Source: CNN After years of investigations and hearings, the sheer scale of child sexual abuse within the Australian Catholic Church has been revealed. Between 1950 and 2015, 7% of Australian priests were accused of abusing children, according to the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. Over 40% […]
Source: The Guardian As hundreds of Islamic centres across the country welcome visitors, Labour leader warns against ‘demonisation’ of Muslims Jeremy Corbyn has challenged the “demonisation” of Muslims and sent […]
Source: The Times of India By Yudhvir Rana| TNN QADIAN: A Pakistan-born, 35-year-old woman who married a man living in Gurdaspur’s Qadian town in 2003, was able to vote for the time ever in her life when Punjab went to polls to elect its next legislative assembly on Saturday. Though Tahira […]
Source: http://www.abc.net By Tahir Nasser Tahir Nasser is a physician, author and regular contributor to Religion News Service. Before leaving office, U.S. President Barack Obama commuted the jail sentence of […]
Source: The Daily Signal By Fred Lucas Conservatives and religious groups are calling on President Donald Trump to stand firm on a draft executive order asserting the federal government recognize religious […]
Source: Sunday Express Sebastian Gorka, deputy assistant to President Trump, repeatedly deflected questions when asked if the US President considers Islam a genuine religion. During an interview on NPR, reporter […]
Source: Time By Abigail Abrams When people say they want to get healthier, they often focus on just two things: eating better and exercising more. But sleeping well is also a […]
Source: Time By Jared Malsin / Cairo Tens of thousands of visas were revoked last week by President Donald Trump’s executive order than bans the citizens of seven Muslim-majority nations from […]
Source: BBC By Renuka Rayasam 31 January 2017 About two years ago, when Pink Jeep Tours decided to expand, it investigated exactly what set it apart from the competition and […]
Source: BBC By David Robson 2 February 2017 A couple of years ago, the neuropsychologist Rosalind Ridley was browsing through a friend’s bookshelf when she came across JM Barrie’s original […]
Tahir NasserABC Religion and Ethics 3 Feb 2017 The 1984 anti-Ahmadiyya law in Pakistan has resulted in a litany of tragic absurdities, including the recent arrest and imprisonment of an 80-year-old bookstore owner.CREDIT: DANIEL BEREHULAK / GETTY IMAGES Tahir Nasser is a physician, author and regular contributor to Religion News Service. Before leaving […]
Feb 02,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – RAMI G. KHOURI Never in my life, which has spanned the United States and the Arab world, have I experienced a moment such as the past week when ordinary Americans and ordinary Arabs shared exactly the same sentiments of personal vulnerability, indignity and political […]
By Mark Hallum Enlarge this image Photo by Alex Brandon/AP Muslim and Sikh communities react to the executive order banning travel from seven predominately Islamic countries. Similar stories Medallion owners organize to fight Uber The travel ban issued by President Donald Trump for Muslims traveling from seven countries has Queens […]
Source: BBC The US federal appeals court has rejected the Trump administration’s request to reinstate a travel ban blocked by a federal judge on Friday. The late night ruling means […]
Source: The Guardian Ashifa Kassam in Toronto Friday 3 February 2017 19.46 GMTLast modified on Friday 3 February 2017 23.16 GMT Hundreds across Canada gathered around mosques to form protective barriers – […]
Source: The Guardian The US appeals court has denied the justice department’s request for an immediate reinstatement of Donald Trump’s controversial travel ban. The ninth US circuit court of appeals […]
BY THE CONVERSATION February 3, 2017 Editor’s note: In his first week in office, President Donald Trump showed he intends to follow through on his immigration promises. A major focus of his campaign was on removing immigrants who, he said, were increasing crime in American communities. In his acceptance […]
Reuters International FEB 5, 2017 – (Reuters) – Iran will issue visas for a U.S. wrestling team to attend the Freestyle World Cup competition, the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) reported Sunday, reversing a decision announced Friday to ban visas for the team in retaliation for an executive order […]
By Jo Fahy FEB 3, 2017 – Switzerland has jumped on board a late-night comedy trend, peddling its ideas of why the country could be an appealing place to the new president of the United States, Donald Trump. Following the lead of a Dutch TV programme, a late night show […]
Under the codename of Silver, Bhagat Ram Talwar spied for Britain, Germany, Russia, Japan and Italy in the space of five years during the Second World War, but author Mihir Bose uncovers how his true loyalties lay with Indian independence Kim Sengupta Thursday 2 February 2017 With a basic education and speaking only broken […]