The new boss of Rio Tinto is under pressure to scrap controversial plans for a mine in Arizona that would destroy an area sacred to Native Americans. Campaigners warn it could be a repeat of a scandal in Australia that threw the firm into crisis. Rio sparked global outrage after it blew up two 46,000-year-old … Read more
Rihanna has apologized to the ‘Muslim community’ for using a song featuring sacred Islamic texts as a soundtrack to her racy Savage x Fenty lingerie show. The singer, 32, sparked outrage amongst fans after video of the fashion show was released on Amazon Prime, which included a song featuring a narration of the sacred Hadith. … Read more
I loved Bible stories as a child, so when I left school I took myself off to Jerusalem to find where its main characters had once walked. Decades later, I still return several times a year and always find something to inspire me. The golden stone, the landscape, the intoxicating smell of herbs in the markets … Read more
Native American leader fights back tears as he describes the pain of watching sacred land being blown up to make way for Donald Trump’s Mexico-US border wall Native American leader spoke of pain at sacred land being destroyed for the wall Construction crews this month began blasting and bulldozing through hills Environmental groups are also … Read more