The Spanish government has been accused of violating basic religious rights after a group of peaceful protesters were fined for praying the rosary outside a church near the headquarters of the governing Socialist Party.
Spain’s Observatory for Religious Freedom and Conscience is petitioning for the UN to intervene, saying the government’s actions are part of a trend against public religious practice “which may soon reach levels of repression typical of dictatorial regimes.”.
The most compelling evidence for Hamas’s atrocities on October 7 came straight from the source: live video from GoPro cameras strapped to the terrorists’ bodies. Why, all sane people wondered, would these monsters be stupid or crazy enough not only to record their barbarism, but to share it proudly with the world in real time? The Nazis, after all, recorded their nefarious crimes, but for their own archives, not for publication.
Justin Trudeau gave a press conference this week about electric vehicles, but reporters took the opportunity after his remarks to ask the Prime Minister whatever they wanted.
My colleague Laura Stone stepped to the microphone.
“I want to ask you about leadership. Polls have you 20 points behind the Conservatives and it doesn’t seem to be getting better, despite your recent communications push from your budget,” she said.
She doth protest too much.
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. – Lawyers are questioning Canada’s approach to screening visa applications for people in Gaza with extended family in Canada after one applicant, a medical worker, was asked whether he had treated members of Hamas.
The Canadian Press obtained a redacted letter sent to the applicant by a Canadian immigration officer, which asks if he has “ever provided medical care to injured Hamas members.” If he has not, the letter asks him to say how he was able to refuse “without consequences.”
Kelly O’Connor, an immigration lawyer in Toronto, said she gasped out loud when she saw the text. Any medical worker who denies care to someone hurt in a war zone is committing a “serious breach of the Geneva Convention,” she said in an interview.
No Gazans should be admitted to Canada.
Out with a bang: The long weekend tradition of fireworks could be coming to an end
Fireworks may be coming to an end in Canada – not with a bang, but a whimper.
Cherry bombs, sparklers and Roman candles used to be a fun DIY thrill enjoyed by friends and neighbours on holidays such as Canada Day, Diwali and Lunar New Year. Grand pyrotechnic spectacles brought whole communities together.
But in recent years, fireworks have become anything but simple.
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— Dr. Jebra Faushay (@JebraFaushay) May 18, 2024
Ottawa woman says she no longer feels safe after hijab pulled at Israel flag raising
… In the blurred video, Abdelkhaleq can be seen holding a large Palestinian flag when someone walks up behind her, giving the camera the middle finger before pulling off her hijab.
“This is assault, this is not right,” she said.
“As soon as I raised the flag and said ‘From the river to the sea,’ what does she do? I’m not going to forget what she did to me and I will fight until I find her.”
A Zionist pulled off a P@lestinian woman's hijab during a rally against the raising of the Israeli flag in Ottawa, Ontario.
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This is from a church conference. This is also the proper way to introduce yourself. pic.twitter.com/cSj23ajyUU
— Dr. Jebra Faushay (@JebraFaushay) May 19, 2024
Sharp differences within Israel’s governing coalition have emerged into the open in recent days. On the face of it, the dispute centres on preferred post-war arrangements in Gaza. But the rival stances also reflect underlying, contrasting views concerning the conduct and aims of Israel’s now eight-month long military campaign in the Gaza Strip.
In A Secular Age, Charles Taylor observed that post-Christian society has not created a void of faith but instead a “spiritual supernova”, a nebulous plurality of belief systems from which individuals are free to choose. Without organised religion, ideas of transcendence simply mutate into other forms, be it New Age spirituality, WitchTok, paranormal experiences or UFOs. As their popularity surges, it would seem we have moved beyond rationalism and towards a greater receptivity to the supernatural — a receptivity, perhaps, to “re-enchantment”.
Provinces and territories should not stop pushing for drug decriminalization despite the federal government’s rejection of Toronto’s request, one expert says.
Guy Felicella, a harm reduction and recovery expert in British Columbia, says all regions in Canada need to persevere with treating substance addictions as a health issue.
“I think everybody should be making those requests still, regardless of what the federal government is going to do… because the current model of criminalizing people doesn’t work,” Felicella told Global News on Saturday.
Russia is increasingly using “glide bombs” – cheap but highly destructive ordnance – to advance its offensive in Ukraine.
More than 200 of them are thought to have been used in just a week to pound Ukraine’s northern town of Vovchansk during Russia’s current cross-border advance near Kharkiv.
“Iran, you make us proud” and “Yemen, Yemen make us proud, turn another ship around,” were among the chants by the pro-Hamas college students and the paid activists who organized them on U.S. campuses. They declared a “student intifada,” conducted a Hamas-inspired “Day of Rage,” bowed down to Allah and called for “Death to Israel” and “Death to America.”
Late-night political talk show host Bill Maher defended Kansas City Chiefs star Harrison Butker on his show, stating he does not get ‘what the big crime is’ following the kicker’s controversial commencement speech last weekend.
Butker has been under fire for nearly a week after his talking points as the guest speaker during Benedictine College were deemed by some to be sexist and racist.
In addition, Butker has been slammed for using his Catholic faith as a shield to project his beliefs, such as women are best as ‘homemakers’.
NEW: Show host Bill Maher defends Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker who is facing massive backlash for defending traditional values.
Maher also blasted college kids for being offended by Butker encouraging women to stay home while "demonstrating for Hamas."
"I don’t see what the… pic.twitter.com/OY0VxRKPzE
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) May 18, 2024
A man is sought for smashing windows at a North York synagogue – the second time the Jewish place of worship has been vandalized in four weeks.
Toronto Police say officers responded to a mischief call in the area of Bayview Ave. and Fifeshire Rd., north of York Mills Rd., around 3:30 a.m. on Friday.
