Queen’s 90th birthday: Beacons lit amid UK celebrations
Source: BBC The Queen has lit the first of more than 900 beacons lighting up across the UK and overseas as part of her 90th birthday celebrations. The monarch, accompanied […]
Justin Trudeau among Time’s 100 most influential people
Source: CTV Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has been named to Time magazine’s prestigious list of the 100 most influential people in the world, joining a wide range of international […]
What It’s Like to Be a Muslim American in a Post-9/11 World
“Whenever there is a terrorist attack in the world in which Muslims are the perpetrators, I feel immensely uneasy.” By Mahjabeen Syed Late on Dec. 3, 2015, shortly after […]
Pakistan to make learning Quran mandatory in public schools
Source: International Business Times By Vasudevan Sridharan The Pakistani government is poised to make learning Quran compulsory in all public schools. Lawmakers in the country are talking to all parties involved in […]
Is the pope Catholic?
By David Gibson NEW YORK (RNS) That’s always been the jokey answer to a dumb question, but it’s now a serious issue for Catholic intellectuals who have been criticizing, and […]
UK: Sadiq Khan leading in the polls for mayor of London
Zac Goldsmith has a “mountain to climb” to avoid defeat in the race to be Mayor after Sadiq Khan opened up an 11-point lead in first preference votes, according to […]
5 ways Americans and Europeans are different
Source: Pew Research Center By Richard Wike Americans and Europeans share many things: a commitment to fundamental democratic principles, a strategic alliance that has shaped the world order for more than half a century, and despite serious economic challenges in recent years, some of the highest living standards in the […]
Lindsay Lohan considering converting to Islam
Source: The Express Tribune PHOTO: SPLASH NEWS VIA THE SUN Hollywood actor Lindsay Lohan caused quite a furore last year when pictures of her carrying a copy of the Holy Quran had surfaced with many speculating that the Catholic-born actor had converted to Islam. The troubled actor has finally opened […]
David Cameron condemns “shocking” Glasgow shopkeeper killing
Source:pressand journal.co.uk David Cameron David Cameron yesterday denounced the “absolutely shocking” killing of Muslim shopkeeper Asad Shah. The prime minister threw his support behind a campaign against extremism in Scotland after SNP Westminster leader Angus Robertson raised the case in the Commons. Mr Shah was fatally stabbed outside his premises […]
Boko Haram luring young people with loans, Nigerian military says
Source: CNN By Radina Gigova, CNN (CNN)Boko Haram is luring young people by giving them loans as a bait for membership, the Nigerian military warned. As part of the “clandestine dispensation,” the terror group is offering loans to young entrepreneurs in the country’s troubled northeast as part of recruitment, the […]
Obama looking for Gulf to step up on day 2 of Saudi visit
Source: CNN By Kevin Liptak, CNN White House Producer Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (CNN)A day after his longer-than-planned talks with Saudi King Salman partially eased some long-simmering tensions, President Barack Obama was working Thursday to persuade other Gulf leaders to take a more muscular role in stabilizing their region. During a […]
The righteous new religion of the Silicon Valley elite
Source: Catholic Herald One of the curious trends of recent years has been the rise of “the radical Rich” – billionaires devoted to progressive social movements, whether it’s same-sex marriage […]
Where marrying a local is forbidden
Source: BBC By Brianna Randall 21 April 2016 We saw the foam before we heard the breaking waves. My husband Rob and I squinted through the morning sun, trying to […]
What can a lemon tell you about your personality
Source: BBC By Christian Jarrett Do you think you’re an extravert or an introvert? To answer, you might immediately ponder how much you like going to parties and talking to […]
Ottawa: sexism at parliament hill
Michelle Rempel, National Post | April 18, 2016 10:38 AM ETMore from National PostI couldn’t believe he said that to you!” Last week I found myself, once again, telling one of the young women on my staff that, “It’s important to address sexism in the moment it happens.” Earlier, she witnessed another member […]
Netanyahu’s Golan speech sends message to Putin
Israel PM wants to send Russia a message that it will not be forced into peace talks with Syria A UN peacekeeper holds a position near the border with Syria in Golan Heights.Image Credit: AP Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (centre) poses with ministers.Image Credit: AFP ( 1 of 2 […]
Daesh fighters from 70 countries, leaks show
The information came from a Daesh defector who handed over some 11,000 personnel files to US television network NBC Image Credit: AP Thousands of apparent Daesh registration documents were leaked in January to a Syrian opposition news website and in March German daily Sueddeutsche Zeitung. Published: 12:20 April 20, 2016 […]
Prime Minister backs anti-extremism campaign after shopkeeper death
BBC: Prime Minister David Cameron has given his full support to a campaign against extremism following the killing of a Muslim shopkeeper in Glasgow. Asad Shah, 40, was stabbed last month. He was an Ahmadiyya, a group known for its peaceful interfaith concerns. Murder accused Tanveer Ahmed, 32, from Bradford, […]
Making a case for secularism
pakistantoday.com.pk: It’s been a long time coming “How can we save Pakistan from secularism?” was one of the questions at an exam I attended earlier this week. Isn’t it mind-boggling? The political idea which many in Pakistan have been struggling for years to popularize has been portrayed as something vile, […]
Kurdish Opposition Leader Demirtas: ‘Erdogan Wants a Caliphate’
Interview Conducted by Maximilian Popp AFP A bombed out building in Diyarbakir, a Kurdish city in southeastern Turkey. Kurdish opposition leader Selahattin Demirtas, 43, says that his HDP party wants a cease-fire in the ongoing battle between Turkish troops and Kurds in southeastern Turkey. But, he says, Turkish President Erdogan […]