[Video] Pakistan ‘blasphemy’ couple burnt alive
Source: BBC NEWS A Pakistani labourer and his pregnant wife – and a mother to three children – were beaten surrounded by 1,500 strong crowd and then thrown on top of a […]
Cardinal Burke: Catholic Church Under Pope Francis Is ‘A Ship Without A Rudder’
Religion News Service | By Josephine McKenna VATICAN CITY (RNS) American Cardinal Raymond Burke, the feisty former archbishop of St. Louis who has emerged as the face of the opposition to […]
Indonesia: Religious Intolerance & Sectarian Violence
Source: globalindonesianvoices.com | By: Global Indonesian Voices GIVnews.com – Indonesia, a spectacular archipelago of over 13,000 islands, is a country that boasts a vast religious landscape, defined by its blasphemy law that provides equal official […]
Saudi women prefer to marry foreigners
ABHA: NADIA AL-FAWAZ ARABNEWS Saudi women are turning to foreigners for stability and security in the marital world. Many say they would rather marry foreigners to ensure that the marriage […]
Passengers shocked at sudden change of rules for Zamzam
JEDDAH: FOUZIA KHAN Published — Monday 3 November 2014 Passengers departing from Jeddah’s King Abdulaziz International Airport have expressed shock and disappointment at the new rule limiting the amount of […]
Canada closes the door on polygamous immigrants
JEDDAH: MD AL-SULAMI Published — Friday 7 November 2014 ARABNEWS OTTAWA: Canada’s Immigration Minister Chris Alexander has unveiled plans to ban entry to migrants who practice polygamy and what he termed “barbaric cultural practices.” The move follows a spate of so-called “honor” killings over the past decade involving immigrant families […]
Netanyahu calls King, vows to defuse Jerusalem tension
AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah on Thursday received a telephone call from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during which he asserted Israel’s commitment to defusing tension and restoring calm […]
What should Pakistan’s Christians do?
The News: Islamabad diary Once upon a time under-class Mohajirs in Karachi, residents not of Clifton and Defence but depressed localities, used to be an object of scorn for other communities, regularly picked upon by the mostly Punjabi police and treated roughly in public transport, mostly owned by Pakhtuns. Not […]
I taught my black kids that their elite upbringing would protect them from discrimination. I was wrong.
Washington Post: I knew the day would come, but I didn’t know how it would happen, where I would be, or how I would respond. It is the moment that every black parent fears: the day their child is called a nigger. My wife and I, both African Americans, constitute one […]
Some of the earliest capitalist innovations in Italy—like rules on issuing credit—were imported from the Abbasid caliphate
The Economist: Capitalism through the ages A grand tour Experts look back at the economic system that dominates the Western world The Cambridge History of Capitalism. Edited by Larry Neal and Jeffrey Williamson.Cambridge University Press; 1,400 pages; £150. Buy from Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk ECONOMICS publishing has recently undergone a great democratisation. […]
US navy SEAL who shot Osama bin Laden unmasked
Source: TOI WASHINGTON: A decorated ex-navy Seal Robert O’Neill has been unmasked as the man who pumped three shots to the head of elusive al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden during a top-secret 2011 raid on his hideout in Pakistan. O’Neill, 38, is the SEAL Team Six member who fired the […]
Baba Guru Nanak was a Muslim Saint
Baba Guru Nanak’s birth anniversary celebrations begin from Nov 7 Baba Guru Nanak was a Muslim Saint- Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad(rh) the 4th caliph of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community answers […]
The Astonishing story of the Prophet comes to Saskatoon
Free program meant to promote peace By Dr Amtul Qudoos Farhat National Publications Secretary, Ahmadiyya Muslim Women Association, Canada Saskatoon’s Ahmadiyya Muslim community is inviting people to learn about Islam […]
World Religion in America: The Second Generation
The Huffington Post: She looked the part of a fine arts major, with the gold spangle in her nostril, the streak of purple in her jet-black hair, and her bespoke […]
Erdogan presidential palace cost soars for Turkey – Ak Saray picture in the daytime
A controversial new 1,000-room palace built for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will cost about £385m ($615m) – nearly twice the previous estimate, Turkish officials say. Known as Ak Saray […]
Navy SEAL who killed Osama Bin Laden named as Rob O’Neill
BY Melanie Kembrey THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD The Navy SEAL who says he shot and killed al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden has been identified as Rob O’Neill. US network Fox […]
Why Can’t the Pentagon Kill the Islamic State’s Top Commanders? The U.S. military takes out terrorist leaders around the world, but it’s been unable to cut the head off of the Islamic State.
The United States and its coalition partners have conducted close to 800 airstrikes against Islamic State targets in Iraq and Syria, hitting command-and-control facilities, training compounds, armored vehicles, oil refineries, supply trucks, artillery pieces, and bunkers. But there’s a notable absence from the target list: the Islamic State’s top leaders. […]
One Third Of New York Catholic Churches Will Merge Or Close As Fewer Attend Mass
Religion News Service | By David Gibson NEW YORK (RNS) The Archdiocese of New York, with the second-largest Catholic population in the country and an unparalleled place in U.S. church history, […]
I want to see an Asian prime minister for UK:
Source:TOI LONDON: David Cameron has expressed his desire to see a British-Asian Prime Minister in his lifetime. The British prime minister is known to be a great friend of India and has earlier said he wants to see more Indians as part of Britain’s judiciary, armed forces and politics. Cameron […]