By JT – Jan 07,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos III (centre) leads the midnight mass at the Church of the Nativity in the West Bank’s Bethlehem as Orthodox Christmas celebrations started on Saturday (AFP photo) AMMAN — Deputising for His Majesty King Abdullah, […]
ALEXANDER SEGERT The advertising guru harnessing Europe’s immigration fears By Guy Chazan JAN 3, 2017 – A controversial poster from the Swiss People’s Party’s successful anti-minaret campaign in 2009 (Keystone) Swarms of black minarets bristle like missiles over a Swiss flag, next to a woman in a black burka. Black […]
Pakistan by Dawood Rehman | Published on January 5, 2017 🔗 CALGARY – Police in Canada are investigating allegations of hate speech by a local imam who called a publisher and its administration ‘devil’ and ‘kaafir’. Professor Syed Badiuddin Soharwardy, an imam at a mosque, has been under investigation by […]
12/09/2016 Antonia Blumberg Associate Religion Editor, The Huffington Post If there was ever a year that needed Muslim women to show the world just how great America already is, 2016 was it. Muslim Americans continue to face rising intolerance and Islamophobia as a result, in part, of aggressive attacks on their […]
The group includes two prosperity gospel preachers, one rabbi, one Catholic priest, one Hispanic Christian leader and the son of Billy Graham. 01/06/2017 03:59 pm ET Antonia Blumberg Associate Religion Editor, The Huffington Post GETTY/FACEBOOKSix religious leaders will offer prayers and statements on Inauguration Day. When President-elect Donald Trump steps […]
Published time: 8 Jan, 2017 © Leonhard Foeger / Reuters 12 A charter reiterating strict German migration limits and calling for new Turkey-like refugee agreements with third countries is reportedly being drafted by the leader of Germany’s Christian Social Union (CSU). Horst Seehofer, the leader of the CSU and close […]
01/07/2017 Kashif N Chaudhry Physician, Writer, Human Rights Activist Recently, a Mosque in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, hosted a prominent extremist cleric from Pakistan on record for calling for the killing of ”blasphemers,” apostates, and Ahmadi Muslims (and anyone who speaks for their equal rights). MASJID AL QUR’AN WEBSITEMasjid Al Qur’an […]
Source: Pew Research Center The religious composition of the 115th Congress By Aleksandra Sandstrom The share of U.S. adults who describe themselves as Christians has been declining for decades, but […]
Source: The Guardian Fatwa issued against Shaan Taseer for allegedly insulting Islam six years after his governor father died in similar controversy Pakistani supporters of Mumtaz Qadri, who was hanged […]
Source: The Guardian Fast-food franchise opens on Borgo Pio, just steps away from St Peter’s Basilica, despite outrage from some quarters A sign for the Vatican’s first McDonald’s restaurant, seen […]
Source: The Guardian C of E decision over who to recommend for post will revive controversy in diocese divided over ordination of women St Paul’s Cathedral is the seat of […]
Source: The Guardian BBC2 sketch has been criticised as ‘morally bankrupt’ but many say satire is British tradition and can help fight terrorism Real Housewives of Isis – a sketch […]
Source: Time BY Melissa Chan Republicans will move to defund Planned Parenthood as part of a process to dismantle Obamacare, House Speaker Paul Ryan announced Thursday. Cutting off federal funds to […]
“Islam provides peace, tolerance, respect and freedom of Faith to all without any discrimination of religion, race or color. The awaited Messiah of all has come.” -said Imam shamshad of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Glen Ellyn, Chicago. Report by Iqbal Majeed On Tuesday, December 13th, 2016, more than sixty high school […]
Source: BBC Donald Trump says Democrats have shown “gross negligence” by allowing their servers to be hacked in the run-up to the 8 November presidential election. The US president-elect made […]
Source: BBC A “clear signal” of urbanisation has been identified in the evolution of organisms, which has implications for sustainability and human well-being. In analysis of more than 1,600 cases […]
Source: The Star The prime minister and his family took a government jet to the Bahamas during the holidays and stayed at the billionaire Aga Khan’s privately owned Bell Island. […]
Source: Time By Alexandra Sifferlin Though it’s best known for smoothing wrinkles, Botox, which is derived from one of the most deadly toxins known to man, has repeatedly stunned the medical […]
Source: Motto By Megan Lasher President-elect Donald Trump will take office by the end of the month, but Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren is already looking ahead to the next round […]
Source: ET Almost a week after Bangalore made headlines the world over for incidents of mass molestation and assault on New Year’s Eve, another incident of alleged molestation has surfaced; this time against a young burqa-clad woman. A young woman wearing a burqa was reportedly attacked by a man early Friday morning in the city’s KG Haali […]