Source: The New York Times By RUKMINI CALLIMACHI Somewhere, there is a digital archive containing the portraits of the Islamic State’s network of fighters in Europe. The image of each fighter was stored in this database months before last year’s attacks in Paris, and after each new terror strike, the […]
Sankt Catharinae church in Ribe. File photo: Scanpix Danes leaving the church in droves Published: 08 Apr 2016 05:47 GMT+02:00 The Danish Atheist Society has used a new campaign to encourage members of the Church of Denmark (Folkekirken) to withdraw, leaving priests concerned about the economic consequences. Denmark’s second-largest religion […]
Source: Yahoo News By Stuart Williams Istanbul (AFP) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday urged dozens of Muslim leaders gathered for a summit in Istanbul to end sectarian divisions […]
Source: Crux By Nicole Winfield Associated Press April 14, 2016 VATICAN CITY (AP) — When Pope Francis and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, the spiritual leader of the world’s Orthodox Christians, […]
French PM calls for ban on Islamic headscarves at universities Source: The Guardian By Angelique Chrisafis The French prime minister, Manuel Valls, has sparked controversy by suggesting the Muslim headscarf […]
QUARTERLY FIGURES APR 14, 2016 – swissinfo.ch Heightened EU border security has reduced the flow of asylum seekers (Keystone) Asylum requests in Switzerland drastically declined in the first quarter of this year, with 45% fewer registered than at the end of 2015. Migration authorities attribute the slide to fewer people attempting […]
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Russian authorities in Crimea ban Tatar governing body Mejlis COMPILED FROM WIRE SERVICES MOSCOW Mufti sheikh Ravil Gaynutdin (L) speaks with a Crimean Tatar woman during the extraordinary session of the Kurultai (national Congress) of the Tatar people, Crimea, Ukraine, 29 March 2014. (EPA Photo) The Russian authorities in Crimea […]
Source: The Times Of Israel Palestinians placed notices on the Temple Mount compound in Jerusalem warning of plans to smash security cameras installed at the site holy to both Muslims […]
Charlotte Silver Lobby Watch 13 April 2016 An image published by Elder of Ziyon from the textbookGlobal Politics, as part of the anti-Palestinian blogger’s successful campaign to pressure McGraw Hill over maps depicting land loss in Palestine. A group of American and international scholars is urging publishing giant McGraw-Hill Education to reverse its recent […]
Source: PEW Research Center Highly religious Americans are happier and more involved with family but are no more likely to exercise, recycle or make socially conscious consumer choices A new […]
By Brian Dooley As peace talks resume in Geneva, one thing is clear: Syria will need to address sectarianism if it is to succeed. Syrian sectarianism is often presented as insoluble, derived from age-old divisions, and impossible to control or contain. But new research suggests that it may not be […]
Source: NDTV HIGHLIGHTS Earlier, he had warned of the ‘harmful effect of Shani (Saturn) on women’ Women were banned from entering Shani Shingnapur temple’s inner sanctum Court overturned ban saying women, men must have equal access to temple The entry of women into a famous temple devoted to Lord Shani or […]
Source: The Times Of India By Paul Gallagher Hundreds of general practitioners (GPs) are being recruited from India to help fill the growing demand-supply gap in general practice and meet a UK government pledge to add 5,000 doctors by 2020. Health Education England, the non-departmental body of the Department of Health […]
Source: BBC The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has confirmed that the Zika virus causes severe birth defects, including microcephaly. Hundreds of babies were born in Brazil […]
Source: Yahoo News By Sarah McBride SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) has sued the U.S. government for the right to tell its customers when a federal agency is […]
Book can be downloaded for free from April 15 midnight, and offers comprehensive advice on fasting for all categories of diabetics Published: 17:03 April 14, 2016 Suchitra Bajpai Chaudhary, Senior Reporter Dubai: Of the 132 million diabetic Muslims around the world, nearly 100 million can fast safely during Ramadan provided […]
Apr 13,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Michael Jansen The two sides involved in the intra-Syrian peace talks resuming in Geneva this week are taking seriously the dictum “you don’t win at the peace table what you don’t win on the battlefield”. Between this round and the last, the Syrian regular army, backed […]
Apr 13,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Daoud Kuttab It has been proven true over the years that victors write the history. Nowhere is this fact more obvious than in Jerusalem, where Israelis are trying unsuccessfully to rewrite centuries-old history. By changing facts on the ground the Israelis are desperately trying to […]
An ancient and valuable fragile Chinese vase had been found by the villagers. There was an argument in the teahouse as to its exact capacity. During the wrangling, Mulla Nasrudin entered. The people appealed to him for a ruling. ‘Simple’, said Nasrudin. ‘Bring the vase here, together with some sand.’ […]