Hillary Clinton’s closest aide, Huma Abedin, said Monday that she intended to separate from her husband, Anthony D. Weiner, the former congressman and New York City mayoral candidate, after it was reported that Mr. Weiner had exchanged suggestive images and messages with a woman while the couple’s young child was beside […]
Source: The New York Times By PETER BAKER TEL AVIV — Even as France has started an international debate about whether some women cover up too much on the beach, […]
Source: NPR France, Bulgaria, Belgium and the Netherlands all have different kinds of bans on wearing burqas in public. NPR’s Scott Simon talks to German journalist Janek Schmidt about the proposal. SCOTT SIMON, HOST: A French court has ruled that officials cannot prohibit women from wearing burqinis. That’s the full-body […]
Source: The New York Times By SAMANTHA SCHMIDT Every year, Muslim leaders around the world look to the moon to predict the date for one of their most important holidays, […]
Source: Associated Press By RACHEL ZOLL MACON, Ga. (AP) — There are two First Baptist Churches in Macon — one black and one white. They sit almost back-to-back, separated by […]
Source: The New York Times By SAMUEL G. FREEDMAN Four months ago, as Hillary Clinton turned her attention from the Democratic primary toward a fall race against Donald J. Trump, […]
Source: Time By Mahita Gajanan Michael Leiter, former director of the U.S. National Counterterrorism Center, saidFrench bans on full-body burkini swimsuits will cause a division in the country, making it more […]
Source: Time By Alexandra Sifferlin Some people can’t start the day without a piping hot cup of coffee (or two, or three). Now, scientists have identified a gene that may explain […]
Source: BBC By David K Gibson 24 August 2016 This is Iron Knight from Volvo Trucks, and as of this week, it is the world’s fastest lorry. Which is a […]
Source: BBC Taxi-hailing company Uber has suspended its service in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates. Rival service Careem has also put its service there on hold, […]
Source: BBC China has launched its first aircraft-engine manufacturer in an attempt to wean itself off Western suppliers. The state-owned Aero-Engine Group of China was created by combining a group […]
BY: Adam Kredo http://freebeacon.com/national-security/isis-terrorists-infiltrating-canada-suspected-plotting-attacks/ Government warns ‘violent act of terrorism could occur’ August 29, 2016 4:59 am The Canadian government is warning its citizens that it knows of at least 180 people who have traveled abroad to join terror groups and is tracking another 60 “extremist travelers who had returned to Canada,” according […]
I India’s tourism minister has said foreign women should not wear skirts or walk alone at night in the country’s small towns and cities “for their own safety”. Discussing tourist security in the north Indian city of Agra, site of the Taj Mahal, Mahesh Sharma said foreign arrivals to India were issued […]
Source: ET Religion is one, but not the only reason, why the Muslim world is so unsettled at this time. Demography, the quality of governance, memory of past Western involvement in the Middle East and Central Asia are as important, perhaps even more important than religion. Past rapid rates of […]
Source: The Local Germany has drafted a law requiring mothers to inform their partners if their children were fathered by another man, Justice Minister Heiko Maas said on Monday. More:
Source: The Local Unknown people have bricked up the entrance to a mosque in northeastern Germany and stuck racist flyers to their masonry work. More:
New guide for teachers encourages field trips to mosques as part of anti-Islamophobia education. A new teacher’s guide produced by the Canadian Human Rights Commission was launched last week in […]
The Ahmadiyya Muslim Women’s Association Canada strongly supports the recent decision of the RCMP permitting women to wear the Hijab as part of the uniform. It is uplifting and powerful […]
For Komal Ahmad, CEO of the benefit corporation Copia, excess food wastage is “the world’s dumbest problem.” After an unsuccessful attempt to deliver 500 sandwiches to a nonprofit, she was […]
The “burkini ban” recently implemented in a number of French cities has become a topic of global controversy; especially when the images spread online of a women being forced by […]