By REUTERSFEB. 22, 2017, NEW YORK — Muslim Americans have helped raise more than $84,000 to repair vandalized headstones at a Jewish cemetery in St. Louis, Missouri, according to an online fundraising page, amid attacks and threats against Jewish institutions. About 170 headstones were toppled or damaged at the century-old […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The fundamentalists who would read the scripture literally and show concrete thinking are not unique to Christianity. […]
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Source: The Guardian By Catherine Shoard Lindsay Lohan, the actor best known for her roles in films such as Mean Girls, has said she was “racially profiled” at Heathrow airport recently. […]
Source: BBC By Matthew WallTechnology of Business editor 21 February 2017 Image copyrightTHINKSTOCKImage captionDeveloping new drugs to fight major diseases can take years and cost billions of dollars Developing a […]
Source: BBC A ban on female army officers in Turkey wearing the Muslim headscarf has been lifted by the government. The military is the last Turkish institution to see the […]
Source: Huffington Post “A people who fight for their own rights are only as honorable as when they fight for the rights of all people.” By Carol Kuruvilla ALEXAT25 VIA GETTY IMAGESNew York City’s Times Square. New York City’s interfaith activists are getting ready to show President Donald Trump that […]
Source: Huffington Post By Antonia Blumberg Many women who identify as Sikh share at least one thing in common: The name Kaur. It may be a middle or last name, and it isn’t always how they’re identified legally. But it’s a part of their heritage that dates back centuries and […]
WASHINGTON — President Trump has directed his administration to enforce the nation’s immigration laws more aggressively, unleashing the full force of the federal government to find, arrest and deport those in the country illegally, regardless of whether they have committed serious crimes. Documents released on Tuesday by the Department of […]
Source: CNN By Alexandra Larkin and Faith Karimi (CNN)A fundraiser for a vandalized Jewish cemetery is sending a strong message of unity and tolerance. The effort organized by Muslim American […]
Source: Time Sharon Verghis / Sydney This weekend, Indonesian President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo will make his first state visit to Australia. Both nations have much riding on this meeting, which […]
Source: Reuters By Melih Aslan and Osman Orsal | ISTANBUL Construction began on Friday of a mosque in Istanbul’s central Taksim square, a controversial project championed by Turkey’s President Tayyip […]
Source: BBC By Sarah Rainsford In a darkened film studio in northern Moscow, an actress runs frantically on the spot to whip up her emotions. Eyes wide and panting, she […]
Source: The Washington Post By Colby Itkowitz After the desecration of a Jewish cemetery in St. Louis over the long holiday weekend, an incident in which more than 150 headstones were toppled […]
By YISHAI FLEISHERFEB. 14, 2017 CreditLauren Simkin Berke HEBRON, West Bank — Last week, Israel’s Parliament passed a controversial bill that allows the government to retroactively authorize contested West Bank Jewish communities by compensating previousPalestinian land claimants. Opposition parties warn that this law could open Israel to prosecution at […]
Feb 21,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Hasan Abu Nimah There was loud overreaction recently to the Knesset legislation sanctioning the Israeli theft of Palestinian land for building Jewish settlement. The pattern repeated itself last week, with US President Donald Trump’s remark with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu next to him at […]
Reuters International FEB 22, 2017 An aerial view of the Grand Mosque is seen on the second day of Eid al-Adha, during the annual haj pilgrimage in the holy city of Mecca September 25, 2015. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood (reuters_tickers) DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran has sent a delegation to Saudi Arabia […]
Will Hamon’s and Mélenchon’s supporters back Le Pen’s opponent to keep her out of office, as the polls suggest? Andreas Whittam Smith @indyvoices What would have to happen for Marine Le Pen, leader of the far right Front National (FN), to win the French presidential election in May? Following Brexit and Donald […]
The legal loophole that allows the US border to be classified as “outside” normal US constitutional protections should be cause for concern. Your important private data is simply not safe if you wish to travel to the US Mike Harris @mjrharris Here’s a fun game to help you make new (weird) […]
I thought as a Briton I had the freedom to marry who I wanted and settle with them in my country. I was wrong JONATHAN GREEN 3 hours ago Click to follow Critics of the UK’s immigration policy call it “soft-touch Britain”. They say we have “open borders”, but the […]