The Islamic Republic of Iran arrested eight of Iran’s top models for posting ‘immodest’ pictures on Instragram in a crackdown on the site. Tue, May 17, 2016 One of of Iran’s top models, Elnaz Gorokh. (Photo: © Instagram) Related Stories The Iranian regime arrested eight people working in online modelling for posts […]
Interview conducted by Susanne Beyer and Jan Fleischhauer Sven Doering / Agentur Focus / DER SPIEGEL Frauke Petry in conversation with SPIEGEL editors: “We believe that a healthy patriotism should be natural in Germany.” Frauke Petry, head of the populist Alternative for Germany, rejects the notion that her party […]
A Commentary by Dirk Kurbjuweit www.spiegel.de REUTERS Germany’s “Basic Law” serves as its constitution. Democracy reflects the will of the people. But what if the will of the people threatens democracy? With the right wing on the rise, there is only one appropriate approach. There’s more to a democracy […]
PRISONER TESTIMONIES Stories of torture in Syria shock Swiss students By Islah Bakhat, Bern MAY 18, 2016 – http://www.swissino.ch In Bern, some 170 pupils under the age of 20 came to hear the activists’ testimony. (swissinfo.ch) Two Syrian refugees have described to Swiss students the brutal torture they suffered while in […]
ARAB NEWS | Published — Wednesday 18 May 2016 GOOD WORK: Umrah pilgrims hailed the Saudi government for mataf expansion in Makkah. MAKKAH: Umrah pilgrims have hailed the mataf expansion in Makkah as “distinguished” and “amazing,” saying that the achievement speaks a lot about the attention the Saudi government […]
Seven decades ago, Japanese-American kids facing similar discrimination were forced from their homes and imprisoned. 05/17/2016 Christopher MathiasNational Reporter, The Huffington Post During World War II, a San Diego librarian named Clara Estelle Breed could often be found at the local railroad station, passing out stamped and self-addressed postcards to […]
by Bethan McKernan New Yorkers Are We Famous Yet made waves last month with a video in which they got two people to dress in traditional Jewish and Muslim clothing and walk down the street together. Now filmmaker Karim Metwaly and friends Al and Moe are back with the ‘Muslim/Jewish Marriage […]
Source: The Guardian By Tahmima Anam I am a novelist. I look around at the world and I make up stories about people, families, lovers and friends. More often than not, […]
Source: The Washington Post By Nils Petter Gleditsch and Ida Rudolfsen Most recent civil wars have taken place in Muslim countries, and a large majority of the victims are Muslims. […]
Source: The Guardian By Stephanie Kirchgaessner in Rome Islam and Christianity share an inherent “idea of conquest”, and those who refer to Europe’s roots as Christian often veer into colonialism, Pope […]
Source: The Guardian By Adam Gabbatt in Islamberg, New York American Bikers United Against Jihad spent months calling for people to join the event in Islamberg, but in the end […]
Source: RNS By Emily McFarlan Miller Emily McFarlan Miller is a national reporter for RNS based in Chicago. She covers evangelical and mainline Protestant Christianity. and Lauren Markoe Lauren Markoe […]
Source: NPR By DINA TEMPLE-RASTON All eyes were on 20-year-old Abdullahi Yusuf when he stepped on the stand in federal court last week in Minneapolis to testify for the prosecution in […]
Source: Time By Sarah Begley J.K. Rowling built her career on a series about the triumph of freedom and justice over fear and bigotry—and these days, she sees those themes playing out in politics on both sides of the pond. Accepting an award at the PEN Literary Gala at New […]
Source: Huffington Post By Ed Mazza Overnight Editor Terror attacks such as 9/11 and the mass shooting in San Bernardino were allowed by God because of the gay rights movement and the […]
Source: Huffington Post BY Khwaja Khusro Tariq Psychiatrist, interfaith harmony proponent. Few attempts have been made to examine the complex interplay of dogma, politics and sociopsychological factors in the genesis of […]
Source: Mail Online By SARAH GRIFFITHS FOR MAILONLINE If trying to order dinner or find your hotel abroad fills you with fear due to your abysmal grasp of foreign languages, […]
Season 1 Episode 1 of the series. Suggested Reading for the Quranic case for afterlife Stephen Hawking: ‘There is no heaven; it’s a fairy story!’
Source: Time If she gets elected president next November Hillary Clinton says she has found a role for her husband, former president Bill Clinton, in her future administration, should she be […]
Tuesday 17 May 2016 Alwaght- Pope Francis censured “cultural colonialism” of western powers, standing out against their efforts to export western brand of democracy to other countries. Criticizing Western’s ignorance about countrie’s culture in advancing its objectives, Pope Francis in an interview with Roman Catholic newspaper, La Croix said: “we […]