Former Conservative Party chairwoman Baroness Sayeeda Warsi is seeking to develop and promote an ‘English’ brand of Islam, in an attempt to synchronise rituals of the Muslim faith with the Church. Source: […]
His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan with Pope Francis in Vatican It is critical to take every opportunity to show a united front against all forms of intolerance. Pope Francis has reached out to faith leaders of all religions to […]
Dawn: Religion is big business. Just how big? A new study, published Wednesday by a father-daughter researcher team, says religion is bigger than Facebook, Google and Apple — combined. The article in the Interdisciplinary Journal of Research on Religion said that the annual revenues of faith-based enterprises — not just […]
Police have made an arrest in attack, which comes 15 years after a 9/11 revenge arson on a Hindu temple By Dave Beatty, CBC News Posted: Sep 15, 2016 7:59 AM ET Last Updated: Sep 15, 2016 4:46 PM ET An arson Wednesday night at the Ibrahim Jame Mosque on King Street East was […]
FRENCH PRESS AGENCY – AFP NICOSIA PublishedSeptember 14, 2016 Anastasiades (L), Akıncı (R) and Eide (C) arrive to give a press conference following a meeting on the ongoing peace talks on Sept. 14, 2016 at the now defunct Nicosia airport in the UN-controlled buffer zone. (AFP Photo) Cypriot leaders will […]
Source: Associated Press By TERRY SPENCER FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) — An ex-convict who posted anti-Islamic rants online confessed to setting fire to a mosque that the Orlando nightclub shooter […]
Source: Time By Elizabeth Dias Donald Trump’s son Eric was glowing when he sat down at a Cleveland restaurant next to Orlando pastor Paula White. “Your prayer did it, Paula,” Eric told her. The younger Trump’s teleprompter had broken the night before as he prepared to address the Republican National Convention. […]
Source: NPR By SCOTT DETROW Donald Trump is lashing out against an African-American pastor who interrupted him Wednesday to chide him for campaigning in her Flint, Mich., church. “Something was up,” […]
Source: JTA NEW YORK (JTA) — Rachel “Ruchie” Freier of Brooklyn was elected a Civil Court judge in New York state, reportedly a first for a Hasidic woman in the […]
SLOW START By Matthew Allen SEP 15, 2016 – Swiss President Johann Schneider-Ammann, center right, and Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani during a Swiss state visit to Iran in February (Keystone) The potential for trade with Iran, as sanctions are lifted, is tremendous, according to former Swiss ambassador to Tehran Philippe […]
PAYING IT FORWARD SEP 15, 2016 – 14:01 In 2015, more charitable donations went to supporting foreign aid efforts in response to events such as the Nepal earthquake. (Keystone) Swiss charities that are considered to be responsible and transparent in their operations raised a total of CHF 1.8 billion […]
SHARIF M. TAHA | Published — Thursday 15 September 2016 CULMINATION OF EFFORTS: Health Minister Dr. Tawfiq Al-Rabiah talks at a press conference in Mina. (AN photo) RIYADH: Health Minister Dr. Tawfiq Al-Rabiah announced on Wednesday that the current Haj season was free from epidemic diseases and that pilgrims […]
Source: BBC By Quinn Hargitai 15 September 2016 “There were refugee camps set up for the Kosovars all over the country. Albanian families would go to a camp, find a […]
Source: BBC The Bank of England has left its main interest rate at 0.25% but says another cut is still a possibility. The decision of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) […]
ARAB NEWS | Published — Thursday 15 September 2016 CONSENSUS: Leading scholars of the Muslim World League (MWL) and its affiliate, the International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS), at the “Islam — a Message of Peace and Moderation” conference in Makkah on Wednesday. (SPA) MAKKAH: Key figures of the […]
Source: Motto By Jonathan Levi These days, we’re inundated with more information than ever before. Blog posts, news articles and a never-ending stream of books “you just have to read!” […]
Source: Time By Alexandra Sifferlin In July, the Utah Department of Health was alerted to a person diagnosed with theZika virus despite not traveling to a place with Zika or having sexual contact with a person who had. The person had, however, cared for an elderly male family contact who had […]
By PERVEZ HOODBHOY PAKISTAN’S Foreign Office says Pakistan is “deeply saddened” by the execution in Bangladesh last week of Mir Quasem Ali. Mir Quasem was found guilty in 2014 by a Bangladeshi court of torture, multiple murders and arson. He was sentenced to death after what Pakistan describes as “a flawed […]
Source: Huffington Post By Ian Bateson Freelance Journalist LVIV, Ukraine ― Ernes and Alime Mambetov have been living with their 2-year-old son in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv for a […]
Source: BBC A restaurant manager in Bielefeld, northern Germany, triggered a social media storm after expelling a woman wearing the Islamic full-face veil (niqab) from his premises. On Facebook, Christian Schulz said he had to defend his Seekrug restaurant against “negative judgments”. So, he said, he had “deleted two of […]