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Iran, Tehran: An injured Iranian opposition supporter flashes a V-sign during clashes with security forces in Tehran on December 27, 2009. (AFP Photo / Amir Sadeghi) 28.12.2009, 16:34 31 comments

Is the end near for Iran’s Ahmadinejad?

Since hotly disputed presidential elections in June, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been the focus of the opposition’s contempt; Sunday was certainly no exception.

19.05.2009, 10:40 6 comments

Love or religion? Couple in Syria faces difficult choice

A couple in Syria is finding it hard to have their marriage legally recognized. He's Syrian, she's Armenian, but because of religious differences their union is not recognized by the law.

Pope Benedict XVI (AFP Photo / Alberto Pizzoli) 12.05.2009, 02:33 5 comments

Will Jewish community grant Benediction to the Pope?

A sacred controversy is brewing as Pope Benedict XVI has arrived in Israel on Monday, May 11. His first day's itinerary includes a visit to the national Holocaust museum in Jerusalem.

22.07.2010, 08:32 5 comments

Inter-racial dating taboo leaves Israeli society divided

Inter-racial dating is a taboo in Israel. In a Jerusalem suburb there are special patrol groups that prevent Arab men mixing with Jewish women, and couples who mutually choose to rebel are ostracized.

 Photos by John Perkins 17.12.2009, 16:10

Between landmines and apples

New satellite research indicates that for the past million years, the politically disputed Golan has been moving closer to Israel – bringing thousands of Druze closer to the country they do not wish to be a part of.

AFP Photo / Gali Tibbon 21.07.2009, 09:44 3 comments

The Israeli bus battle of the sexes

Women’s rights are being taken for a ride by a minority of ultra-Orthodox Jews in Israel. Female followers are often forced to sit at the back of buses in their own specially segregated section.

Temple Mount 01.12.2009, 09:43 2 comments

“Criticizing Israel and anti-Semitism often come together” - Chief Rabbi

Religious dialogue is the solution to disagreements where political diplomacy fails, believes Yona Metzger, the youngest Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi in Israeli history. He spoke to RT.

10.04.2010, 09:41 1 comment

“Honor killings” of Middle Eastern women leave them fighting for rights

Every year, over 5000 women are killed in "honor killings" in the Middle East, according to UN estimates. The extreme tradition is practiced in some Muslim societies if a woman is accused of bringing shame to her family.

AFP Photo / Musa Al-Shaer 05.05.2009, 12:57

Iran and Israel: above broken ties

As Israel prepares to hold the largest military exercises in its history, speculations about a possible attack on Iran are on the rise.

Iranian Shiite Muslim worshippers (AFP Photo / Atta Kenare) 30.07.2009, 09:16 1 comment

Shi’ism comes from Iran to Sunni Gaza

Palestinian divisions in Gaza are offering a way in for Iran, which is bringing fears in the region over the motives of the dominant Shia power, in an area which is traditionally Sunni Muslim.

Prayers to God only an email away

Published: 01 May, 2009, 11:14


Jews believe that praying at the Western Wall in Jerusalem is like speaking directly to God, but those who can’t travel there themselves still have a means to pass on their wishes – through a ‘prayer agent’.

 
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