When I was hauled into the local police station 25 years ago, a lonely copper stood outside. Today the place is ringed by barbed wire, armed guards and iron anti-rocket screens Robert Fisk in Diyabarkir @indyvoices ‘The Kurds are Turkey’s enemy – just as they always were’ The fine black stone […]
By Michael Sebastian, Oct 13, 2016 Donald Trump has insulted women for decades. Trump reminded us of this when he unleashed a war of words on Fox News host Megyn Kelly, questioning her professionalism and suggesting she treated him unfairly at a Republican debate last year because she was menstruating. (Trump later denied that […]
Source: Dawn News AFP | NASIR IQBAL The Supreme Court on Thursday adjourned a hearing of the final appeal against the execution of Asia Bibi, accused for blasphemy. Police and troops had been stationed across Islamabad as the apex court readied to hear the appeal of Bibi who has been […]
Source: BBC Calls for women to be denied their right to vote have trended on Twitter as polls suggested Donald Trump would win if only men could cast ballots in […]
Source: BBC Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the world’s longest-reigning monarch, has died after 70 years as head of state. The 88-year-old king was widely revered but had been in poor […]
Source: Pew Research Center Nearly 70 years after the establishment of the modern State of Israel, its Jewish population remains united behind the idea that Israel is a homeland for […]
Source: Associated Press By NICOLE WINFIELD FILE- In this Sunday, May 17, 2015 file photo, Pope Francis arrives to celebrate a canonization. VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis this […]
Source: The Washington Post By Kevin Sieff BANKI, Nigeria — They survived Boko Haram. Now many of them are on the brink of starvation. Across the northeastern corner of this […]
Source: BBC Olympic medal-winning gymnast Louis Smith has told BBC 5 livethat he’s had death threats “every day” since a video was leaked showing him mocking Islamic prayers. Talking to Emma Barnett, he admitted that he and fellow gymnast Luke Carson were drunk when they filmed the late-night video, which […]
Source: Huffington Post BY Tom Krattenmaker Author, ‘Confessions of a Secular Jesus Follower’ Despite the fact I am a secular person, I find that there is something compelling and transformative about […]
Michelle Obama Tears Into Trump on Sexual Assault: This Is Not ‘Locker Room’ Talk! Watch Michelle Obama’s Powerful Speech On Donald Trump’s Treatment Of Women Source: Huffington Post By Ashley […]
World | Agence France-Presse | Updated: October 13, 2016 21:28 IST by Taboola Maldives quit the Commonwealth after years of wrangling over its human rights record. MALE, MALDIVES: The Maldives angrily quit the Commonwealth on Thursday after years of wrangling over its human rights record since the toppling of its […]
Huff Post: by Christopher Mathias — Oh and by the way, his dad fights terrorism for a living. “I’m done with the U.S.,” Zeeshan-ul-hassan Usmani’s wife told him on Friday. Seeing her youngest son, just 7 years old, walk off the school bus bruised and battered that afternoon outside their […]
The plight of Pakistan’s religious minorities RICHARD POTTER Editor’s Note: This is part one in our series on Pakistan’s persecuted religious minorities. Click here to read part two, focused on the Ahmadi Muslim population. Credit: Pakistani Christian News Nestled in the outskirts of Bangkok, hidden from the tremendous flow […]
BORDER CROSSINGS JUNE 9, 2016 CHOOSING BETWEEN SHADOWS: PART II RICHARD POTTER Editor’s Note: This essay is the second in a two-part series on persecuted religious minorities fleeing Pakistan and seeking […]
13 Oct 2016 at 18:20 WRITER: AEKARACH SATTABURUTH Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said he had been granted an audience with the crown prince, who told him he would like to take some time to grieve with the nation before accepting the invitation to become the new king. “His Royal Highness would […]
Source: Huffington Post Paul Brandeis Raushenbush; Former Executive Editor Of Global Spirituality and Religion, The Huffington Post The results of the Presidential elections of 2008 and 2012 demonstrated a consensus […]
Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the world’s longest-reigning monarch, has died after 70 years as head of state, the palace says. The 88-year-old king was widely revered but had been in poor health in recent years, making few public appearances. He was seen as a stabilising figure in a country hit […]
New Mosque majority funded by Ahmadi Muslim Ladies. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is pleased to announce that on 11 October 2016, the World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the […]
Celebrating 50 years Nouman Khalil/Metroland The Caliph of Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at Mirza Masroor Ahmad delivers the Friday sermon at the International Centre in Mississauga. Friday, Oct. 7 Mississauga News By Nouman Khalil The Caliph of Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad has called upon all communities to reject hatred […]