ARAB NEWS Published — Friday 4 March 2016 Tolerance in Islam, is not a mere fairytale phrase, but Muslims live it in reality. Islam urges us to be tolerant and forgive others. This is indicated in both the Qur’an and the Sunnah. One of the features of Islam […]
02/29/2016 Aparna PandeDirector, India Initiative, Hudson Institute The execution in Pakistan of Malik Mumtaz Hussain Qadri — the bodyguard who in 2011, under influence of religious zealots, killed secular Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer — has strategically coincided with the US-Pakistan strategic dialogue taking place in Washington DC. Given Pakistan’s history […]
AFP Even as Chancellor Merkel continues pursuing a deal with Turkey, Austria and its Balkan neighbors to the south have taken things into their own hands. With fences going up across the region, Greece is in trouble and the EU can’t figure out what to do. By SPIEGEL Staff A […]
Staffan de Mistura, UN Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria, speaks during a news conference at the European headquarters of the United Nations, in Geneva, Switzerland, on Thursday. (AP) AFP Published — Saturday 5 March 2016 PARIS: United Nations envoy Staffan de Mistura said Friday the Syrian people, not […]
Islamic art exhibit underway at U.S. museum TEHRAN Times Art Desk TEHRAN – The Asian Art Museum in San Francisco is displaying works of Islamic art in an exhibition, which opened on February 26. The artworks are from India under the Moguls in the 16th century, Iran during the reign […]
By AFP – Mar 03,2016 – JORDAN TIMES People shelter from the gun fire outside a house in El Aouija, outside Ben Guerdane, 650km away from Tunis, Wednesday (AP photo) TUNIS — Government neglect in central Tunisia, where poverty and unemployment rates are several times the national average, risks […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Women’s Association of Canada is going to hold its 1st Annual Peace Symposium on March 6, 2016 at Tahir Hall Community Center (10610 Jane St, Maple, ONL6A 3A2) […]
Calgarians will have a chance to visit a mosque on Sunday. It’s part of a nationwide campaign for Canadians to learn and experience “the true and peaceful teachings of Islam” […]
Himalayan lakes, spacewalks and the presidential primaries helped Scott Kelly keep his wits over 340 days in space, the astronaut told reporters on Friday, days after he landed back on Earth from a record-setting mission. http://www.theguardian.com Nasa astronaut Scott Kelly speaks during a press conference on Friday in Houston. Kelly […]
Source: Pew Research Forum Many Catholics say the church should change its stance on key issues. In particular, they would like to see it expand eligibility for the priesthood, relax […]
Source: Gulfnews London, New York: A landmark discovery into the genetic makeup of tumours has the potential to open a new front in the war on cancer, delivering potent therapies […]
Source: Al Jazeera Police using tear gas and water cannon raided the headquarters of Turkey’s largest-circulation newspaper, hours after a court placed it under the management of trustees. Police set […]
Source: The Conversation Evolution and religion may not be at war after all. True, the two may sometimes seem like incompatible, competing worldviews: evolutionary science is regularly rejected by prominent […]
Source: The Guardian India has denied visas for a delegation from the US government agency charged with monitoring international religious freedom. The delegation from the US Commission on International Religious […]
Reuters International MAR 5, 2016 – 09:16 MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, in a late phone conversation on Friday called for a prompt start to the next round of Syria peace talks, Russia’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement. The […]
EU-SWITZERLAND By Urs Geiser MAR 4, 2016 – 16:14 Justice Minister Sommaruga (centre) and Economics Minister Schneider-Ammann (right) during Friday’s news conference in Bern (Keystone) The Swiss cabinet has proposed to use a unilateral safeguard clause to curb immigration if it is unable to reach agreement with the European Union […]
Source: The Guardian Cardinal George Pell, a top adviser to Pope Francis, has vowed to help survivors of sexual abuse in his native Ballarat in Australia after meeting a dozen […]
Source: The Washington Post By Bob Smietana A veteran religion writer based in Nashville and the immediate past president of the Religion Newswriters Association. Last night I sat on the […]
Source: The Daily Beast An Australian royal commission on clerical crimes finds damning evidence that one of the Vatican’s most senior cardinals turned a blind eye to sex abuse. So […]
Source: Newsweek Mint-colored city buses and sherbet mid-rise apartment complexes with undulating facades. Women in polka-dot bikinis and men in wide-lapelled shirts unbuttoned halfway down their chests. Postcard-perfect white sand […]