The Jordan Times: Real journalism asks tough questions

Originally posted on Levant's Agora:
By James J. Zogby. Too often both the Israeli and Arab press fail miserably in reporting on violent acts in the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. Aspects of the recent press coverage of murderous assaults by Israeli forces into Palestinian-populated areas and deadly Palestinian attacks against Israelis have been particularly upsetting. For…

The Telegraph for 2023 February 06-07

Monday February 6 Comment and analysis Tom Harris | Boris may surpass Churchill in wilderness return Caroline Leaper | No room for good taste on Grammys red carpet Andrew Orlowski | Silicon Valley’s best idea is already a running joke Nile Gardiner | US conservatives are battling for Ukraine Jane Shilling | Fall of sourdough

The forgotten Syria

With the war in Ukraine, it looks like the press has no attention any more to another country, located on the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea in southwestern Asia, where Russia also provided a lot of atrocities. Syria has become oblivious. In 1970 Syria came under the authoritarian rule of Alawite Pres. Hafez al-Assad,

If God is so good, then why do bad things happen?

Dan Foster looking at how the church makes hurting people hurt more and how all religions are confronted with the same dilemma about suffering.

The Telegraph looking at the world 2022 December 29

Good morning. A landmark review by William Shawcross, pictured above, into the Government’s flagship Prevent programme has found that taxpayers’ money has been handed to groups promoting Islamist extremism. Meanwhile, teachers’ unions fear that ballots for national strike action in 2023 have been put at risk by postal strikes.   Headlines: Today’s essential news China

Yemen: A country in crisis, what the world governments should practice and advocate to bring an end to the conflict

Originally posted on Sadiq's Blog:
Sadiq Salawudeen Yemen has been a country in crisis since 2015. The resignation of the former President Ali Abdullah Saleh, and the rising to power of President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi. He was forced to leave the office by the revolt from the Houthi resistance force. Since Mansur became overthrown,…

Diversity

Originally posted on ishambhavirhyming.wordpress.blog:
Oh! The startling wave of pellucid blue,How caressed the face, the breeze, along which hair and you too flew.How it wafted teasing the land,Turning oysters and carving creatures on the sand.But, alas!Placid blue can rush ruthless on life,Even the gentle breeze can gust wild.The blue may shed the calm,The…

The Upside for the first week of September 2022

Celebrities tap into secondhand clothes trend by selling on pre-loved sites Famous names list their unwanted items on Depop and eBay as Gen Z shuns fast fashion in favour of pre-owned purchases Full story here ‘I forgot I was blaspheming a saint!’ – Charlie Josephine on writing a non-binary Joan of Arc The Globe theatre

Controversial burkini issue in France not finished yet

The State Council discussed several pictures of different types of swimwear. The mayor of Grenoble and his lawyer argued that the permission of burkinis in public swimming areas was a decision that respects “the expression of everyone’s religious freedom” and does not pose “health and safety risks.” Furthermore, the lawyer of Grenoble asserts that a burkini is comparable to headscarves worn in public.

How the term Evangelical has grown to blur theology and ideology

In the 19th century several lay preachers who taught a non-trinitairan Biblical faith, used printed media to spread the Good News of the coming Kingdom of God, by means of tracts and pamphlets, in times that evangelicalism became deeply intertwined with a certain strain of conservative politics, to end up in the 21st century where conservative evangelists became fundamentalists totally taken by GOP politics and blurring the lines between theology and ideology.