Murder in God’s name ‘satanic’
Source: The Times of Israel Pope Francis on Wednesday denounced killing in God’s name as “satanic” as he held a mass to honor Jacques Hamel, the French priest whose throat […]
US: Militia Group Takes Up Arms to Stop Mosque Construction
Source: Morocco World News Rabat – A meeting that aimed to pave the way for a local Muslim community to build a mosque and cemetery has been canceled in Newton County, Georgia. A local militia had planned an armed protest to stop a proposed Muslim cemetery and mosque, said the […]
Shock and Awe
Source: Asia Times So when Duterte embarked on his global diplomatic debut, attending the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit, many were expecting a more subdued and statesmanlike Duterte. Instead, the world witnessed a Hyde and Jekyll diplomatic behavior. Duterte, who accepted the Philippines’ (rotational) chairmanship of the regional […]
Deplorably, Trump is going to win
Source: Asia Times: The presidential election was over the moment the word “deplorable” made its run out of Hillary Clinton’s unguarded mouth. As the whole world now knows, Clinton told a Lesbian-Gay-Bisexual-Transgender fundraiser Sept. 10, “You know, to just be grossly generalistic, you could put half of Trump’s supporters into […]
Trump is now turning to a Muslim in his time of need,
Source: The Daily Beast It’s crunch time in the race for the White House. Early voting begins in key states like Ohio in just a few weeks. And with Donald Trump trailing in most national polls, he’s now going all in on the “I’m healthier than Hillary” contest by appearing […]
Refugee influx leaves ‘Mama Merkel’ isolated in EU
Epigraph: Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. Blessed are the merciful, for […]
Moving from Brexit to Grexit.
Source: The Local The bearded 60-year-old German former bookshop owner has been in office for five years, more than anyone else since the parliament held its first international elections in 1979. Schulz now looks set to seek another two and a half years at the helm of the EU’s only […]
The Rights of Neighbors in the light of the sayings of the Holy Prophet Muhammad
Source: The Muslim Sunrise, Fall 2016 By Dr. Khaula Shah Nice in France is the 5th largest city of the country with a population of almost a million. They are […]
USA: Ahmadiyya Muslim Imam Shamshad Nasir invited to the installation of Rabbi Andrea Cosnowsky & Shabbat services at the Etz Chaim of Dupage County
Islam teaches peace, respect, harmony & justice for all without discrimination of caste, creed & color. -Imam Syed Shamshad Nasir Report by Fizan abdullah Chicago On September 9, 2016 Imam Shamshad was invited to the installation of Rabbi Andrea Cosnowsky. The event was held at the congregation Etz Chaim of […]
As Islamophobia Rises In Many Countries, Muslims Find Unlikely Sanctuary In Western Ukraine
Huff post: LVIV, Ukraine ― Ernes and Alime Mambetov have been living with their 2-year-old son in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv for a little over a year. Both are practicing Muslims and Crimean Tatars that fled Crimea for mainland Ukraine after Russia’s military seized control of the peninsula […]
Are refugees really going back to war zones ‘on holiday’?
Source: The Local A Die Welt report titled “Refugees go on holiday to where they were persecuted” has been raising eyebrows this week as people question how this could happen. The report was based on cases being reported by Berlin labour agencies that some recognized refugees, who are also registered […]
Muslim world in flux
Source: Dawn As Muslims worldwide have just performed another Haj and are now celebrating Eidul Azha, it is perhaps an opportune moment to reflect on the current state of that abstract construct — the ‘Muslim world’. While, indeed, the world as a whole is facing myriad challenges to the global […]
It is more than a clash of civilisations
Source: The Express Tribune By Shahid Javed Burki, who is a former caretaker finance minister and served as vice-president at the World Bank According to the group, the ideology it is pursuing would take its followers back to the early days of Islam. The style of governance was to be shaped […]
Muslim woman set on fire in New York
Source: ET The attack came just two days after a Brooklyn woman launched a sickening attack on two Muslim women pushing their babies in strollers — punching them in the face and trying to pull off their hijabs. Emirjeta Xhelili, 32, hurled Islamophobic insults as she pounced on the two […]