the […]
Angela Merkel angers German security services by turning to British spy chiefs for advice on how to handle the escalating Islamic terror threat
Source: The Daily Mail German Chancellor Angela Merkel had infuriated the heads of her intelligence services by turning to the UK for advice on how to combat her country’s escalating Islamic terror threat. Respected news magazine Focus reports in its latest issue that 18 months ago she met the heads […]
‘Thermo-nuclear war may break out any moment’: Kim Jong-Un tells Trump he will detonate a nuke ‘whenever he sees fit’ as China warns anyone provoking North Korea will ‘pay the price’
Source: Daily Mail President Donald Trump’s ‘troublemaking’ and ‘aggressive’ tweets have pushed the world to the brink of thermo-nuclear war, North Korea warned today. Pyongyang’s Vice Minister Han Song Ryol accused Trump of building up a ‘vicious cycle’ of tensions and warned the US against provoking North Korea militarily. He said: ‘We […]
In historic referendum, Turkey’s Erdogan faces his biggest test
By Nick Tattersall and Humeyra Pamuk ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Much like the vast mosque he has commissioned atop one of Istanbul’s highest hills, President Tayyip Erdogan’s supporters hope a referendum […]
LISA BOSIA MIRRA: Swiss politician guilty of helping illegal immigrants
APR 13, 2017 – The 43-year-old regional parliamentarian is believed to have helped facilitate the illegal entry of nine migrants last year(Keystone) The public prosecutor of southern Swiss canton Ticino […]
MOAB strike: US bombing of IS in Afghanistan ‘killed dozens’
Jump media player Media player help Out of media player. Press enter to return or tab to continue. Media captionWatch 2003 footage of the GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast […]
Ancient sacred art resurrected in city of Jesus’ birth
By AFP – Apr 13,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Ian Knowles (left), British director of the Bethlehem Icon Centre, advises foreign students of the centre during their course in the biblical West Bank city of Bethlehem on Tuesday (AFP photo) BETHLEHEM, Palestinian Territories — Down a Bethlehem alleyway, sunlight […]
Jordan condemns Israelis’ ‘provocative’ storming of Al Aqsa
Momani denounces move as ‘hindrance’ for Mideast peace process By JT – Apr 13,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Extremist Jews are seen in front of the Dome of the Rock […]
Don’t believe Trump when he says relations with Russia are at an ‘all-time low’ – the truth in Moscow is different
It’s significant that Rex Tillerson went ahead with his Moscow trip so soon after the air strikes in Syria. It’s equally significant that a meeting with Putin went ahead – and, for once, Putin […]
Lebanon’s efficient security services are stepping up their watch over Islamist supporters in Beirut and beyond
The so-called ‘tourist’ police appear in their uniforms during the day and then the same officers, in civilian clothes, can be spotted at night in the downtown cinema complex in central Beirut. And as far as the Ein el-Helweh camp is concerned, where many Islamist supporters live, Lebanon is keeping […]
Malala Yousufzai new citizen of Canada
thestar.com OTTAWA—Few new Canadians go right from a citizenship ceremony to addressing Parliament. But then few people are like Malala Yousafzai — Nobel Peace Prize winner, a United Nations messenger of peace, a global advocate for education. And still just 19. The Pakistan woman, who survived a Taliban attack five […]
Baisakhi Festival Begins as Sikhs mark 319 years of Khalsa
Around 1,500 Indian Sikhs with over 500 from various European countries and over 2,000 Pakistani Hindus and Sikhs have added colour to Beskahi festival that began in Hassanabdal on Thursday. https://www.dawn.com/news/1326743 This year’s festival marks the 319th anniversary of Khalsa (the righteous Sikh brotherhood). In 1699, Guru Gobind Singh (the […]