Source: Associated Press By MICHAEL VIRTANEN MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — A kindergartner’s mother sued her public school system in West Virginia, saying a 75-year practice of putting kids in Bible […]
Source: The New York Times By ELLEN BARRY and JULFIKAR ALI MANIK DHAKA, Bangladesh — Bangladesh’s Education Ministry was preparing to print the 2017 editions of its standard Bengali textbooks […]
Source: The Telegraph BY Camilla Turner, education editor 22 JANUARY 2017 • 11:45AM Achaplain to the Queen has resigned after publicly criticising a church that allowed a Koran reading during its […]
By Khetam Malkawi – Jan 23,2017 -JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Jordan will have a series of contacts with the US to discuss the implications of President Donald Trump’s pledge to relocate the US embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, a top government official said on Monday. “We […]
Reuters International JAN 24, 2017 – FILE PHOTO – A Palestinian demonstrator holds placard during a protest against a promise by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump to re-locate U.S. embassy to Jerusalem, in the West Bank near Jewish settlement of Maale Adumim, January 20, 2017. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman/File Photo (reuters_tickers) By Luke […]
No, I am not introducing a new ‘App’ or ‘Matching Service’ for potential ‘recruitment’ into polygamous unions via social media. What I am referring to is the problem of polygamous husbands using the social media or just spending some time on the Desktop Computer. All of us, whether married or […]
OPINION By Gabrielle Hogan-Brun JAN 23, 2017 (Keystone) The ability to speak more than one language is one of the more notable strengths of the Swiss people and economy. It also makes Switzerland a good test case for how the world might benefit from more multilingualism in economics and trade, […]
The 5 false things Donald Trump has already said as president After two days in office, the new president has already made false claims about crowds, weather, and magazine covers. In his first weekend as president, Donald Trump continued making false statements, big and small. The Star is planning to […]
Source: The Local The German leader made a plea for people to think critically using facts rather than emotion, in statements seen as a nudge towards the new US President. Chancellor Angela Merkel held a reception on Monday at the Chancellery to celebrate the “royal couples” chosen in each state […]
Source: The Local MPs in Britain’s parliament and not the government should trigger Article 50 to begin Brexit negotiations, the UK’s Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday, backing an earlier decision by the High Court. Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservative government lost its appeal on Tuesday against a surprise High Court […]
Source: Huffington Post By Christopher Mathias; National Reporter, The Huffington Post The Huffington Post tracked Islamophobia in the U.S. throughout 2016. Here’s what we learned. After the 2015 terror attack […]
Source: Huffington Post By Sebastian Christ, HuffPost Germany When thousands of “patriotic Europeans” took to the streets once again in Dresden to protest “the Islamisation of the West,” their actions […]
Source: Religion News Service By Kimberly Winston (RNS) A Cincinnati area mosque announced it would join the burgeoning church sanctuary movement in the U.S., possibly becoming the first Islamic house […]
Huff Post: by Christopher Mathias/Carol Kuruvilla — After Muslim activist Linda Sarsour was trolled, thousands showed support with #IMarchWithLinda. THEO WARGO VIA GETTY IMAGES “The opposition cannot fathom to see a Palestinian Muslim American woman that resonates with the masses,” Sarsour wrote of the articles. “Someone whose track record is […]
Source: The Guardian: By Sibylla Brodzinsky The Colombian port of Buenaventura is home to a small Muslim community who have successively embraced the Nation of Islam, Sunni and Shia interpretations […]
Source: The Guardian A Syrian family shelters in a Turkish refugee camp. 20,000 vulnerable refugees are to be resettled in Britain by 2020. Photograph: Dona B /Pacific/ Barcroft Images BY Harriet […]
Source: The Guardian School says apology ‘a reconciliatory gesture’ but critic says apology only follows media attention St Stanislaus’ College is preparing to apologise to dozens of former students who […]
Source: Pew Research Center More say people like them will lose than gain influence in D.C. As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office, the public has starkly different […]
Source: BBC Bread, chips and potatoes should be cooked to a golden yellow colour, rather than brown, to reduce our intake of a chemical which could cause cancer, government food […]
Source: BBC Birth rates in China rose to their highest level since 2000 last year, despite a fall in the number of women of childbearing age, say officials. The increase […]