US Election 2016: #repealthe19th tweets urge US women to be denied vote
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 […]
Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej dead at 88
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 […]
Israel’s Religiously Divided Society
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 […]
Pope to canonize ‘gaucho priest,’ earlier version of himself
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 […]
They survived Islamist terrorists. Now, millions in Nigeria face a new threat: starvation.
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 […]
Louis Smith: I’ve had death threats for mocking Islam
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 […]
5 Reasons Why I Am A Secular Jesus Follower
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 […]
Full Video: Michelle Obama Explains Exactly Why Trump’s Comments About Women Are So Horrific
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 […]
Maldives Quits Commonwealth Over Human Rights Row
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 […]
Islamophobia Just Drove This Boy And His Family Out Of America
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 […]
CHOOSING BETWEEN SHADOWS, Part 1
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 […]
CHOOSING BETWEEN SHADOWS: PART II
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 […]
Prayut: Prince asks for time
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 […]
White Christian Male America’s Sad Final Stand
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 dead at 88
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 […]
Head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Inaugurates Baitul Afiyat Mosque in Scarborough, Canada
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 […]
Ahmadiyya Caliph calls for peace, love around the world
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 […]
From Sarajevo to Aleppo: Lessons on Surviving a Siege
In Bosnia and in Syria, the tactic has been used to destroy bodies—but it’s really an attempt to annihilate the spirit. JANINE DI GIOVANNI OCT 12, 2016 Beginning in 1992, the siege of Sarajevo lasted a total of three miserable years, plus 10 months, three weeks, and three days. It […]
How Burkina Faso’s different religions live in peace
From the section Africa Image copyrightAFPImage caption The Archbishop of Ouagadougou wishes a traditional chief a happy Eid The Pope has invited Burkina Faso’s president to the Vatican later this month to see what can be learnt from the West African nation’s example of religious tolerance. BBC Africa’s Lamine Konkobo is […]
Donald Trump threatens to sue New York Times over sexual harassment report
Epigraph: “And I give them respite; for My plan is strong.” (Al Quran 68:46) For commentary of the verse please see the comment section. Source: CNN Money By Dylan Byers […]