Saudi Arabia intensifies moves to end war in Yemen
US special envoy to Iran, Elliot Abrams, met in Riyadh with Yemeni President Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi and Saudi Deputy Defence Minister, responsible for the Yemeni file, Prince Khaled bin […]
Baghdad, Irbil begin implementation of Sinjar deal in major blow to PKK
BY ANADOLU AGENCY IRBIL, IRAQ W NOV 17, 2020 PKK terrorists in Iraq’s Sinjar (IHA File Photo) The Iraqi central government and Iraqi Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) announced Tuesday that […]
US Navy shoots down intercontinental ballistic missile in space from a warship off Hawaii for the first time in a landmark test
Source: Daily Mail The U.S. has shot down an intercontinental ballistic missile in space from a warship for the first time in a successful test, officials announced on Tuesday. In a first for the Pentagon’s push to develop defenses against such missiles capable of striking the United States, a missile […]
Dozens of doctors speak out against assisted suicide
Source: CT Over fifty doctors working in palliative medicine and care for dying patients have signed a letter to The Times in opposition to any proposed changes in the assisted suicide law. In the face of continual attempts to legalise assisted suicide, fifty doctors have signalled their continued support for protections […]
Research suggests link between declining fertility rates and increasing secularizing
Source: CT Declining fertility rates have a significant correlation with increased secularization, according to Baylor University professor Philip Jenkins. In a Regent College (Vancouver, British Columbia) live-stream titled “Fertility and Faith: A Conversation with Philip Jenkins,” the Baylor University professor of history and co-director of the programme on historical studies […]
Extremist siege: Pakistan’s self-destructive journey
Source: AT It is very uncommon to find a country where a few hundred or even a few thousand religious extremists can besiege the capital for two days and paralyze life there. However, it is a common thing in Pakistan, at least for the extremist religious cleric Khadim Hussain Rizvi, who heads […]
Video: The Best Paradigm to understand why sects and religions are often parochial and exclusive
The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion Source: New York Times Book review by William Saletan You’re smart. You’re liberal. You’re well informed. You think […]
US military buys location data of popular Muslim apps: Report
An investigation by the online magazine Motherboard found the US military was procuring location data from several popular apps, including Muslim Pro. One of the companies involved in selling location data says it tracks 25 million devices inside the US every month and 40 million elsewhere [Getty Images] 17 Nov […]
Karen Armstrong’s Ted Talk: Charter of Compassion
People want to be religious, says scholar Karen Armstrong; we should help make religion a force for harmony. She asks the TED community to help build a Charter for Compassion […]
Video: Why Won’t They Listen? ‘The Righteous Mind,’ by Jonathan Haidt
The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion Source: New York Times Book review by William Saletan You’re smart. You’re liberal. You’re well informed. You think […]
Dean at Virginia university resigns after alleged Facebook post calling Biden voters ‘anti-American’ and ‘anti-Christian’
CNN — Paul Ewell, the now former dean of the Virginia Wesleyan University Global Campus, resigned from both his deanship and his faculty post after allegedly writing a Facebook post on his […]
French politician Marine Le Pen calls for ban on immigration from Pakistan
Thousands of protestors in Bangladesh even burned effigies of Macron October 31, 2020 File photo of Marine Le Pen French leader Marine Le Pen, in light of protests in Pakistan […]
A Promised Land by Barack Obama review – memoir of a president
By Julian Borger Editor’s note: The opinions in this article are the author’s, as published by our content partner, and do not represent the views of MSN or Microsoft. To […]
Front-page ‘NY Times’ story on Iran-Al Qaeda links is dishonest — and could help justify a U.S./Israeli attack
BY JAMES NORTH NOVEMBER 14, 2020 NEW YORK TIMES HEADQUARTERS The New York Times is publishing a misleading report on its front page that further raises the risk that Donald […]
Muslim prayer leader stabbed in London Central Mosque fears future attack, court hears
Luke O’Reilly A Muslim prayer leader who was stabbed in the neck at a mosque has been left in fear of suffering another attack while worshipping, a court has been […]
Millenia-old gold coins from the Islamic period discovered in Jerusalem
Archaeologist at the Israel Antiquities Authority Evgeniya Rabinovich shows a small pottery jug with four pure gold coins found inside it, at the archaeological rescue excavation site in the Old […]
Could Turkey’s Kurdish peace process be back on track?
Turkish-backed Syrian rebel fighters, mask-clad due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, take part in a military parade marking the graduation of a new batch of cadets and attended by officials […]
Arab American attitudes towards their heritage and the Middle East
Nov 16,2020 – JORDAN TIMES – James J. Zogby Any discussion of Arab Americans must consider, at the outset, both the deep diversity as well as the shared attitudes and […]
Debate: Monotheism Versus Atheism Masquerading As Science
Suggested reading AL ALEEM: THE BESTOWER OF TRUE DREAMS Human Soul: The Final Frontier? A Slight Twist Makes David Attenborough a Great Teacher for God of the Abrahamic Faiths The Quran Applauded as […]
Religious intolerance is ‘bigger cause of prejudice than race’, says report
Source: The Guardian Attitudes to faith said to drive negative perceptions more than ethnicity or nationality The survey found more tolerance for those from different ethnic backgrounds than religious groups. […]