Pope asks forgiveness for Church role in Rwanda genocide
Source: Reuters By Crispian Balmer | VATICAN CITY Pope Francis asked for forgiveness on Monday for the “sins and failings of the Church” during Rwanda’s 1994 genocide, saying he hoped […]
India’s sacred Ganges and Yamuna rivers granted same legal rights as humans
Source: Reuters By Rina Chandran MUMBAI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – An Indian court has declared the sacred Ganges and Yamuna rivers living entities, giving them the same legal rights as […]
Germany: 3 teenagers convicted in bomb attack on Sikh temple
Source: Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — A German court convicted three 17-year-olds on Tuesday of participating last year in a bomb attack on a Sikh temple that was motivated by […]
A New Form of Stem-Cell Engineering Raises Ethical Questions
Source: The New York Times By Carl Zimmer As biological research races forward, ethical quandaries are piling up. In a report published Tuesday in the journal eLife, researchers at Harvard Medical […]
Court: Student prayers OK at school board meetings
Source: Associated Press By KEVIN McGILL NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Texas school board can open its meetings with student-led public prayers without running afoul of the Constitution’s prohibition against […]
US Muslims and Jews strengthen bonds amid acts of bigotry
Source: Associated Press By RACHEL ZOLL NEW YORK (AP) — They sat on either end of the congressmen’s couch, one a Jewish healthcare executive whose parents fled Germany in 1936, […]
Britain follows U.S. in banning some electronics in cabins on certain flights from several Muslim-majority countries
Source: The Washington Post By Rick Noack, Lori Aratani and Luz Lazo March 21 at 2:23 PM LONDON — Britain joined the United States on Tuesday in banning passengers traveling […]
Ibtihaj Muhammad: I Fear President Trump’s ‘Campaign of Terror’ Against American Ideals
Source: Time By Ibtihaj Muhammad Muhammad is an American fencer and Olympic medalist Dear President Trump, Representing the United States in the Olympic Games was the greatest honor of my life. […]
The Comey Hearing Dealt President Trump Another Setback
Source: Time BY Sam Frizell For President Trump, the blows kept coming at a congressional hearing Monday. First, FBI Director James Comey told the House Intelligence Committee that his agency is […]
Md. Student Forced Out Of Basketball Game Because Of Her Hijab
Source: baltimore.cbslocal.com BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The first 24 games of a season were played without a problem for 16-year-old Je’Nan Hayes. But a few weeks ago, she was barred from […]
Banned and barred, Israel’s women stand up to religious hardliners
Source: The Guardian BY Emma Graham-Harrison Ultra-Orthodox influence has excluded women from speaking at funerals and public prayers, and taken them off the radio A woman holding a portion of […]
Iranian pilgrims ‘to attend Hajj again’ after Saudi rift
Source: BBC Saudi Arabia says Iranian citizens will attend this year’s annual Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, after missing last year’s event following a bitter rift between Riyadh and Tehran. Relations […]
Pope’s Egypt visit offers chance to improve Catholic-Muslim ties
Source: Reuters Pope Francis will make a trip to Egypt next month, the Vatican said on Saturday, giving the pontiff another opportunity to promote better relations between Catholics and Muslims. […]
Myths of Migration: Much of What We Think We Know Is Wrong
The debate over migration is plagued by a variety of inaccuracies and misunderstandings — on both the right and the left. Here is what the research really shows. By Hein de Haas AFP Migrants at the Greece-Macedonia border in March 2016 March 21, 2017 Migration was the issue of the […]
Germany’s Deportation LotteryMigrants’ Fate a Game of Chance
Because the deportation of rejected asylum-seekers from Germany is the responsibility of the states, a highly arbitrary system not unlike a lottery. For the close to a half-million people expected to receive orders to be deported this year, whether they must leave or not may depend on where they live. […]
View from Germany: Interview with German Intelligence Chief’Coup in Turkey Was Just a Welcome Pretext’
German intelligence doesn’t buy Turkish President Erdogan’s claims that last year’s coup attempt was backed by the Gülen movement. BND chief Bruno Kahl, 54, speaks with SPIEGEL about Turkey, possible Russian interference in German elections and what to expect from Islamic State. Interview Conducted by Martin Knobbe, Fidelius Schmid and […]
She said yes! Turkish man proposes future wife in Makkah’s Grand Mosque
SOURCE: THE EXPRESS TRIBUNE The couple filmed their moment and even shared it on the social media. PHOTO COURTESY: AL ARABIYA ENGLISH A viral video of a Turkish TV correspondent’s romantic public marriage proposal inside the Grand Mosque of Makkah has left social media users desperate to fing out if […]
I recently travelled to interview political figures in the UAE and was surprised by what I found
Much of the time, news about Dubai and Abu Dhabi reports on human rights abuses, arcane laws and so on. But there’s another, progressive side to the UAE – and it feels like it’s going forwards at a time when my own country is going backwards Mohammed Fairouz The sun […]
Martin McGuinness dies: The ‘super-terrorist who became a super-statesman – like so many others
Former Sinn Fein leader followed along the familiar trail of so many enemies of Britain’s weary colonial history Robert Fisk @indyvoices Martin McGuinness dies: The ‘super-terrorist who became a super-statesman – like so many others Martin McGuinness followed along the familiar trail of so many enemies of Britain’s weary colonial […]
Muslim teen refused re-entry into US despite being a citizen
THE EXPRESS TRIBUNE By News Desk Published: March 21, 2017 Zubaidah Alizoti (L) was not allowed to board the plane for her flight back to the US. PHOTO: FACEBOOK A Muslim teen from Knoxville was denied permission to board a Turkish Airline plane in Istanbul for a flight back to […]