Photo: DPA Opponents of such a ban here say it would heavily infringe on personal, cultural and religious freedoms and only serve to inflame tensions. Advocates insist the burqa has no place in progressive, pluralistic German society. In Frankfurt am Main, a city of 700,000 residents, including a large Muslim […]
PNN/Gaza By Mosab Qashoo. The military operations undertaken by both Israel and Gaza bear many resemblances to what occurred in 2008 and 2012. Military might is still just as disproportionate […]
by Khaled Neimat | Petra | Jul 22, 2014 | 23:27 JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh on Tuesday discussed with the Japanese Parliamentary Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign […]
Epigraph: He who follows the right way follows it only for the good of his own soul: and he who goes astray, goes astray only to his own loss. And […]
Epigraph: He who follows the right way follows it only for the good of his own soul: and he who goes astray, goes astray only to his own loss. And […]
By Matthias Schepp and Cornelia Schmergal The United States and Europe last week announced the imposition of stronger sanctions against Russia in response to the ongoing crisis in Ukraine. German industry may be among the losers. It wasn’t that long ago that Kremlin officials could hardly avoid laughing when asked […]
Summary The exodus of Christians from the jihadist-controlled city of Mosul has stirred controversy in Christian and Muslim communities alike in Lebanon, with social media having big role in the backlash. Through mosques’ loudspeakers, the radical Sunni group gave Christians in Mosul the choice to either convert to Islam, pay […]
Source: TOI MUMBAI: The Shiv Sena MPs’ stir against the management of Maharashtra Sadan in New Delhi, the Maharashtra government’s guesthouse, has taken an ugly turn. Reports that Sena MPs, in a fit of collective rage, forced a staff member, who belonged to the minority community, to eat a roti, […]
Source: TOI MUMBAI: The Shiv Sena MPs’ stir against the management of Maharashtra Sadan in New Delhi, the Maharashtra government’s guesthouse, has taken an ugly turn. Reports that Sena MPs, in a fit of collective rage, forced a staff member, who belonged to the minority community, to eat a roti, […]
Source: CNN (CNN) — Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II cheered Estimate on to success at the Gold Cup in 2013 but now her her five-year old filly is in the dock. Buckingham Palace confirmed to CNN Tuesday Estimate had tested positive for banned substance morphine. The Monarch was present at Ascot […]
Source: CNN (CNN) — Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II cheered Estimate on to success at the Gold Cup in 2013 but now her her five-year old filly is in the dock. Buckingham Palace confirmed to CNN Tuesday Estimate had tested positive for banned substance morphine. The Monarch was present at Ascot […]
Source: Asia Times: And as much as Washington doesn’t give a damn about the current civilian slaughter in Gaza, it doesn’t give a damn about the MH17 civilian deaths; the one and only obsession is to force Europeans to sanction Russia to death. Translation: break up Europe-Russia commercial and geopolitical […]
Source: New York Times By George Johnson Though he probably didn’t intend anything so jarring, Nicolaus Copernicus, in a 16th-century treatise, gave rise to the idea that human beings do […]
Ramadan is more than a month of ibadah with history showing the first generation of Muslims achieved great victories during this blessed month. All civilizations have seminal events that echo throughout the ages and are celebrated and remembered on anniversaries. The two World Wars are remembered regularly in Europe, it […]
Summary The Palestinian issue has long been called the central issue in the Arab world, but the relative lack of popular anger amid the ongoing Israeli onslaught against the Gaza Strip should serve as a wake-up call. Thanks to technological developments, people today are interconnected as never before – but […]
Huff Post: by Ed Mazza — http://media.mtvnservices.com/embed/mgid:arc:video:thedailyshow.com:03cc340e-e845-4c5a-bd68-d3b1849adfa8 Many have accused Jon Stewart of being pro-Hamas for expressing sympathy for the residents of Gaza, where more than 500 people have been killed — including at least 100 children — in recent fighting with Israel. So on Monday night’s “Daily Show,” just about the entire roster of […]
Huff Post: by Antonia Blumberg — A Muslim person has no hope of winning the presidency in Lebanon due to a requirement that the executive leader be a member of the Maronite Christian Church. Such a rule might seem extreme from the perspective of religious freedom, but Lebanon is not […]
Huff Post: by Antonia Blumberg — A Muslim person has no hope of winning the presidency in Lebanon due to a requirement that the executive leader be a member of the Maronite Christian Church. Such a rule might seem extreme from the perspective of religious freedom, but Lebanon is not […]
theguardian: by Laila Alawa — ‘The best way to prevent violent extremism inspired by violent jihadists is to work with the Muslim American community,’ President Obama said last year. Even after immigrating as a child from Syria, for a new life, I learned to view my new government with […]
theguardian: by Laila Alawa — ‘The best way to prevent violent extremism inspired by violent jihadists is to work with the Muslim American community,’ President Obama said last year. Even after immigrating as a child from Syria, for a new life, I learned to view my new government with […]