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FRANCE has banned street prayers by Muslims with effect from Friday. As a result of the ban, thousands of the nation’s Muslims moved to temporary alternative spaces to offer prayers.

ACCORDING to news reports, women who are found to be wearing the niqab, the full-face Muslim veil, in any public place can be fined about $210.

The chances of an Irish pope in the 21st century are remote, confirms Belfast native and Jesuit priest Oliver P. Rafferty, who is also a history professor at Boston College.

After his liberation, Niemöller called Christians to repent, and to seek God’s justice and peace. “We, that is the Church, have failed for we knew the wrong and the right path, but we did not warn the people and allowed them to rush forward to their doom. I do not exclude myself from this guilt..."

Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster biopic Oppenheimer has triumphed at this year’s Oscars, taking home seven awards including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor for Cillian Murphy.

As we look to Revelation chapter 21 verses 9 through 27, there is found another narrative of contrasting cities – a divine revelation of the heavenly city, the New Jerusalem, juxtaposed with the fallen city of Babylon.

Talk of “collateral damage” is a decoy.  Egypt couldn’t care less about Palestinian civilians, and nor could Hamas.  That is self-evident.  What they are afraid of is that Palestine will end up democratic and not autocratic.  That’s the rub.

The way the USA used its veto in the Security Council this week is a reminder that Israel still has loyal patrons. Britain abstained from that vote. This bought more time for Israel to continue its forceful military campaign against Hamas. Opening up future possibilities for Dr Mustafa Barghouti.

I mentioned above the Muslim allies of Palestine. They are not all Arabs, even if they use Arabic as a lingua franca. Persians are not Arabs. Egyptians are Africans, who despise the Muslim Brotherhood, a group with close connections to Hamas.

Forty-one countries have adopted the definition, including most western democracies, representing hundreds of millions of people.