Source: RNS By Kirkland An (RNS) In the midst of a bitter presidential campaign, a group of 13 evangelical leaders has founded an organization advocating a Christian and civil approach […]
Source: myAJC By Meris Lutz – The Atlanta Journal-Constitution A protest by a small but strident group of about a dozen militia members, some armed, ended quietly Tuesday, after several […]
Source: The Washington Post By Abigail Hauslohner It was late afternoon on Monday when the Great Falls family of five piled into their minivan and headed for the Virginia countryside […]
Just as the Great War led to the Second, so the world war against al-Qaeda led, via Iraq, to the war against the apocalyptic Isis Robert Fisk @indyvoices 9/11 terror attack in New York Getty Sometimes, I suspect, the ability of human beings to fool themselves with their own words over the Middle East […]
Mosques are being urged to provide citizenship lessons for the thousands of youngsters they see daily. About 100,000 UK youngsters attend Islamic religious schools attached to mosques – madrasas – every day. Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/6665317.stm
An Austrian cardinal who is one of the favourites to become the next Pope has warned that Europe faces its biggest threat from Islam since the 17th century. In an astonishing speech the Roman Catholic Cardinal of Vienna, Christoph Schönborn, warned that many Muslims wanted to eradicate Christianity and conquer […]
Pope Francis on Wednesday denounced killing in God’s name as “satanic” as he held a mass in Rome to honour Jacques Hamel, the French priest whose throat was slit by jihadists in July. Read more: http://www.thelocal.it/20160914/pope-says-religious-killing-is-satanichttp://www.thelocal.it/20160914/pope-says-religious-killing-is-satanic
Ambassador has served in several Arab countries Published: 16:14 September 13, 2016 Habib Toumi, Bureau Chief Manama: Simon Collis has become the first British Ambassador to Saudi Arabia to perform […]
File photo: Martin Abegglen Published: 08 Sep 2016 Some people in Switzerland can be left ‘stateless’ when the authorities withdraw their Swiss passport on suspicion of a sham marriage, the Tages Anzeiger has reported. Under Swiss rules, a foreign national who obtained Swiss citizenship through marriage to a Swiss can […]
Source: The Atlantic By Emma Green It took the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights three years to produce its report on religious freedom and non-discrimination. With 27 pages, more than […]
SOURCE: Swiss Info By Duc-Quang Nguyen With nearly 30% of the population born outside of its borders, Switzerland is one of the European countries with the highest proportion of foreigners. Globally, the Gulf countries host the most migrants. Still, contrary to popular belief, these rates have remained relatively stable over […]
Source: Politico By Zalmay Khalilzad On his latest trip, a former senior U.S. official finds a new attitude in Riyadh. But will it stick? On my most recent trip to […]
The scathing verdict comes just one day after Mr Cameron’s sudden announcement that he will leave Westminster immediately Rob Merrick Deputy Political Editor @Rob_Merrick The chairman of Britain’s Foreign Affairs Select Committee, Crispin Blunt, described the decision to intervene in Libya in 2011 as based on a ‘blood-curdling assessment’ […]
Only two people in the new Cabinet are from BAME backgrounds Harriet Agerholm @HarrietAgerholm Photo prompted criticism online Theresa May’s first offical Cabinet photo has been released – and people are pointing out a glaring problem with it. Only two people in the new Cabinet are from BAME backgrounds: Sajid Javid […]
Source: BBC This election cycle, more users than ever before are turning to social media – and as a result, it can be difficult to separate reported fact from rampant […]
Source: BBC By Lucy Jones 13 September 2016 From the richly-plumed red fox to the big-eared fennec fox, foxes look adorable. Because of this, people are sometimes tempted to keep […]
Source: BBC Luxembourg Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn has called for Hungary to be suspended or even expelled from the European Union because of its “massive violation” of EU fundamental values. […]
Source: BBC By James Gallagher Health and science reporter, BBC News website Scientists say early experiments suggest it may one day be possible to make babies without using eggs. They have succeeded in creating healthy baby mice by tricking sperm into believing they were fertilising normal eggs. The findings in […]
Source: Associated Press By TERRY SPENCER FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) — The Islamic community says it will repair and reopen the arson-damaged Florida mosque that was occasionally attended by Orlando […]
Source: The Washington Post By Derek Hawkins A Muslim woman wearing traditional garments had her clothes set on fire by a man with a lighter as she shopped on a crowded […]