Should Courts Get to Define Religion?
Source: The Atlantic By MICHAEL O’LOUGHLIN Property-tax battles are rarely sexy. But a case now in front of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, about whether the 21 religious brothers and sisters […]
Trusted papal aide says woman could be Vatican’s ‘Prime Minister’
Source: Crux By Ines San Martin Vatican correspondent ROME— Probably the most trusted adviser to Pope Francis, and a man who holds the position traditionally considered the Vatican’s “Prime Minister,” […]
Israel minister urges anti-Semitism crackdown by Britain’s Labour
Source: Yahoo Jerusalem (AFP) – Israeli Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked challenged British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn to crack down hard on Wednesday after fresh allegations of anti-Semitism in its […]
Muslim men held on blasphemy charge in Pakistan
Source: Aljazeera Five people have appeared in a Pakistani court accused of blasphemy after a Sikh man complained they had desecrated his turban during a scuffle over a delayed bus. […]
Humanists push for a National Day of Reason
Source: RNS By Kimberly Winston Kimberly Winston is a freelance religion reporter based in the San Francisco Bay Area. She covers atheism and freethought for RNS. (RNS) Not all Americans […]
Why Canadian Muslims seem happier than British ones
Source: Economist OVER the past few weeks, reports have been published in both Canada and Britain about the state of Muslim citizens’ opinion on a broad range of topics. The […]
India: Prominent Westerners Who visited Qadian 1912-1937
By Ghulam Misbah Baloch, AMJ Missionary, Jamia Ahmadiyya Canada- Translated & updated by Zakaria Virk, Toronto 30-4-2016 Original article was published in Urdu in al-Fazl Int. London 18-24 March 2016. A shorter version was published in Ahmadiyya Gazette Canada. http://www.ahmadiyyagazette.ca/Articles/some-eminent-christian-scholars-in-qdin.html People visit places for various reasons i.e. education, pleasure, or business. […]
UK Voters decide Mayor of London
IBTimes.co.uk Top IDF officer compares modern Israel to 1930s Germany in bombshell speech – zakaria.virk@gmail.com – Gmail Voters are heading to the polls to have their say in elections for the Scottish Parliament, National Assembly of Wales, the Northern Ireland Assembly and 124 councils in England in what has been […]
Challenges facing Palestinian journalists
May 04,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – DAOUD KUTTAB For most journalists, the challenge of doing their job usually comes from one source. However, restrictions and challenges facing Palestinian journalists are multi-levelled and much more complicated. While most human and media rights organisations usually list governments as restricting journalists, Palestinians living […]
‘The only solution for Iraq’
May 04,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – MICHAEL JANSEN It is hardly surprising that Iraqis stormed the Green Zone at the heart of Baghdad, entered the parliament building and confronted legislators blocking reforms proposed by Prime Minister Haidar Al Abadi. Iraqis of all sects and stations in life were among those […]
Early caliphs saw themselves as defenders of multiple faiths, not just Islam
The Ottoman caliphate: Straddling two worlds Source: Economist ORHAN OSMANOGLU cradles a French handkerchief embossed with the letter H. “This is all I have left that’s my great-great-grandfather’s, the caliph’s,” […]
Obama proclaims National Day of Prayer in support of those persecuted for religious beliefs
http://indianexpress.com: America will continue to stand up for those around the world who are subject to fear or violence because of their religion or beliefs, the US President Barack Obama has said proclaiming May 5 as the National Day of Prayer this year. “The threats of poverty, violence and war […]
Captain Amarinder faces radical Siks in California
Video: Amarinder faces pro-Khalistan slogans by protesters in California ANI and HTC, Fresno (California), Updated: May 04, 2016 17:53 IST Hindustantimes.com Punjab Congress president and former chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh faced protest by radical Sikhs and pro-Khalistan separatists after a gathering of non-resident Indians (NRIs) in Fresno, California, on […]
Texas prison ban on Muslim inmate beards, caps ruled illegal
Source: Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — A federal appeals court panel has upheld a Texas prison inmate’s right to a beard and skullcap as required by his religious beliefs. In a 32-page opinion filed Monday, a three-judge 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel in New Orleans unanimously upheld a […]
Scholars discuss means of broadening goodwill
Source: Cochrane Times By David Feil With the growing fear and need for positive change in the world, six religious experts came to the Ranchehouse on Apr. 19 to take […]
There are over 1.6 million Muslims in Italy—and only eight mosques
Source: Quartz By Annalisa Merelli Italy, home to the fourth largest Muslim population in Europe, has a mosque problem. Not because, as many a xenophobic politicians would claim, there are […]
Canada wildfires: City of Fort McMurray ‘devastated’
Source: BBC A huge wildfire has forced the evacuation of about 60,000 people from Fort McMurray – the entire population of the Canadian city. The blaze has destroyed a number of homes, dropping ash on the streets of the city in the province of Alberta. Watch Video
Rare Interview of Prof. Abdus Salam 1989
Professor Abdus Salam interviewed on PTV in 1989 by Dr. Pervez Hoodbhoy. Talks about his theory predicting Higgs particle http://eacpe.org/portfolio/a-rare-clip-prof-abdus-salam-interviewed-on-ptv-in-1989/
Canada wildfire forces mass evacuation in Fort McMurray
Source: BBC The entire population of the Canadian city of Fort McMurray has been forced to evacuate because of a huge wildfire. Some 80,000 people were told to leave as […]
London Mayor’s Race Exposes Ugly Faultlines in British Politics
Source: Time By Dan Stewart Londoners go to the polls Thursday to elect a new mayor, in a bitterly fought election that has laid bare tensions and divisions within British party politics. Polls show Labour’s Sadiq Khan, a former government minister,poised to defeat Conservative Party candidate Zac Goldsmith, the environmentalist scion […]