By AFP – Dec 28,2015 – JORDAN TIMES A Palestinian female protester covers her face as she walks past burning tyres during confrontations with Israeli forces near the Ofer Israeli military prison, located near the West Bank town of Betunia, on Friday following a march by young Palestinians (AFP photo) […]
At the Grande-Synthe camp, children are forced to play in the mud as a sanitation crisis looms Adam Lusher Wednesday 23 December 2015 286 comments Mohammad Faiq, four, plays outside his family’s tent at the Grande-Synthe camp, near Dunkirk, yesterday Justin Sutcliffe In front of a tent pitched beside a […]
Voices Syria’s war is complicated – but the refugee crisis is not How is it that Lebanon and Jordan – smaller, less-wealthy nations – are able to take in more refugees than the whole of Europe put together? Rachel Shabi @rachshabi The child of Kurdish migrants stands outside a tent […]
Clinton Most Admired Woman for Record 20th Time Source: Gallup By Jeffrey M. Jones PRINCETON, N.J. — Americans again name Hillary Clinton and President Barack Obama the woman and man […]
Source: BBC The chairman of one of China’s largest state-owned mobile operators, China Telecom, is being investigated by the country’s anti-corruption watchdog. Chang Xiaobing is “suspected of serious violation of […]
Source: BBC The Iraqi city of Ramadi has been “liberated” from so-called Islamic State, the Iraqi military has declared. Spokesman Brig Gen Yahya Rasul said forces had achieved an “epic” […]
Source: Chron Authorities have upgraded the investigation of a Christmas Day fire at a southwest Houston mosque to “incendiary” and cited multiple points of origin in the two-alarm blaze as […]
Source: CNN A Friday fire at a Houston mosque had “multiple points of origin” and “appears suspicious,” according to a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives spokeswoman. The Islamic […]
Source: LA times An arson attack that took place over the weekend at a Central Valley mosque is being investigated as a possible hate crime, a law enforcement official said Sunday. Debris from what appeared to be a Molotov cocktail was found outside the Tracy Islamic Center on Saturday morning, said […]
Source: The Fresno Bee A Sikh man was attacked Saturday morning west of Highway 99 in what Fresno police are investigating as a hate crime – the latest such attack […]
Source: Reuters Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday that Muslims must improve the image of their religion, which has been tarnished by the violence of hardline groups such as […]
Source: Quartz By Haroon Moghul Senior Correspondent, Religion Dispatches We have failed you. While jihadist movements continue to expand their reach, anti-Muslim bigotry is becoming more and more mainstream. Both narratives […]
Source: The Washington Post By By Rana Elmir The deputy director of the ACLU of Michigan and lectures on issues related to Islamophobia, free speech and the intersection of race, faith […]
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When Holly Holm delivered her vicious knockout against UFC champion Ronda Rousey last month, the highlight seemed perfect for ESPN‘s “SportsCenter.” http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-wp-blm-espn-3e28a692-a411-11e5-8318-bd8caed8c588-20151216-story.html Yet by the time the sports network’s flagship news program showed images of the fight, many had already seen the clip on Reddit and commented on Twitter. That’s the dilemma for ESPN and “SportsCenter,” the […]
Islamic State Claims Bangladesh Ahmadi Mosque Attack The Islamic State claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing against an Ahmadi mosque in Bangladesh which injured three on Christmas Day. December 27, 2015http://www.clarionproject.org/news/islamic-state-claims-bangladesh-ahmadi-mosque-attack The Islamic State claimed responsibility on December 26 for asuicide bombing attack on an Ahmadi mosque in Bangladesh. An ISIS […]
Source: New York Times KABUL, Afghanistan — Farkhunda had one chance to escape the mob that wanted to kill her. Two Afghan police officers pulled her onto the roof of […]
Source: RT A prominent Syrian journalist and filmmaker, who produced anti-Islamic State documentaries was gunned down by unknown assailants in broad daylight in Gaziantep, Turkey. This is the third assassination of a journalist in the country over the last three months. More:
Source: Huffington Post By David Bier; Director of Immigration Policy, Niskanen Center and Matthew La Corte; Research Associate at the Niskanen Center Donald Trump has proposed profiling Muslim Americans and shutting down […]
Reuters International DEC 28, 2015 – swissinfo.ch By Jonathan Landay, Warren Strobel and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Islamic State has set up departments to handle “war spoils,” including slaves, and the exploitation of natural resources such as oil, creating the trappings of government that enable it to manage large […]