Reuters International JAN 16, 2017 – The logo of the World Economic Forum is seen through a wooden sculpture in the congress center of the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland January 15, 2017. REUTERS/Ruben Sprich (reuters_tickers) By Ben Hirschler DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) – Just […]
PUBLISHED : Friday, 13 January, 2017, Associated Press Israel’s prime minister said Thursday that an upcoming conference in Paris aimed at reviving peace talks with the Palestinians was “rigged” and that Israel was not bound by anything decided there. Dozens of countries are set to attend the conference on January […]
DAILY SABAH WITH AGENCIES ISTANBUL The Turkish and Greek Cypriot delegations have failed to agree on maps for new borders on the divided island state, each slamming the other’s proposals as “unacceptable,” Turkey’s foreign minister said Saturday, after peace talks stalled. A week of U.N.-brokered talks in Geneva between Greek […]
Do busy roads really give you dementia? And what about the connection between bacon and bowel cancer? Ben Chu @Benchu_ What makes a good health scare? Three essential ingredients. First, there has to be something mundane that lots of ordinary people do, and preferably enjoy doing. Second, there has to be […]
Anyone can see why people believe the WEF is out of touch – only 20 per cent of attendees are women, and most argue that poverty has ‘already been solved’. But it’s interesting that they are now concerned about populism, which threatens their own power Satyajit Das Each year in […]
The humor writer Andy Borowitz recently joked that Donald Trump had been named the Kremlin’s “employee of the month.” I giggled at that, and then winced. It’s painful even to joke about. Nicholas Kristof JAN. 14, 2017 NYTimes.com Some of the most explosive reports about America in the last few days appeared in Israeli newspapers. They […]
Source: The Independent By Kayleigh Lewis Previously untranslated writings by the Prophet Mohammed can act as ‘a kind of medicine to cure the diseases of Islamic extremism and Islamophobia’ The persecution of […]
Source: The Guardian By Harriet Sherwood Religion correspondent The leader of the Scottish Anglican church has said he was deeply distressed at the widespread offence caused by a reading from the […]
Source: The Guardian UK urged to loosen ties with Gulf nation as protesters claim confession was extracted under torture and men’s trial was sham Anti-government protests in Malkiya, Bahrain. The […]
Source: Time More than 70 countries have called on Israel and the Palestinians to restate their commitment to a peace settlement and to refrain from unilateral actions. The closing statement […]
http://www.news24.com By Alleyn Diesel – The attack on the Berlin Christmas market on December 19 fuelled the racist xenophobic rantings of president-elect Donald Trump, and his vow to ban entry of Muslims into the US, reinstituting a Bush-era registry, enabling the tracking of Muslims in the country. This authoritarian, bigoted scheme […]
Source: RNS POSTED BY NATHAN GLOVER WORLD RELIGION DAY, STARTED BY THE BAHA’I FAITH IN THE 1940S, HELPS TO BUILD UNDERSTANDING ACROSS RELIGIOUS GROUPS. On January 15, different faiths across […]
Source: Religion News Service By Nathan Frandino (Reuters) A Washington man was arrested on charges of setting fire to an Islamic center in Bellevue, Wash., authorities said. Isaac Wayne Wilson, […]
Source: BBC The doctors’ union, the BMA, has accused the government of making GPs in England scapegoats for the pressure on A&E departments. The government says GPs must try harder […]
Source: BBC The UK may be forced to change its “economic model” if it is locked out of the single market after Brexit, Chancellor Philip Hammond has said. Mr Hammond […]
Source: Time BY Katie Reilly President-elect Donald Trump suggested Friday that he would be open to ending U.S. sanctions against Russia. Trump said that “at least for a period of time,” […]
Epigraph: Glory be to Him, Who carried His servant (Muhammad) by night from the Sacred Mosque to the Distant Mosque (Prophet Solomon’s Temple in Jerusalem), the environment of which We […]
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia and a picture by National Geographic Not to be confused with Al-Aqsa Mosque or Mosque of Omar (Jerusalem). Dome of the Rock Qubbat As-Sakhrah قبّة […]
Surinder Mavi will be among 90 or so residents from the Toronto area flying to India to help the anti-corruption Aam Aadmi Party contest elections on Feb. 4 for Punjab’s legislature. By SANDRO CONTENTANews The Toronto Star Sat., Jan. 14, 2017 Surinder Mavi’s political awakening began with his arrival in Canada […]
ARGUMENT Before the continent started banning hijab, European aristocrats used to change their names to Abdullah and Muhammad, and going to the local mosque was the latest trend. BY MARYA HANNUN, SOPHIE SPAAN MAY 5, 2016 From the outside, with its high minarets and bulbous Mughal-style dome, the Wilmersdorf mosque, […]