Source: The New York Times WASHINGTON — President Trump vowed Thursday to overturn a law restricting political speech by tax-exempt churches, a potentially huge victory for the religious right and […]
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla; Associate Religion Editor September 11 Families: Don’t Use Our Loved Ones To Turn Away Refugees | The Huffington Post “This is not about protecting […]
Source: Wasim Shah, outreach coordinator for the West Birmingham Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, said it was vital that the UK kept open ‘channels for discussion’ with Mr Trump.The US President provoked worldwide outrage when he enacted an order barring immigrants from seven majority-Muslim countries from visiting the US, and blocking entry […]
Source: The Daily Beast On the dark and cloudy morning in Brooklyn after Donald Trump’s election-night upset, 20 members of the nonprofit Make the Road New York gathered in the conference room of their office for an all-hands emergency meeting. The Latino and working-class organizing group, which specializes in immigrant […]
Source: The Daily Beast According to a report in The Washington Post, President Trump had a contentious call with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull in which he blasted him for a refugee agreement between the two countries, allegedly bragged about his electoral win and 25 minutes into the call which was […]
Source: Dawn INFLUENTIAL contemporary thinker and author George Friedman observed that the modern geopolitical world changes after every 20 years. Towards the end of the 19th century, European ascendancy was complete. By 1920, the Austro-Hungarian, Russian, German and Ottoman empires were gone. Communism was established in Russia; peripheral powers like […]
Fort McMurray’s population rises by 6 — make that 7 — after new family of Syrian refugees arrive By David Thurton, CBC News Posted: Feb 01, 2017 Ibtesam Alkarnake was already in labour when she and her Syrian refugee family arrived at the Fort McMurray airport on Tuesday night. Hours later […]
Source: The Local Angela Merkel and Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Photo: DPA German Chancellor Angela Merkel visits Turkey on Thursday for the first time since the failed July coup, seeking to keep a key partnership alive after a series of crises. Merkel is expected to meet both President Recep Tayyip Erdogan […]
theguardian: by Julia Ebner — In the hope of preserving the status quo the government is enacting a symbolic policy that feeds into identity wars between Muslim and non-Muslim ‘The policy ultimately risks normalising far-right rhetoric, validating populist party programmes and empowering Austrian identity movements by demonising Muslim communities.’ […]
The Independent: Jewish people in a small Texas city handed Muslim worshippers the keys to their synagogue after the town’s only mosque was destroyed in a fire. The Victoria Islamic Centre burned down on Saturday and had previously been burgled—the cause is being investigated by federal officials. More:
Source: The Guardian Claire Provost in St Cloud, Florida Everything about the Deseret cattle and citrus ranch, in central Florida, is massive. The property itself occupies 290,000 acres of land […]
Source: The Washington post By Alan Freeman January 31 at 5:32 PM QUEBEC CITY — They call it “radio poubelle,” or “trash radio.” Quebec City has developed the dubious reputation […]
Source: Reuters The Vatican said on Wednesday it was worried about U.S. President Donald Trump’s moves on immigration, in the Holy See’s first comment since his executive order banning travel […]
Source: CNN By Ben Tinker, CNN CNN)Most of the time, when you order fast food, you know exactly what you’re getting: an inexpensive meal that tastes great but is probably […]
Source: Time By Dan Kadlec We all have “senior moments” and briefly forget a name, something at the store, or even why we went downstairs in the first place. Such a […]
Source: BBC An estimated 620,000 people in the UK have a faulty gene that puts them at risk of developing coronary heart disease or sudden death, and most are unaware, […]
Source: BBC By James Gallagher Health and science reporter, BBC News website A key malaria treatment has failed for the first time in patients being treated in the UK, doctors […]
Source: RNS By Bhavya Dore MUMBAI (RNS) Eleven years ago, Shahid Nadeem witnessed the blasts that rocked the small town of Malegaon, 167 miles from Mumbai. The experience and its aftermath, which […]
Source: The New York Times By HAROON SIDDIQUI TORONTO — On Sunday night, a gunman opened fire in a mosque in Quebec City, killing six people and wounding eight. Our […]
Source: Religion News Service By Josephine McKenna ROME (RNS) As confusion continued over President Donald Trump’s ban on refugees and travelers from seven Muslim countries, Catholic leaders from Iraq are […]