May 29,2016 -JORDAN TIMES Bad news is all around us. The world confronts the possibility of a sexist, racist ignoramus occupying the White House next January. Unreconstructed authoritarians already are in charge in Russia and China. Populists of varying ugliness are winning elections from Poland to the Philippines. And Islamophobia […]
AP Migrants standing behind a fence at a refugee camp in southeastern Turkey. Many viewed it with skepticism from the start and now, the Brussels-Ankara refugee deal is in danger of collapse. Refugees are being locked up in Turkey and it looks as though the best educated Syrians are not […]
Source: Religion News Service By Francesco Canepa/Reuters BERLIN (Reuters) The head of the Protestant Church in Germany has called for Islam to be taught in state schools across the country […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times A recent article in Huffington Post, by Jack Sommers, Assistant News Editor, Huffington Post UK, Christians Outnumbered […]
Epigraph: Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. (Matthew 5:7) Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla; Associate Religion Editor “Someone who lets people drown in the Mediterranean […]
By InterFaith Works of Central New York This feature is coordinated by The Post-Standard/Syracuse.com and InterFaith Works of CNY. Follow this theme and author posted Sunday through Saturday. In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Ever Merciful: Inconsistent messages from the Muslim leadership have created increased risk of extremism and […]
Indian Muslim Women Rise Against Triple Talaq Moushumi Das Gupta, Hindustan Times, New Delhi | May 29, 2016 In April, Shayara Bano grabbed headlines when she went to the Supreme Court seeking a ban on triple Talaq (instantaneous unilateral divorce) given by her husband through a letter. The 35-year-old from […]
Source: BBC By Who, What WhyThe Magazine answers the questions behind the news Russian President Vladimir Putin is visiting Mount Athos in Greece to mark the 1,000-year presence of Russian […]
Source: USA Today By Hadley Malcolm, USA TODAY Some cities are singling out sugar-sweetened drinks for proposals to add taxes or warning labels, borrowing from the playbook used to largely stamp out smoking a generation ago. The […]
Source: Slate Yellow fever’s coming back, and Ebola never left. By Donna A. Patterson We did not beat Ebola. If the West Africa Ebola epidemic follows the history of past […]
Source: Slate By Christina Cauterucci For the second time this week, the U.S. legislative body best known for its obstructionist leanings managed to squeak out a unanimous vote for the […]
Source: Huffington Post By Laura Barron-Lopez Congressional Reporter, The Huffington Post WASHINGTON — Legislation to restrict the flow of Syrian refugees into the United States will not include a religious test, […]
SAUDI ARABIA ARAB NEWS | Published — Sunday 29 May 2016 Seen through a decoration window, Muslim pilgrims circumambulate the Kaaba, the cubic building at the Grand Mosque, during the minor pilgrimage, known as Umrah, in the Muslim holy city of Makkah, Saudi Arabia, in this March 10, 2016 photo. […]
Source: Swiss Info The controversies continue in the run-up to Friday’s opening of the Museum for Islamic Culture in La Chaux-de-Fonds, canton Neuchâtel. A related cross-party resolution, “No to the […]
Reuters International MAY 29, 2016 Migrants sit in their boat during a rescue operation by Italian navy ship Grecale (unseen) off the coast of Sicily, Italy, in this handout picture courtesy of the Italian Marina Militare released on May 6 2016. Marina Militare/Handout via REUTERS ROME (Reuters) – Migrants rescued […]
EASY VS COMPLEX Entering Switzerland: who needs a visa? By Stefania Summermatter MAY 27, 2016 – 11:00 Switzerland will likely join the EU in granting visa-free access to Turkish citizens as part of a controversial agreement on migration with Turkey. But travellers from many other countries need a visa to […]
May 28,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – EDITORIAL Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to appoint ultra hardliner Avigdor Lieberman as defence minister is alarming and provocative in the extreme. Lieberman was added to the Netanyahu Cabinet after the resignation of defence minister Moshe Yaalon who accused Netanyahu of recruiting extremists […]
Lightning strikes in Paris, Germany injure 14 – CNN.com<!– (CNN)Lightning strikes injured at least 14 people in France and Germany Saturday, leaving as many as nine of them severely hurt, authorities said. In Paris, lightning struck a group of children and adults in Parc Monceau, a few blocks north of […]
Source: BBC By Brigitte Steger / Images by Adrian Storey The Japanese don’t sleep. This is what everyone – the Japanese above all – say. It’s not true, of course. But as a […]
Source: BBC Pakistani authorities have banned all broadcast advertisements for contraceptives. The regulator, Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra), said there had been public complaints that they prompted curiosity in […]