Playboy and the False Normalization of the Hijab
Source: The Daily Beast By Majid Nawaz Playboy magazine has just featured an article about a hijab-wearing Muslim-American, Noor Taguri, “making a forceful case for modesty.” Yes. You read that […]
If India and Pakistan go to war…
Source: ET Aside from the obvious human cost, the repercussions of war between the nuclear-armed neighbours will be far-reaching. PHOTO SOURCE: NDTV As if the world did not have enough conflicts to handle, Pakistan and India are adding to the tension. While experts rule out a full-scale war between the […]
The economics of anger
Source: Dawn ACROSS the world, the politics of anger has been playing out over the past year. And it has become shriller with the passage of time. Britain’s vote to exit the European Union and the rise of Donald Trump’s fiery brand of politics have been the most overt and […]
Flaws in Curbing Violence Against Women
Source:Euractive.rs Omissions in the work of state institutions in cases of violence against women, primarily a lack of exchange of information, increase the number of fatal outcomes, according to the findings of Ombudsman Saša Janković. Improving the framework for suppressing violence against women is one of the criteria in Serbia’s […]
Bulgaria MPs Ban Burqa in Public
Source: Balkan Insight Bulgarian MPs on Friday banned the wearing of veils that cover the face – a bill proposed earlier this year by the nationalistic coalition, Patriotic Front. The so-called “burqa ban” was passed on a second reading with overwhelming support. In a sign of ethnic tension over the […]
Qatar-backed fund seeks to improve lives in Muslim countries
September 30 2016 12:25 AM Officials at the Lives and Livelihoods Fund Impact Committee meeting yesterday. The Lives and Livelihoods Fund (LLF), announced two years ago by Microsoft founder and philanthropist Bill Gates and supported by the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB), the Islamic Solidarity Fund for Development (ISFD), Qatar, Saudi […]
France begins aicraft carrier airstrikes against Islamic State targets in Mosul
By Andrew V. Pestano | Sept. 30, 2016 at 11:07 AM French Rafale fighter jets on Friday began launching attacks against the Islamic State in Iraq from the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier in the eastern Mediterranean Sea to support Iraqi security forces ahead of the battle for Mosul. Photo […]
Burkini debate distant in Turkey as Islamic fashion booms
Fulya Ozerkan•September 30, 2016 View photos A model poses during a photo shoot in Istanbul (AFP Photo/Gurcan Ozturk) More Istanbul (AFP) – The model adjusts her clothing, stares at the camera with a hint of a smile, holds her head high and the photographer starts snapping. But at this photoshoot […]
Canadian Red Cross Outsources Guide for Refugees to CAIR
Source: Clarion Project By John Goddard The result? The teacher’s guide depicts Canadian society as practicing a “terrorist ideology of hate” against Muslims. The Canadian Red Cross has funded a […]
The Battle for British Islam: Reclaiming Muslim Identity from Extremism
Source: Amazon By Sara Khan (Author), Tony McMahon (Author) Across Britain, Muslims are caught in a battle over the very nature of their faith. And extremists appear to be gaining […]
Committee: More than 1,000 Palestinian minors detained by Israel in 2016 so far
SEPT. 24, 2016 – maan news agency (File) RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — More than 1,000 Palestinian minors have been detained by Israeli forces since the beginning of the year, the Palestinian Committee of Prisoners’ Affairs said on Saturday, in a reported increase from 2015.The Committee said that at least 1,000 Palestinian […]
Jordan king visits family of murdered Christian writer
AFP | Published — Friday 30 September 2016 DEEPEST SYMPATHIES: Jordanian King Abdallah II, second right, and Prime Minister Hani Mulki, right, offer their condolences to relatives of Jordanian writer […]
Switzerland: ‘I avoid places where the niqab is banned’
GULF TOURISTS IN GENEVA ‘I avoid places where the niqab is banned’ By Jasmine Kannouna SEP 29, 2016 – 20:00 Tourists from the Gulf make up a significant source of income for Switzerland (Keystone) An initiative to ban full-face veils has split Swiss politics, but veiled tourists interviewed by swissinfo.ch […]
An apology from Francois Hollande won’t absolve France of its responsibility for Arab Harkis
Now France has marched down the road of absolution for its collaboration with the Nazis, it’s time to close the Algerian chapter. But there’s a problem – its modern army of Egyptian workers Robert Fisk @indyvoices Now here is a deeply contemporary story. When the Frenchabandoned Algeria in 1962, they also […]
More war or more peace?
Sep 29,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – JONATHAN POWER The last war in the Western hemisphere came to an end with the recent signing of the formal peace treaty between Colombia and the FARC rebels, a conflict that has raged on and off for 50 years. Fortunately, the cities have been […]
Shutting Arab minds and mouths may lead to disaster
Sep 29,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – RAMI G. KHOURI Is there a single thing that helps us understand why the Arab world has turned into such a horror show of dictatorships and authoritarian governments, state and private political violence, corruption on a massive scale, social polarisation, state fragmentation, and the […]
The human right that keeps on giving
Sep 29,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Kailash Satyarthi; Nobel Laureate, 2014 I once met a boy working on a cocoa farm whose only dream was someday to taste the rich brown […]