By Jason Margolis Asmaa Albukaie was married at age 14. She had two children by the time she was 15. Then she took an unusual step for a stay-at-home Syrian mom: She signed up for a university degree in library science in Damascus. “I noticed that women in movies, American women, decide Continue Reading
45,000 Christians Who Fled Iraq Now Face Persecution in Turkey; U.S. Churches Urged ‘To Wake Up’ to the Crisis
By Hazel Torres When thousands of Christians fled Iraq to escape the brutality of Islamist extremists who have occupied their land, they must have thought that a better life free from the shackles of fear and bondage awaited them. They were devastatingly mistaken. These Christian refugees Continue Reading
Quebec renews burqa ban debate in parliament
By Ashifa Kassam A bitter debate over identity, religion and tolerance has resumed in the Canadian province of Quebec, as parliamentary hearings begin on proposed legislation that would ban anyone wearing a face covering from receiving public services in the province. The bill, tabled by the Continue Reading
Vatican-Muslim dialogue to restart in April, Vatican says
VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican and the prestigious Sunni Muslim center of learning, Al-Azhar, are expected to formally reopen talks next year after a five-year lull. Officials from the Vatican's office of interreligious affairs are going to Cairo this weekend for a preparatory meeting to lay the Continue Reading
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