The lost week that was
By I.A. Rehman DAWN.com Regardless of the final outcome of the weeklong marches and dharnas, Pakistan seems to have been put back under authoritarian control and this is likely to […]
Switzerland: ASSISTED SUICIDE: Number of ‘suicide tourists’ goes up
AUG 21, 2014 – 00:30 A pilot study in the Journal of Medical Ethics has found that the number of so-called “suicide tourists” coming to Switzerland for assisted suicide services […]
Pakistan army chief wants negotiated end to rally
ASIF SHAHZAD | AP ARABNEWS ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s powerful army chief called Wednesday for the country’s civilian government to negotiate with thousands of protesters surrounding parliament who demand the prime minister step down over alleged fraud in last year’s election. Gen. Rasheel Sharif made the request during a meeting with Shahbaz […]
Shoura member to speak at world science conference in Switzerland
A leading Swiss scientific foundation has chosen a female Saudi Shoura Council member to speak alongside international personalities at a conference highlighting the role of science in finding solutions to […]
Ebola crisis: Liberian troops impose slum quarantine
Security forces in Liberia’s capital Monrovia have deployed to enforce a quarantine in a large slum area in order to contain the spread of Ebola. The move set off protests from angry residents in West Point and people gathered at roadblocks to complain. The president has also ordered a countrywide […]
CHINA PUNISHES XINJIANG OFFICIAL FOR PRACTISING FAITH
BEIJING — China has reprimanded 15 Xinjiang officials for violations that include adhering to religious faith, state media said on Tuesday, amid a crackdown on what the government calls illegal […]
British Muslims join MI5 in hunt for Foley executioners
Mainstream Muslim worshippers including parents of suspected British jihadists have vowed to work with police and security services to root out extremists. Rukia Khan, whose 20-year-old son is said to have joined IS in Syria, accused the killers of US journalist James Foley of betraying Islam and ‘killing humanity’. READ […]
Arabs face a deep crisis of statehood
by Rami G. Khouri, Daily Star, Lebanon Summary The dramatic expansion of the territory controlled by the “Islamic State” in Syria and Iraq in the last few months has generated a historic moment of reckoning in several arenas in those two countries, which mirror similar trends across the entire region. […]
Rai appeals to world to save Iraqi Christians from extinction
Summary Visiting the Kurdish capital Irbil, Maronite Patriarch Beshara Rai called Wednesday on the international community to help Iraq’s minorities, asking the country’s Christians to stick to their roots and […]
Indonesia president says Islamic State ’embarrassing’ Muslims
Telegraph: The president of the world’s most populous Muslim-majority country, Indonesia, has called the actions of Islamic State militants “embarrassing” to the religion and urged Islamic leaders to unite in tackling extremism. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said the scale of the slaughter wrought by the extremists in overrunning large swathes of […]
Inside China’s most radical cult
Telegraph: It was the day after Chinese New Year when Peng Lijuan, a 28-year-old computer science graduate, ran off to join China’s most radical cult. “When I got home, I found our car there, and all her clothes, her ID card, all her belongings, but she was missing,” said her […]
Macy’s settles racial profiling allegations from shoppers
Source: BBC Macy’s is to pay $650,000 (£390,000) to settle claims it racially profiled and detained ethnic minority shoppers at its flagship Manhattan shop. Under a deal with New York’s […]
USA: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community concludes its 66th USA Annual Convention
Posted by Salma Javid Khan Source: examiner.com Amidst the continued unrest in the Middle East and many other parts of the world, a group of Muslims came together for a three-day convention […]
Going to Commit Suicide: Will God Pardon Me?
Question: As-salamu `alaykum. It’s that I need some hope for the hereafter. I am going to be committing suicide in the coming days, and I just want to know if there is hope for me in the Day of Judgment and the hereafter. I have been considering suicide for years […]
Foley execution boosts European support for intervention in Iraq
Global Post: BERLIN, Germany — European leaders reacted to the execution of an American journalist with shock and horror Wednesday. A spokeswoman for German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she was “horrified” by the video depicting James Foley’s beheading by members of the militant group Islamic State, or IS, released on YouTube on […]
The First World War in Gaza and the Battle for Palestine: The Ottomons vs. the British
Gaza’s strategic position—the key to controlling access to Sinai, to Palestine and the wider Middle East—has made it an enviable prize for thousands of years. Jean-Pierre Filiu explains why during […]
Obama Denounces James Foley’s Execution: ‘Today The Entire World Is Appalled’
President Barack Obama spoke Wednesday on the execution of American journalist James Foley at the hands of Islamic State militants, warning the group that they have “no place in the […]
Macy’s to pay $650,000 for racial profiling
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) Macy’s must pay a $650,000 fine to settle complaints that it’s staffers wrongfully accused minority shoppers of stealing. New York’s Attorney General Eric Schneiderman started to investigate Macy’s, which has 42 stores in New York State, in February 2013 after receiving complaints about racial profiling. “The office […]
ISIS: Caliphate of Fear: The Curse of the Islamic State
Caliphate of Fear: The Curse of the Islamic State By SPIEGEL Staff 2014/08/19 REUTERS Images of Yazidis fleeing parts of Iraq and Syria have shocked the world and the battle against the jihadists with the Islamic State has united Americans, Europeans, Kurds and Iranians. Can the Islamists be stopped? In […]
World’s oldest man crowned in Japan
TOKYO – A 111-year-old retired educator from Japan who enjoys poetry has been recognized as the world’s oldest living man. Sakari Momoi received a certificate from Guinness World Records on […]