India Supreme Court considers banning websites for jokes that mock Sikhs
By Priyanka Mogul, January 5, 2016 12:36 GMT Jokes mocking Sikhs have been popular in India for a number of years, bearing a resemblance to jokes in the west that mock […]
The Case of the Murdered Goats: Exploring Germany’s Far-Right Rumor Mill
By Matthias Bartsch and Anna Clauß AFP False rumors of misdeeds by Muslim refugees are everywhere in the Internet. But where do they come from? Absurd, unfounded reports about asylum seekers are circulating on German social media. They are part of a targeted misinformation campaign by right-wing extremists designed […]
REFUGEES IN ZURICH Custom shelters replace flawed IKEA models
JAN 5, 2016 – 10:23 The plywood shelters were put up in an exhibition hall near Zurich (Keystone) A first group of refugees has moved into an exhibition hall near Zurich where they are occupying small wooden houses specially built for them after models purchased from IKEA were deemed unsafe. […]
WAGE DISCRIMINATION Women paid up to 20% less than men for same work
WAGE DISCRIMINATION Women paid up to 20% less than men for same work JAN 5, 2016 – 10:00 In Switzerland, salaries for equally qualified men and women doing the same job can vary by as much as 20% in men’s favour. (Julie Hunt, swissinfo.ch/SRF) To narrow that gap, the Swiss […]
Media’s Obsession with Muslim Terrorism, Possibly Leads to another Sikh being killed in California
Fresno, California’s First Homicide Victim of 2016 Is Another Sikh American Man Source: Identities.mic On New Year’s Day, a 68-year-old liquor store employee named Gurcharan Singh Gill was found stabbed […]
Why Justice Scalia says government should favor religion over nonreligion
Source: Religion News Service Guest post by Daniel Bennett, who researches the conservative legal movement. He is a professor of political science at Eastern Kentucky University. U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia told a small […]
Alislam-eGazette Publishes First Volume of the Year: Tackling Islamophobia
Alislam eGazette is an electronic gazette by Alislam.org, the main website of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, emailed to several thousand members. NOTE: The Al Islam eGazette is not published in […]
India: A fantastic Report About Jalsa Salana Qadian 2015 in ‘The Tribune’ Jalandhar Edition
A fantastic Report About Jalsa Salana Qadian 2015 in ‘The Tribune’ Jalandhar Edition Jan 3, 2016
USA: A Report on 2nd Annual Tarbiyyati Ijtema in Baitul Jamey Mosque Chicago, IL
“If we want to give peace to the world then train your children from childhood and teach them good moral right from the start.” -Imam Shamshad. Report by: Azhar Ahmad Islam is a proactive religion. It gives commandments which helps establish peaceful family units in the community, which collectively give […]
Not a Terrorist until Proven Muslim, a Seminar organized by Dipu Ahad, Muslim Councillor
Report by Nabeela Ali Bureau Chief Newcastle, Nawa-i-Jang London. Dipu Ahad has organized a seminar on Wednesday, January the 13th at 7pm at Royal Station Hotel Newcastle, about Islamophobia, terrorism; […]
Good Without God in 2016
Source: US NEWS By Robyn Blumner Now that news editors have assembled and disseminated their end-of-year lists – Top 10 of This, Worst 5 of That – I’d like to […]
Millennials’ views of news media, religious organizations grow more negative
Source: Pew Research Center Younger generations tend to have more-positive views than their elders of a number of institutions that play a big part in American society. But for some […]
Electric power for an icon of the atomic age
Source: BBC In the world of postwar scooters, the Czechoslovakian Čezeta is not universally beloved. Its barrel-shaped body and snout of a front fairing — which made it more practical […]
Iran-Saudi Arabia row: Kuwait recalls ambassador from Tehran
Source: BBC Kuwait has announced it is recalling its ambassador to Iran as a regional row over the execution of a Shia cleric in Saudi Arabia deepens. Saudi Arabia’s embassy […]
Western Pa. religious leaders extend hands to Muslims
Source: Pittsburgh Tribune Review By Natasha Lindstrom ISIS had just claimed credit for a deadly siege of Paris, and the Rev. David Carver felt perturbed by derogatory remarks about Muslims […]
Pakistan removes New York Times’ international edition report on bloggers killed in Bangladesh
Source: bdnews24.com An article on the killing of Bangladeshi bloggers has been removed by the Pakistani printers of the international edition of The New York Times. The censorship left swathes […]
The Shia-Sunni Schism is about Politics, Not about Islam
Written by Dr. Abdul Alim: Since the execution of the Shia Cleric Al-Nimr over the weekend, and the subsequent tensions that have worsened the relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran, […]
Saudi Arabia’s Dangerous Sectarian Game
Source: The New York Times WHEN Saudi Arabia executed the Shiite cleric and political dissident Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr on Saturday, the country’s leaders were aware that doing so would upset […]
Greece’s parliament has voted to recognise Palestinian statehood – here are all the other countries that already do
Source: i100 Independent On 22 December, Greece’s parliament voted in a non-binding resolution to recognise the state of Palestine, making it the latest European country to do so. The parliamentary […]