The expats whose pay fell 10% overnight
Source: BBC By Alina Dizik When American expat Katie Sidell pays her student loan bill this month, she’ll likely be parting with a bigger cut of her take-home pay. The […]
The huge Chinese warehouse run by robots
Source: BBC From Click A warehouse picker who never gets tired? The online retailer JD.com has just the thing. The company has opened a huge facility in Shanghai where items […]
Bangladesh siege: Twenty killed at Holey Artisan Bakery in Dhaka
Source: BBC Twenty people, most of them foreigners, have been killed in an attack on a cafe in Bangladesh claimed by so-called Islamic State. Gunmen stormed the Holey Artisan Bakery […]
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: What ‘Game of Thrones’ Says About Our Election Nightmares
Source: Time BY Kareem Abdul Jabbar Abdul-Jabbar is a six-time NBA champion and league Most Valuable Player. He is the author of the forthcoming book, Writings on the Wall. The […]
Arrival of Syrian Refugees in U.S. Surges in June
Source: Time By David Johnson Almost 5,200 have arrived so far The number of Syrian refugees who have arrived in the U.S. nearly doubled in June as the Obama administration aims to make good on its pledge to resettle at least 10,000 by the end of the fiscal year. In all, […]
When will the White House tell us the whole truth about drone killings?
Source: The Guardian By Naureen Shah The Situation Room, a commander-in-chief with rapidly graying hair, a cluster of grim-faced men and women debating the ethics and the legality of a […]
Global politics is basically anarchic – we’re ruled by the law of the jungle
Source: The Guardian By Andrew Wainer Andrew Wainer is director of policy research at Save the Children According to the realist school of political science, the global political system is […]
India: Muslim women fight to overturn triple talaq
Source: Aljazeera An online petition against triple talaq has been signed by 50,000 Muslim men and women across the country. By Shriya Ramakrishnan Twenty five-year-old Salma’s* life crumbled one morning […]
Nablus’ ancient mosques tell story of religions throughout history
Palestinian men pray at a mosque in the West Bank city of Nablus on the second Friday of the holy month of Ramadan, July 27, 2012. (photo by REUTERS/Abed Omar Qusini) Nablus’ ancient mosques tell story of religions throughout history NABLUS, West Bank — The mosques in the old town of Nablus, […]
Al-Azhar refuses to consider the Islamic State an apostate
Muslims conduct taraweeh prayers as they gather for Lailat al-Qadr, at Al-Azhar Mosque in Cairo, July 24, 2014. (photo by REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih) Al-Azhar refuses to consider the Islamic State an apostate Egypt’s Al-Azhar issued a statement Dec. 11, 2014, refusing to declare the Islamic State (IS) apostates. “No believer can be declared […]
Video: Millions attend Ramadan prayers in Makkah
Source: Al Arabia Nearly three million worshipers, including foreign umrah pilgrims and local visitors, performed isha (evening prayers) and taraweeh (special Ramadan prayers) prayers in the Grand Mosque in Makkah […]
Canada Day at Baitul Islam mosque in Vaughan
On July 1, 2016, hundreds of people gathered for celebrations at Baitul Islam mosque in Vaughan. This year, the celebrations were extra special for the Muslim community because they coincided with the […]
David Cameron’s potential successors push for Brexit delay
Source. Arab News Justice minister Gove, who torpedoed fellow anti-EU campaigner Boris Johnson’s leadership hopes on Thursday, also said he would pull Britain out of the single market, end free movement of people and impose a new immigration system favoring skilled workers. Gove’s rival and the current favorite in the […]
Myanmar mob torches mosque as religious tensions spike: Report
Posted 02 Jul 2016 13:56 PHOTOS Myanmar has struggled to contain bouts of deadly religious bloodshed in recent years, with bristling sectarian tensions and rising Buddhist nationalism posing a challenge to the government AFP/Ye Aung Thu YANGON: A mob wielding weapons razed a Muslim prayer hall in northern Myanmar, state […]
Too Strong to Lose, Too Weak to Win
Middle East expert Patrick Cockburn dissects the “age of disintegration” that gave us Brexit and Donald Trump. PATRICK COCKBURN JUL. 2, 2016 Margus Johanson/Thinkstock This story first appeared on the TomDispatch website. We live in an age of disintegration. Nowhere is this more evident than in the Greater Middle East and […]
Community-tension-fears-as- Ahmadiyya mosque-planned-for-high-crime-zone
Source. Express and Star The Ahmadiyya Muslim Association UK wants to convert a warehouse and offices in Vicarage Place, Caldmore, into a place of worship. Planning officers at Walsall Council have now recommended the proposal be given the green light. While West Midlands Police has not officially opposed the scheme the force […]
Syrian newcomers celebrate their first Canada Day with Ahmadiyya Muslim
Source. Canada Day also coincides with last Friday of Ramadan this year CBC News Posted: Jul 01, 2016 7:30 PM ET Last Updated: Jul 01, 2016 7:30 PM ET Play Media Syrian refugees in the GTA celebrated their first Canada Day along with the Ahmadiyya Canadian Muslim community. Syrian family […]
Germany v Italy: battle of hair, towers and two-wheelers
Source. The Local Italy face Germany in the quarter finals of Euro 2016 on Saturday. Italy vs Germany is not only one of the greatest rivalries in international football – it’s also a titanic clash of culture and cuisine. There can only be one winner, but who? History would certainly […]
EU migration to Germany hits record high
Source. ET BERLIN: Immigration to Germany from other European Union countries hit a new record of over 685,000 people last year, led by Romanians, Poles and Bulgarians, Die Welt daily said Saturday, citing official figures. A total of 685,485 EU citizens arrived in Germany in 2015 while 303,036 left for a […]
A special place in hell is not enough for women like these
Source. ET God forbid if we see a woman wearing jeans/go without a dupatta. Two or three days ago, a young woman was accosted by an older woman for ‘not wearing appropriate attire’. You can see what the poor young woman was wearing here. Not that that’s important. But, anyway. […]