Saibal Dasgupta,TNN | Dec 1, 2014, 09.45 PM IST BEIJING: The restive Xinjiang region in western China has banned prayer meetings and other religious practices in government buildings, schools and business offices. It has also imposed steep fines on the use of mobile phones and Internet to disseminate messages that […]
Source: CBC From ISIS beheadings, to the kidnapping of 200 girls in Nigeria, the news brings us a steady diet of horrifying images of violence inspired by religion. In her […]
Nearly 30 per cent of migrants travelled to Germany under EU free movement rules, compared to seven per cent who moved to UK, study reveals. Germany, not the United Kingdom, is the main destination of free movement within the European Union, an international economic organisation has found. Nearly 30 per […]
Source: The Telegraph Arabic names and 1970s names on the rise while the royals prove out of favour’ The name Mohammed has become the most popular boys’ name in […]
Source: Asia Times. Belarus – has signed up to NATO. A new Berlin wall, this time US-built – from the Baltics to the Black Sea now runs through Kiev. Were Ukraine to become a NATO member in an albeit remote future, the shatter belt buffer zone would disappear. This means […]
Source: Asia Times: The US State Department has declared that Modi, as India’s head of state, receives sovereign immunity from US lawsuits, even if they allege human rights violations he committed as an individual while Chief Minister of Gujarat. Attorneys for the victims beg to differ, and a US Superior […]
BY ROBERT FISK, THE INDEPENDENT What’s in a name? Let’s start with the Persian Gulf. Or the Arabian Gulf. Or just the Arab Gulf. I’m indebted to reader (and surgeon) Ross Farhadieh for complaining to me last week about my use of “The Gulf” – bland, dull and historically anaemic […]
309. Commandment – when they are with him on some matter of common importance which has brought them together, go not away until they have asked leave of him [24:63] Those only are true believers who believe in Allah and His Messenger, and who, when they are with him on […]
Epigraph: Then We caused Our Messengers to follow in their footsteps; and We caused Jesus, son of Mary, to follow them, and We gave him the Gospel. And We placed […]
Source: news-journal.com Radicalization of youth is one of the biggest challenges facing us today. Often, we hear of young people taking arms to shoot fellow students while other frustrated youth have […]
“Extremism has no room in Islam,” said Mohsin Kamran, president of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association. “It’s a very peaceful and moderate religion.” Source: metronews.ca Members of Calgary’s Ahmadiyya Muslim community […]
Rappler.com: MANILA, Philippines – Filipinos should “think more than twice” about calling the Philippines a “Catholic nation,” a Jesuit priest and theologian said, as the Ateneo de Manila University launched an unprecedented journal issue on Filipino Catholicism. “Many do not think twice about referring to the Philippines as a ‘Catholic […]
Russia Today: Thousands of people have resigned from the Lutheran Church in Finland, after the nation’s parliament approved a same-sex marriage law and the church’s archbishop expressed support for the […]
Rueters: * Pope condemned Islamic State insurgents during trip * Says understands why Muslims are offended by stereotype * Predecessor Pope Benedict caused uproar with 2006 speech (Recasts with comments […]
eastvalleytribune.com: Ann Wilcox’s daily routine looks like any other American Muslim woman’s. She covers her head with a hijab, abstains from alcohol and pork, and rises before sunrise to perform […]
Epigraph: “The most formidable weapon against errors of every kind is Reason. I have never used any other, and I trust I never shall.” Thomas Paine, One of the Founding Fathers of USA President Recep Tayyip Erdogan personally presented his gift, an edict of Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II, […]
Gill Rosenberg, Canadian citizen, reportedly captured by ISIS in Syria Canada ‘pursuing all appropriate channels’ to verify reports, is in touch with local authorities The Associated Press Posted: Nov 30, 2014 1:33 PM ETLast Updated: Nov 30, 2014 2:39 PM ET Gill Rosenberg from White Rock, B.C., who emigrated to […]
Source: The daily Beast Why are you trying to solve a cultural problem with a political solution? Because the Republican Party is using you. Dear Conservative Evangelicals, I drive a Prius, enjoy Vanilla lattes, and am married to a man. I know it’s unlikely for me to be writing you […]
Source: NY Times: WHEN ushered into the master bedroom of the Mormon patriarch Brigham Young at his winter home in St. George, Utah, a few years ago, I felt duty-bound to ask an obvious question: Where did the other women sleep? Other women? The church tour guide blushed, and laser-stared me […]
Source: NY Times: WASHINGTON — WHEN Ferguson flared up this week after a grand jury failed to indict the white police officer Darren Wilson for killing the unarmed black youth Michael Brown, two realities were illuminated: Black and white people rarely view race in the same way or agree about […]