Mr. President You have to be Tolerant
By Saeed Qureshi Mr. president God bless you but the start of your tenure of four years as the president of the United States of America seems to be thorny. […]
Islam and Religious Pluralism featuring John Esposito
A good resource to tackle Islamophobia John Louis Esposito (born May 19, 1940) is an American professor of International Affairs and Islamic Studies at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. He […]
Islamic authority rejects Egypt’s move to reform divorce
Source: Associated Press By HAMZA HENDAWI Today CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s top Islamic authority on Sunday rejected President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi’s suggestion that legislation be adopted to invalidate the practice of […]
Conservative criticism intensifies against Pope Francis
Source: Yahoo News By NICOLE WINFIELD VATICAN CITY (AP) — Conservative criticism of Pope Francis intensified Saturday after his intervention in the Knights of Malta order, with posters appearing around Rome […]
Child abuse: 7% of Australian Catholic priests alleged to be involved
Source: BBC An inquiry examining institutional sex abuse in Australia has heard 7% of the nation’s Catholic priests allegedly abused children between 1950 and 2010. In one religious order, over […]
American Muslims Push Themselves Into Political Arena
Source: The Wall Street Journal By JENNIFER LEVITZ and IAN LOVETT MALDEN, Mass.—A mother of three in this Boston suburb, Nichole Mossalam had never planned to run for office. But […]
Subway riders scrub anti-Semitic graffiti, as ‘decent human beings’
Source: The New York Times By JONAH ENGEL BROMWICH Returning home on Saturday night after a dinner in Manhattan with some longtime friends, Gregory Locke boarded a No. 1 subway […]
Mary: A Personal Reflection
Ibrahim Noonan; Galway – Ireland Maryra, also known as Hazrat Mariam by Muslims, is one of the most popular names given to Christian girls living in Western Europe. If you are firmly established in your Christian faith, then as a girl you would know that you had been named after […]
Trump ramps up criticism of judge after travel ban setback
Source: BBC US President Donald Trump has attacked the judge who blocked his travel ban, saying Americans should blame the courts “if something happens”. Mr Trump also said he had […]
Anger simmers in Greek migrant camp over living conditions
Reuters International FEB 6, 2017 – Refugees and migrants, most of them Afghans, block the entrance of the refugee camp at the disused Hellenikon airport as police officers try to disperse them, in Athens, Greece, February 6, 2017. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis (reuters_tickers) By Karolina Tagaris ATHENS (Reuters) – A group […]
Japanese macaques have a lifestyle unlike all other monkeys
Source: Time Join naturalist Steve Backshall and his wife, double Olympic gold medallist Helen Glover, on an exhilarating adventure through Japan’s northern highlands. In this clip from the new series Japan’s […]
Anti-Muslim extremism becomes state policy with Trump
SADIK ÜNAY@sadikunay A storm was already looming on the horizon when President Donald Trump assumed power in the U.S. As one of the least popular American presidents in recent history, citizens have protested against his protectionist, populist, xenophobic and far-right political platform. Indeed, less than one month into his term, […]
With François Fillon in the Gutter, France Can Expect a Battle of Insurgents
Source: Time By Vivienne Walt/Paris Until just 10 days ago, the easy frontrunner to be France’s next president was François Fillon, a conservative Republican and former Prime Minister, whose straight-ace family […]
Catholic Church accused of over 4,000 sexual child abuse cases
ASSOCIATED PRESS SYDNEY, Australia Reuters File Photo. Seven percent of priests in Australia’s Catholic Church were accused of sexually abusing children over the past several decades, a lawyer said Monday as officials investigating institutional abuse across Australia revealed for the first time the extent of the crisis. The statistics were […]
How Your Morning Coffee Might Slow Down Aging
Source: Time By Alice Park To the age-old question “Is coffee bad for you?”, researchers are in more agreement than ever that the answer is a resounding “no.” A new […]
Apple, Facebook and 95 others join legal fight against Trump travel ban
Source: CNN By Jethro Mullen America’s biggest tech firms have stepped into the legal fight against President Donald Trump’s travel ban. A total of 97 companies — including Apple (AAPL, […]
Trump Has Gone Too Far
Source: The Daily Beast John Yoo, who once advised President George W. Bush to take “vigorous, perhaps extreme, measures to protect the nation” in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, wrote in an opinion column in The New York Times on Monday that he believes President Trump’s […]
Becoming Swiss: ‘Where do I sign?’
NATURALISATION QUESTIONS By Thomas Stephens FEB 6, 2017 (Keystone) Swiss citizenship is highly sought after – and correspondingly hard to get. swissinfo.ch looks at how to get the naturalisation ball rolling, who is eligible for the fast track and how much it could all cost. I want to become Swiss. […]
Government doesn’t investigate human rights claims against Saudi Arabia before selling arms
Exclusive: Officials only come to an ‘overall judgement’ on whether weapons sold will be used to breach laws Joe Watts Political Editor @JoeWatts_ The Government does not make judgments over whether countries like Saudi Arabia have violated international humanitarian laws in specific cases before granting arms exports to them. Ministers have admitted they […]