There is one quality that builds trust and loyalty
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 […]
The hidden messages of Peter Pan
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 […]
Orwell’s 1984 is Realised in Pakistan: The Unremitting Plight of Ahmadi Muslims
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 […]
American and Arab uprisings converge
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 […]
Hollis Muslim center advises green card holders not to travel
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 […]
Trump bid to restore travel ban rejected
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 […]
Canadians form ‘rings of peace’ around mosques after Quebec shooting
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 – […]
US appeals court rejects White House request to reinstate travel ban
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 […]
Fact check: Immigration doesn’t bring crime into U.S., data say
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 […]
Iran will issue visas for U.S. wrestlers -IRNA
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 […]
SWITZERLAND SECOND? Satirical Swiss Trump video goes viral. So viral
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 […]
The man with the golden tongue: India’s master of Second World War espionage
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 […]
Educating Mosul’s displaced children a challenge to Iraq
INTERNATIONAL | Saturday, 02.04.2017, Iraqi children stand behind the doors of their home during a fight with ISIS. -Reuters MOSUL —Yousef, 14, pushes a wheelbarrow through a sprawling camp in Iraq running errands for pennies, the only source of income for his family of 11. On a good day, he […]
Department of Homeland Security suspends flagging travelers under executive order
|Saturday, 02.04.2017 WASHINGTON – The Department of Homeland Security will stop flagging travelers from certain countries targeted by an executive order from President Donald Trump, a spokeswoman said on Saturday, in order to comply with a federal court ruling. The Justice Department intends to file an emergency stay of the […]
A Trump presidency could have been avoided if Clinton had only listened to American Arabs
Clinton’s supporters in Michigan knew they had a problem when Bernie Sanders pulled off the electoral primary and beat her by 17,000 votes in March 2016. More important still, Bernie won the Arab-American majority districts by two-to-one Robert Fisk @indyvoices Thursday 19 January 2017 Trump may not have won if […]
EU, IOM Thailand to Help Undocumented Migrant Children Access Education
REPORT from International Organization for Migration Published on 24 Jan 2017 —View Original Undocumented migrant children in Thailand often lack access to basic services like education Thailand – Vulnerability assessments conducted by IOM and partner organizations have found that Myanmar Muslims in Thailand and disadvantaged Thais lack access to basic […]
Marriage an Uncertain Path to Citizenship for Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh
RFA Saturday 28th January, 2017 Lacking adequate food, shelter and sanitation, many Rohingya Muslim refugees who fled into Bangladesh from Myanmar are marrying local men in the hope of achieving citizenship and basic services. Such marriages are illegal, and often involve polygamy, child marriage or abandonment, BenarNews, an RFA-affiliated online […]
A timeline of the history of polygamy in Canada.
CRANBROOK, B.C. — A B.C. Supreme Court judge found two people guilty Friday of taking a girl into the United States for a sexual purpose. by: Canadian Press CRANBROOK, B.C. — A B.C. Supreme Court judge found two people guilty Friday of taking a girl into the United States for a sexual purpose. Justice […]
Five Reasons Why Some Christians Are Shroud Sceptics
The Review of Religions is pleased to present the following article by Shroud photographer Barrie Schwortz, which was originally published in The City in Spring 2016 and is reprinted here with permission. At first glance, I might seem to be the least likely candidate to be writing an article […]
Eric Trump Trip Cost Taxpayers $97K
Source: The Daily Beast According to a report in The Washington Post, Eric Trump went to Uruguay in early January for a trip to promote the Trump Organization. It ended up costing U.S. taxpayers nearly $100,000 in hotel rooms for Secret Service and embassy staff. During the trip, Trump reportedly […]