Police in Cannes stop Muslim women wearing banned burkinis
Source: Reuters By Geert De Clercq | PARIS Ten Muslim women wearing burkinis to the beach have been apprehended by police in the southern French city of Cannes in the […]
US attorney’s office to investigate dispute over Islamic cemetery in Dudley
Source: Boston Globe By John R. Ellement US Attorney Carmen Ortiz on Thursday said she has opened an investigation into whether town officials in Dudley violated the rights of area […]
Are France’s burkini bans sexist, or liberating?
Source: Associated Press By ANGELA CHARLTON PARIS (AP) — Male officials are dictating what women can wear on French beaches — and people across a wide swath of French society […]
French PM supports local bans on burkinis
Source: The Guardian Three French Mediterranean towns have banned the burkini. Photograph: Reuters BY Angelique Chrisafis in Paris Political rows over Muslim women’s clothing have weighed on French politics for more […]
Nigeria Is Freeing Children From Boko Haram, Then Locking Them Up
Source: The New York Times MAIDUGURI, Nigeria — It had been more than a month, and Dije Ali was still locked in a military prison with her seven children. She […]
Dwindling Amazon Jewish community keeps faith despite religious exodus
Source: The Guardian By Ryan Schuessler in Iquitos The sudden barrage of a tropical downpour on a tin roof almost drowns out the small congregation, before they lift their voices and the […]
Indigenous Australians fight nuclear dump plan on ‘sacred land’
Source: Reuters By Timothy Large HAWKER, Australia (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Enice Marsh remembers the black clouds of “poison stuff” that billowed from the northwest after British atomic bomb tests in the 1950s spread fallout across swathes of South Australia. Now a new kind of radioactivity could head to her […]
Why Police Departments Don’t Always Release Body Cam Footage
Source: Time By Josh Sanburn It would seem like a given. After a police officer’s body camera captures a fatal shooting, law enforcement should release the footage of the incident to […]
Apple’s Smart Home Vision Is Finally Taking Shape
Source: Time By Lisa Eadicicco The upcoming iPhone update is exactly what the smart home needs Imagine this: You’re just getting home from a long day at work. But instead of […]
Raped for speaking out against rape
Source: BBC By Lucy Ash A Colombian woman who denounced armed groups for sexually abusing women and girls was abducted by the militants and subjected to a terrible punishment. Her […]
Cisco to cut up to 5,500 jobs
Source: BBC US tech giant Cisco Systems is cutting up to 7% of its global workforce, or 5,500 jobs, starting this summer. A report had suggested earlier in the day […]
The dinosaur that never existed
Source: BBC By Alex Riley 17 August 2016 About 67 million years ago, in what is now north-west Montana in the United States of America, a dinosaur died. How it […]
Celebrating 50th Anniverary of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community’s presence in Canada: #MobileMuslims 40-day campaign reaches Vermilion
Source: vermilionstandard.com Mobile Muslims launch 40-day campaign By Taylor Hermiston, Vermilion Standard Wednesday, August 17, 2016 12:59:17 MDT PM VERMILION, Alta. – In a mission to spread ‘Love for all, Hatred for none,’ the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama`at are traveling across Canada to present the true teachings of Islam. Through a mobile exhibition called […]
Q&A with Khalifatul Maseeh | What is the Purpose of Human Creation?
Source: youtube.com/TrueIslam Question: What is the Purpose of Human Creation? Answered By Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad (ra), fourth Caliph of Hazrath Mirz Ghulam ahmad Qadiani (pbuh) who is the Promised Messiah of all Religions / Maseeh-e-Maood wa Mahdi-e-Maood of Muslims Hazrath Mirza ghulam Ahmad Qadiani (as) A video made by Abdul shafi Bharwana, Missionary in […]
To my Muslim brethren
Source: Times of Israel To my Muslim friends clad in the garb with which you identify your faith: I see you, and will strive to see you in the ways that you want to be seen. We owe you the civility of not judging your politics based your clothing, only […]
The roots of terrorism
Source: Dawn THE post-Quetta commotion is heading towards a predictable denouement: those who pointed fingers at the security apparatus have been chastened, the government has pleaded guilty to its indictment by the COAS and a new body to oversee implementation of the National Action Plan (NAP) has been created. Is […]
Egypt state TV orders female hosts to lose weight
Source: BBC Egypt’s state broadcaster has suspended eight of its female TV presenters and told them to go on a diet, sparking uproar among women’s rights groups. The Egyptian Radio and Television Union (ERTU) has given the women one month to slim down before they can appear on air again […]
Baby born on Cebu Pacific airplane gets one million air miles
Source: CNN Here’s one kid who’ll probably learn to fly before she can crawl. After being born four hours into a flight from Dubai to Manila, baby girl Haven has been gifted one million air mile points. Haven’s mom went into labor more than five weeks early while flying on an aircraft […]
Modi crossed ‘red line’ by talking about Balochistan: Pakistan
Source: TOI ISLAMABAD: Pakistan today said Prime Minister Narendra Modi crossed the “red line” by talking about Balochistan and asserted that it will “forcefully” raise the Kashmir issue at the UN General Assembly session next month.”The Prime Minister strongly pleaded the case of Kashmir during General Assembly session last year […]
6 killed, dozens wounded in 2 car bombings in Turkey
Source: TOI Authorities blamed that attack on the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, which has launched a campaign of car bombings targeting police stations or roadside bomb attacks on police vehicles. Last week, PKK commander Cemil Bayik threatened increased attacks against police in Turkish cities. Hours later, another car bombing hit […]