By Natasha Bertrand March 2, 2016 View gallery . (Thomson Reuters) A boy looks on while residents inspect a damaged building in the rebel held besieged city of Douma, a suburb of Damascus A cessation of hostilities agreement in Syria, brokered by the US and Russia, officially came into effect last Saturday.In an […]
At a Dunkirk refugee camp, Sarah Whitehead hears a story of five sons who lost their mother but who refused to give up until they found her again Beshwar and […]
Source: Arab News Dr. Laurence Brown, a medical doctor, describes the event that eventually led him to explore religion and become convinced about Islam, not by mere intelligence, but a […]
By Reuters – Mar 12,2016 – JORDAN TIMES A Palestinian protester takes position during confrontations with Israeli troops, near Israel’s Ofer Prison near the West Bank city of Ramallah, on Friday (Reuters photo) GAZA — A Palestinian boy and his sister were killed in Hamas-controlled Gaza on Saturday when […]
By AFP – Mar 12,2016 – JORDAN TIMES In this photo taken on Thursday, fighters fire weapons against the Daesh terror group in the Hawari area, south-west of the city of Benghazi, Libya (AP photo) WASHINGTON — In a rare public rebuke of two of Washington’s closest allies, […]
Mar 12,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – MUSA KEILANI A shimmering mirage was offered last week to the Syrian people by the United Nations envoy Staffan de Mistura when he spoke about a federal structure for future Syria. He was keen to engage the Kurdish People’s Defence Units in the forthcoming Geneva negotiations. […]
Obama said he was disappointed by the “s**t show” left in Libya by David Cameron Andrew Buncombe New York @AndrewBuncombe Friday 11 March 2016 55 comments There is a clear pattern about the entire thing. Every couple of years, a British or US leader will visit the other’s country, or […]
Author Alicia Burrow, Section National, Publish Date Saturday, 12 March 2016, 5:53PM The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is raising money for the Blind Foundation in attempts to change negative perceptions from the public (Supplied). An Auckland Muslim community is stepping up its charity work in an effort to overcome negative public […]
theguardian: by Laura Bates — Marches will always have their place in the fight for equality. But increasingly women around the world are finding innovative methods of making their voices heard. On International Women’s Day, here are a few of them Attention grabbing … Emmeline Pankhurst being arrested in 1910. […]
Source: The Guardian By Junaid Cheema Last year we felt punished for crimes not of our making; now a fresh approach gives hope to Muslims who equally love this country […]
http://scroll.in: A recently passed bill by the Punjab Assembly to curb the prevalent violence against women drew an immediate and venomous response from many religious quarters. A well-known political figure ridiculed the men who passed it. Another hurled virulent abuse at the woman who made a documentary against “honour killing” […]
Huff Post: Islamophobia has become frighteningly commonplace in the U.S. There’s a lot of hatred, misinformation and misplaced fear being directed at Muslims and the faith that they follow. And […]
Source: BBC US President Barack Obama has warned White House contenders to avoid raising tensions, a day after a rally by Donald Trump was called off amid clashes. Mr Obama […]
The divisive rhetoric and encouragement of violence we're hearing from Donald Trump isn't just wrong—it's dangerous.https://t.co/RMWoqHNU5u — Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) March 12, 2016 //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js
Source: Chicago Tribune Rose Hamid is a middle-aged Muslim who in January went to a Donald Trump rally in Rock Hill, S.C. Wearing a hijab and a T-shirt with the […]
Source: Arab News By HARUN YAHYA The writer has authored more than 300 books translated into 73 languages on politics, religion and science. The Crusades introduced a whole-new term to the world’s collective mind: “Wars of religion.” For centuries, every time a new war broke out, it was consistently suggested […]
Source: The Daily Signal Last week, over the dissent of Justice Samuel Alito, the U.S. Supreme Courtdeclined to hear a case involving a prison’s refusal to allow a Jewish man […]
Source: Newsweek Can religious believers give themselves a free pass to ignore laws that bind everyone else? Common sense and the Constitution say no. Yet religious institutions are now maintaining […]
Source: RNS By Aysha Khan (RNS) Salim Jaffer moved to the U.S. when he was 14 years old. His family, along with the rest of the Indian community, had been expelled from […]
Source: BBC Did you hear the one about the boss who was asked how many people work in his company? About half of them on a good day, he replied. […]