By DANIEL DALEWashington Bureau Wed., Aug. 24, 2016 WASHINGTON—Noise, traffic, parking, the usual. When residents of Atlanta-area Newton County found out that imam Mohammad Islam was planning to build a mosque and cemetery on vacant land near a rural highway, they cited the standard list of benign objections. Then Monday’s public […]
August 23, 2016 India, Haridwar: Head of Dwarkashardapeeth Shankaracharya Swami Swaroopanand Saraswati today said cow is the mother of not only Hindus but also of Muslims as its milk is as much beneficial for believers of one faith as for those of another. In a statement here, Swami Swaroopanand said […]
AUGUST 25, 2016 Author: Lea Speyer A Jordanian prince and a Jewish academic are calling on Jews and Muslims to unite in religious tolerance to stop the spread of ISIS-perpetrated hatred against Christians in the Middle East. In an op-ed in the UK’s Telegraph on Tuesday, Prince Hassan of Jordan, founder and president […]
Source: The Guardian Michael Coe, an associate of hate preacher Anjem Choudary, told by judge that he faces substantial jail term Michael Coe has also been known as Mikaeel Ibrahim […]
Source: RNS TEL AVIV, Israel (RNS) It was Sunday — women’s-only day — at the so-called religious beach in this Israeli city on the Mediterranean, and several hundred women and […]
Source: Yahoo News Riyadh (AFP) – A stoning ritual which led to the deaths of about 2,300 people during last year’s hajj will be more tightly controlled during next month’s […]
Source: Reuters Restrictions on face and full-body veils are back in the spotlight in parts of Europe after some French cities banned the burkini swimsuit, saying the garment, which leaves […]
Source: Associated Press By PHILIPPE SOTTO PARIS (AP) — France’s highest administrative authority is studying whether local bans on full-body burkini swimsuits are legal, amid growing concerns in the country […]
Source: Nature A non-profit organization is proving that new drugs don’t have to cost a fortune. Can its model work more broadly? By Amy Maxmen First, there was the pitching and […]
Source: BBC By Andreas Illmer Business reporter Self-driving cars and taxis are the buzz of the industry. Everyone seems to be doing it, trying grab headlines with every step forward […]
Source: BBC Hospitals in the US city of Orlando say they will not charge for treatment provided to survivors of the Pulse nightclub massacre in which 49 people were killed […]
Source: Time By Massimo Calabresi In the summer of 1980, Donald Trump faced a big problem. For six months, undocumented Polish laborers had been clearing the future site of Trump Tower, […]
Source: Time By Charlotte Alter Every night for 20 years, Gino Rodriguez knelt beside his three daughters’ beds and whispered an incantation. As rats the size of footballs skittered along […]
Source: The Guardian By Angelique Chrisafis in Paris and Martin Farrer French presidential hopeful earns sharp rebuke from burkini designer Aheda Zanetti, who says French don’t understand her creation The […]
Successful test in Auckland and New Zealand paves the way for Domino’s to deliver pizzas by drone. By Alistair Charlton August 25, 2016 11:20 BST , IBTimes.co.uk Updated 4 hr ago The Domino’s pizza chain is to start delivering orders by drone later in 2016. The announcement came after it successfully demonstrated how […]
Source: The Local Mayor Elisabeth Herzog-von der Heide of the town Luckenwalde, in Brandeburg, fired an intern after one day because she would not take off her headscarf.“The Islamic headscarf is a means of expressing a religious worldview,” Herzog-von der Heide said on Wednesday.The mayor said that therefore, wearing a […]
Source: The Local Germany’s military is preparing to pull out from a Turkish airbase as a row between the two NATO partners escalates, Der Spiegel magazine reported on Thursday. More:
Source: The Daily Beast Two teenagers have been arrested in New York City for allegedly breaking into the Indonesian consulate and stealing clothing and booze before making off with a diplomatic vehicle. Police say 18-year-old David Rivera and a 16-year-old girl who has not been identified face charges of burglary, […]
Source: AT And one of China’s most secret missile programs is a revolutionary hypersonic strike vehicle that skims the upper atmosphere and can maneuver in a bid to defeat U.S. strategic defenses.China for years has denounced U.S. missile defenses as destabilizing. But for the first time last month, the Chinese […]
Source: Asia Times: The U.S. Strategic Command said it had tracked what it believed to be a KN-11 submarine-launched ballistic missile and confirmed it flew about 300 miles. “I think it was probably successful,” said Jeffrey Lewis of the California-based Middlebury Institute of International Studies. “We don’t know the full […]