Jun 08,2016 – MICHAEL JANSEN Poised for weeks on the boundary between Hama and Raqqa provinces, Syrian army troops bolstered by the Homs-based pro-government Falcons of the Desert militia, finally entered Raqqa to do battle with Daesh. Given air cover from Russian warplanes, the ground forces advanced on the town […]
Trusted tweet? Fact checking the rumours spread on social media By swissinfo.ch Jun 8, 2016 – 11:00 Have your heard the news? Digital media make it easier to spread rumours fast. (Keystone) For the last two years, swissinfo.ch has been involved in a collaborative project to help journalists tackle one […]
By Sean Coughlan BBC News education correspondent 8 June 2012 From the section Business Image caption Dr Abdulla bin Ali Al-Thani says Qatar is making a strategic decision to spend oil income on education Global education When oil rich countries get involved in global education projects, it is easy to […]
The Big Questions is a faith and ethics television programme usually presented by Nicky Campbell. It is broadcast live on BBC Onebetween 10:00am and 11:00am on Sunday, replacing The Heaven […]
Source: Toronto Sun BY TAREK FATAH, TORONTO SUN, FIRST POSTED: TUESDAY, JUNE 07, 2016 February 28, 1964, would have been just another day for the boys of St. Lawrence’s Boys’ Catholic School in […]
Michelle Obama offered a scathing, barely veiled critique of Donald Trump on Friday as she delivered her final commencement address as first lady, warning graduates of City College in New […]
Holy Trinity, fresco by Luca Rossetti da Orta, 1738–9 (St. Gaudenzio Church at Ivrea). The Muslim Times has the best collection for rational understanding of Christianity Source: The Teaching Company […]
Epigraph: And He it is who created the heavens and the earth in accordance with the requirements of wisdom and the Truth; and the day He says, ‘Be!’, it will […]
Source: BBC UK researchers say they have found a new way to tell if a heart attack is more severe and might cause lasting harm – by looking for bruising […]
Source: The Guardian By Kareem Shaheen in Istanbul An Oscar-winning screenwriter has agreed to work on a biopic about the 13th-century poet Jalaluddin al-Rumi. David Franzoni, who wrote the script for the […]
Source: BBC Hillary Clinton has thanked her supporters for helping her reach a historic moment for women – the US Democratic nomination for president. “Thanks to you, we’ve reached a milestone,” she told cheering crowds at a rally in New York. Mrs Clinton hailed “the first time in our nation’s […]
Source: BBC Anthony Zurcher North America reporter Barack Obama is about to tell Bernie Sanders that the revolution stops now. On Tuesday evening Mr Obama called Hillary Clinton to congratulate her […]
Source: CNN By Daniel Burke, CNN Religion Editor It was a fitting end to this country’s most famous Muslim life: Family and friends gathered around the bed of Muhammad Ali, […]
Source: The New Yorker By Alice Su The Martyr’s Memorial in Shadian, China, is a gray pillar topped with a crescent moon, set on a stone block engraved with names. […]
Source: Associated press By DANIELA BERRETTA Christian nuns watch as a team of experts begin the renovation of Jesus’ tomb in the Church JERUSALEM (AP) — A team of experts […]
Source: BBC A Hindu priest has been killed in Bangladesh, in the latest attack by Islamist militants. The body of Ananda Gopal Ganguly, 70, was found in a field near […]
Source: Washington Post By Anthony Faiola ERFURT, Germany — This medieval city of timber-framed buildings and cobblestone streets is on the front lines of the escalating culture war over Islam […]
Source: Associated Press By KAREN MATTHEWS and RACHELLE BLIDNER NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City municipal pool that maintains female-only hours so that Hasidic Jewish women can swim […]
SOURCE: RNS By Emily McFarlan Miller (RNS) The sign in front of the building reads “Blessed Ramadan.” But the building isn’t a mosque or Islamic center — it’s Pilgrim Congregational Church,a […]
Source: The New York Times By JACK HEALY and MATT FURBER MINNEAPOLIS — The day after his oldest son was convicted of conspiring to join and kill for the Islamic […]