Source: World Religion News The world was recently shocked by the decision of certain French cities to ban the burkini, swimwear specially designed for use by Muslim women during a beach trip. The burkini is a swimsuit that covers the whole body, including the hair. The French authorities justified their […]
Source : The New York Times Michael Barbaro A quick quiz about presidential candidates and their religions. John F. Kennedy? Easy: A Catholic. George W. Bush? A born-again Christian, who found God in midlife and frequently talked about it. Mitt Romney? A Mormon, the first to clinch his party’s nomination. […]
Source: The Guardian Agence France-Presse Bangladesh police stormed a militant hideout outside Dhaka on Saturday, shooting dead three alleged Islamist extremists, including the suspected mastermind of an attack on a […]
Source: BBC By Zaria Gorvett 24 August 2016 Imagine you’re in a bar, discussing the upcoming election with your friends. You admit you’re undecided. In fact, you can see both […]
Source: BBC On 25 August, the United States National Park Service celebrated its centennial. To mark the occasion, Earth Capture photographer Shreeni Manievannan has carefully selected 25 of his favourite […]
Source: BBC By Sydney Finkelstein Everyone wants a nice boss. And if a nice boss is one who respects me and my work, challenges me to get better and wants […]
Source: BBC The governor of Maine has said that people of colour were enemies of his state, and appeared to suggest they should be shot. Speaking about Maine’s effort to […]
Source: BBC The Syrian government has retaken control of the town of Darayya, after the last rebels left under a deal ending a four-year siege. Buses containing the final remaining […]
Source: Huffington Post By Antonia Blumberg Associate Religion Editor, The Huffington Post American religion is in a state of flux. Religious “nones,” a category that includes atheists, agnostics and those with […]
Source: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/islamahmadiyya/2016/08/turkey-and-the-isis-conundrum/ Turkey and The ISIS Conundrum August 24, 2016 by Qasim Rashid 7 Comments by Nayyar Ahmed Turbulent times as Turkey faces yet another tragic attack. While the world celebrates the end of Rio Olympics with all its glory, a suicide bomber struck at a wedding claiming over 50 innocent […]
Source: youtube.com/TrueIslam Question: Does Islam allow abortion? If yes, on what conditions? Answered By Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad (ra), fourth Caliph of Hazrath Mirz Ghulam ahmad Qadiani (pbuh) who is the Promised Messiah of all Religions / Maseeh-e-Maood wa Mahdi-e-Maood of Muslims Hazrath Mirza ghulam Ahmad Qadiani (as) A video made by Abdul shafi Bharwana, […]
Businessman Rachid Nekkaz. Photo: AFP Published: 22 Aug 2016 16:24 GMT+02:00 A businessman has been picking up the tabs for the women caught wearing burqinis on French beaches, and tells The Local he’ll keep “fighting to the death” for freedom. Even though the burqini has been banned in over a […]
Photo: Jean Christophe Magnenet /AFP Published: 27 Aug 2016 10:58 GMT+02:00 French resorts were defiant after a ban on the burqini in a Riviera town was overturned, vowing to keep the restrictions in place and continue imposing fines on women who wear the full-body swimsuit. France’s top court suspends burqini […]
Reuters International AUG 27, 2016 – By Nita Bhalla NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Women in India have the right to fully access a famous mosque in the city of Mumbai, a top court ruled on Friday, bolstering a nationwide campaign aimed at securing women their religious rights […]
ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS Germany bemoans Swiss-transited asylum seekers AUG 17, 2016 – 21:43 Asylum seekers arriving in Switzerland from Italy (Keystone) German officials have complained that the border with Switzerland has more holes than a “Swiss cheese” as asylum seekers head north across the Alps, despite the best efforts of Swiss […]
Lone children seeking refuge in the UK – many of whom have never seen a table tennis match before – find a topspin welcome on the south coast Players at Brighton table tennis club. Photograph: Martin Godwin for the Guardian Kate Lyons Friday 26 August 2016 On the wall […]
Source: The Guardian Imam of Mariam mosque in Copenhagen says aim is to challenge patriarchal structures and inspire other women By Harriet Sherwood in Copenhagen t was Friday prayers with a […]
Source: Time By Melissa Chan Man’s best friend is also man’s oldest friend. Dogs were the first animals to be domesticated, with evidencesuggesting they were tamed about 15,000 years ago. But […]
By Tom Porter August 26, 2016 10:08 BST . IBTimes.co.uk Birmingham education authorities buckled to pressure from sectarian hardliners and blocked a Muslim sect from being represented on an interfaith council, it is claimed. Members of Birmingham’s Ahmadiyya Muslim Community were told that in order to be represented on the city’s Standing […]
Source: Time The public’s introduction to the couple came on the campaign trail in 2007, but the Obamas’ story began nearly two decades earlier when Michelle Robinson was assigned to […]