Source: Hollywood reporter ‘The Passion of the Christ’ Courtesy of Photofest ‘Braveheart’ screenwriter Randall Wallace says he is writing a follow-up to the biblical blockbuster that will focus on the […]
Source: Associated Press By GRACE GARCES BORDALLO HAGATNA, Guam (AP) — Members of the Catholic church in Guam are reacting with devastation to the accusations that Archbishop Anthony Apuron sexually […]
Source: BBC Bangladesh police say they have detained about 900 people as part of a crackdown on militants following a series of deadly attacks. Police launched the week-long campaign on […]
Source: BBC In most cities, different neighbourhoods have a different character and those who live in them can develop tribal loyalties – sometimes even a snobbish disdain for some other […]
Source: BBC Rousing tributes have been paid to boxing legend Muhammad Ali at a memorial service in his home city of Louisville, Kentucky. Muslim, Christian, Jewish and other speakers spoke […]
Lebanese banks are the only institutions who know how to open enough letters of credit to fund Syria’s reconstruction materials: so rebuilding Syria means big profits for them. Robert Fisk in […]
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla Associate Religion Editor A Swedish nun credited with sheltering Jewish families in her convent during the Holocaust is now a saint of the Catholic Church. […]
Source: CNN (CNN)Singer Christina Grimmie, who starred in NBC’s “The Voice,” died early Saturday after a gunman shot her following a performance in Florida, authorities said. More:
Source.ET It is the interior ministry which is responsible for the identification of groups that are to be banned under the Terrorism Act of 1997. PHOTO: EXPRESS There is a sense of weary resignation hung around the shoulders of reports that the government is struggling, and largely failing, to keep […]
LOUISEVILLE: June 10, 2016 Thousands of people on Friday cheered and threw roses in the streets of Muhammad Ali’s hometown Louisville as they bade farewell to the boxing legend and civil rights hero known as “The Greatest.” http://tribune.com.pk/story/1120224/muhammad-ali-funeral-procession-begins/ A mass funeral procession, a private burial and public memorial service will wrap […]
The New York Times The Opinion Pages | Contributing Op-Ed Writer Timothy Egan Donald Trump speaking to the media on Tuesday night. Credit Damon Winter/The New York Times Earlier this month, the world’s most battle-scarred cable news network did something extraordinary in this year of vaporous political contrails. While Donald […]
Monogamy is mandated throughout the Western world, infidelity is universal. A leading biologist explains why David P. Barash Reprinted from “Out of Eden” Infants have their infancy, and adults? Adultery. Even though monogamy is mandated throughout the Western world, infidelity is universal. Revelations of marital infidelity occur regularly, often among […]
Muslims remember Muhammad Ali, their champion Daniel Dale, The Toronto Star LOUISVILLE—A little Arab boy in Egypt, a little Gujarati boy in India, a little black boy in Baltimore. Hany […]
express.co.uk: One in three said the religion promotes violence in the UK with 72 per cent saying most people in the UK have a negative view of Islam. Professional survey company ComRes questioned 2,012 people, chosen to be representative of the British adult population, on behalf of the Ahmadiyya Muslim […]
The Times: British police are teaching the Saudi Arabian regime to use high-tech detection skills despite accepting that they could “identify individuals who later go on to be tortured”. Senior MPs called last night for the suspension of the programme amid concerns about the human rights record of the Saudi […]
Source: The Atlantic By EMMA GREEN Ben Affleck has become an unlikely spokesman for a view on Islam held by many on the American left. In 2014, the actor made a now-famous stand […]
Source: The New York Times In the days before rapid sea or air travel, it could take months to travel to Mecca. The spiritual heart of Islam lay far from […]
Source: The Daily Beast By DEAN OBEIDALLAH When the champ is buried, millions of Americans will have their first glimpse of the Muslim funeral service—one that looks a lot like Jewish […]
Source: Associated Press BY SHARON COHEN CHICAGO (AP) — As a young boxer, Muhammad Ali searched for a faith to guide him as he confronted the indignities of racial discrimination. […]
Source: Associated Press By BRUCE SCHREINER and CLAIRE GALOFARO Muhammad Ali’s casket is escorted by pallbearers for his Jenazah, a traditional Islamic Muslim… Read more LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — As […]