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Feb 07 2023
Opinion
Academic Freedom Is Not a Matter of Opinion
Unless you follow academic politics, you might have missed the recent controversy at Hamline University, a small private college in St. Paul, Minnesota. The short version is that a professor named Erika López Prater showed students in her global-art-history class a 14th-century painting depicting the Prophet Muhammad. Aware that many Muslims regard such images as sacrilege, she warned ahead of
Tom NicholsJan 19 2023
Opinion
The Silver Lining of the Supreme Court’s Next Harmful Religious Liberty Ruling
On Friday, the Supreme Court took up a case that could grant special privileges to religious employees at the expense of their coworkers; it would also legalize discrimination within the workplace. Groff v. DeJoy is a frightening case because this court, and much of the federal judiciary, simply cannot be trusted to adjudicate sensitive disputes about religious accommodations on the job. The
SlateFeb 04 2022
Headline Roundup
2022 Winter Olympics Begin in Beijing
The 2022 Winter Olympics began Friday in Beijing, China amid continued COVID-19 concerns and cross-spectrum criticism of the Chinese government.
The Games will run from Feb. 4 to Feb. 20. Global political tensions and COVID-19 restrictions dominated the build-up to the Games, as several countries imposed diplomatic boycotts in protest of China's alleged abuse and oppression of the
The Daily Wire Vice BBC NewsDec 23 2022
Opinion
Holidays are an opportunity to help others in need
Thankfully, the 2022 midterm election is now far behind us. I can hear many voters exuding a sigh of relief and shouting – after $17 billion was spent on disinformation, misinformation and the occasional truthful political ad – “Yes, finally, the election is over.”
Normal life – I think – is back and we’re now deep into the holiday season. Let’s ponder how the 2022 holiday season might
The FulcrumSep 27 2022
News
Iran protest deaths reportedly soar as woman's family tells CBS News she was tortured and killed by "morality police"
The family of a young woman who died in Iran after she was accused of a dress code violation and arrested by the country's "morality police" have told CBS News she was tortured and killed in police custody. Mahsa Amini's death sparked protests that have raged across Iran for 11 days against the country's ruling Muslim clerics, with more than 75 people killed in the unrest according to one
CBS News (Online)May 22 2019
News
Trump Administration Could Blacklist China’s Hikvision, a Surveillance Firm
The Trump administration is considering limits to a Chinese video surveillance giant’s ability to buy American technology, people familiar with the matter said, the latest attempt to counter Beijing’s global economic ambitions.
The move would effectively place the company, Hikvision, on a United States blacklist. It also would mark the first time the Trump administration punished a
New York Times (News)Nov 18 2022
News
World Cup 2022: Alcohol sales banned at World Cup stadiums in Qatar
Alcohol will not be sold to fans at the World Cup's eight stadiums in Qatar after Fifa changed its policy two days before the start of the tournament.
Alcohol was set to be served "in select areas within stadiums", despite its sale being strictly controlled in the Muslim country.
Those in corporate areas of stadiums at the tournament will still be able to purchase alcohol.
BBC NewsSep 15 2022
News
Senator Rubio on Two-Year Anniversary of Abraham Accords
Two years ago, the United States brokered a peace agreement with the State of Israel, the United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain, normalizing diplomatic relations between Israel and major Muslim nations in the Middle East. Since then, Sudan and Morocco have normalized their relations with Israel and Turkey has resumed diplomatic relations with Jerusalem.
U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL)
Christian Coalition of AmericaOct 08 2021
News
Afghanistan: Deadly attack hits Kunduz mosque during Friday prayers
A suicide bomb attack on a mosque in the Afghan city of Kunduz has killed at least 50 people, officials say, in the deadliest assault since US forces left.
Bodies were seen scattered inside the Said Abad mosque, used by the minority Shia Muslim community.
More than 100 people were injured in the blast in the northern city.
The Islamic State group said it was behind the
BBC NewsMar 30 2020
News
Does CAA comply with India's human rights obligations?
Many international legal experts, including the United Nations special rapporteur on minorities, say India's new citizenship law is discriminatory and are calling for international intervention.
The Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) fast-tracks nationality for non-Muslim minorities from neighbouring Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan but excludes Muslims - a step compared with US
Al Jazeera