Tiger Woods arrested on suspicion of DUI
Source: CNN (CNN) Golfer Tiger Woods, currently rehabbing from back surgery, was arrested early on Memorial Day on suspicion of driving under the influence in Florida, according to police. Woods […]
Anthony Foster: Tireless fighter against Catholic sex abuse
Source: BBC By Jay Savage Image copyrightGETTY IMAGESImage captionAnthony Foster’s advocacy helped launch an inquiry into institutionalised sexual abuse Clutching a photo of two smiling girls, Anthony Foster last year […]
Beautiful Gibberish: Fake Arabic in Medieval and Renaissance Art
Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (Samuel H. Kress Collection,1939.1.255) In the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, painters and sculptors often incorporated inscriptions into their work. Many of these were legible texts in Latin or other European languages, but sometimes painters reached east, borrowing the languages […]
Teen on Portland train: ‘They lost their lives because of me and my friend
Source: CNN By Madison Park, (CNN)As tears streamed down her cheeks, Destinee Mangum, 16, thanked the three strangers who intervened on a Portland light rail after a man hurled anti-Muslim […]
Bomber’s engineering student brother ‘knew all about his sibling’s vile plot in Manchester more than a month ago
Source: Mail Online By Arthur Martin and Stephen Wright for the Daily Mail The brother of the Manchester bomber knew he was going to carry out the atrocity more than […]
Pakistan Ramadan Ordinance- heat stroke, and heat exhaustion, temp in Karachi 40C
http://www.humsub.com.pk/65009/ghazala-qazi/ Dr Ghazala Qazi, My friend who is diabetic asked her physician about fasting, he refused to answer for fear of Ramadan Bill. Any one eating in public is liable for Rs 500 fine and 3 months of incarceration. Read, cry and reflect گرمی کی شدت سے پیدا ہونے والی […]
Saudi animated film Bilal a big hit in Turkey
FOUZIA KHAN | Published — Monday 29 May 2017 JEDDAH: The Turkish city of Istanbul hosted a unique Saudi artistic event on Saturday, with the launch of the film “Bilal” directed by Saudi director Ayman Tariq Jamal. The Saudi animated film was presented in 300 Turkish cinemas and was dubbed […]
Merkel warns US, Britain no longer reliable partners
Agence France Presse | Published — Sunday 28 May 2017 German Chancellor Angela Merkel delivers a speech during a joint campaigning event of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Christiqn Social Union (CSU) in Munich on Saturday. (AFP / dpa / Matthias Balk) FRANKFURT AM MAIM, Germany: Europe “must […]
How to Fast for Ramadan in the Arctic, Where the Sun Doesn’t Set
Epigraph: It is made lawful for you to go in unto your wives on the night of the fast. … And eat and drink until the white thread becomes distinct to […]
European angst over Trump visit
Source: BBC “If Potus leaves here with the idea that the EU is in some way useful, that’s it. Job done.” The words of a trusted European source when I asked about EU expectations for Donald Trump’s first trip to Brussels as US president. Not a far-reaching ambition, I think […]
Israel approves controversial Jerusalem cable car project
By AFP – May 28,2017 – JORDAN TIMES OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Israel’s government on Sunday approved plans to instal a cable car to Jerusalem’s Old City, a project likely […]
Ahmadiyya in Front Role to condemn Manchester Arena atrocity
Source: The Huddersfield Daily Examiner Candles were lit at the Ahmadiyya mosque in Spaines Road, and a powerful message given out condemning the attack which left 22 people dead and more than 60 in hospital with 23 still in critical care. Gurdeep Singh Kooner, general secretary of Fartown Sikh Temple, said: […]
What should you do if you witness a Islamophobic tirade?
Source:CNN A man was confronting the two teens — including one who was wearing a hijab — and started spouting “hate speech toward a variety of ethnicities and religions,” Portland Police Sgt. Pete Simpson said.”He told us to go back to Saudi Arabia and he told us we shouldn’t be […]
Europeans can’t ‘completely’ rely on US
Source: CNN “I experienced that in the last a few days, and therefore I can only say that we Europeans must really take our fate into our own hands, of course in friendship with the United States and in friendship with Great Britain and as good neighbors wherever it is […]
ISIS in Southeast Asia: Philippines battles growing threat
Source: CNN The black flag of ISIS has been raised in the Philippines. At least 103 people have died in the city of Marawi on the southern island of Mindanao in less than a week as fighters affiliated with the so-called Islamic State engaged in violent clashes with government forces, and […]
THE MAN WHO DESIGNED PAKISTAN’S BOMB- Spurred by Salam
When Riazuddin—that was his full name—died in September at age 82 in Islamabad, international science organizations extolled his contributions to high-energy physics. But in Pakistan, except for a few newspaper lines and a small reference held a month later at Quaid-e-Azam University, where he had taught for decades, his passing […]
Donald Trump’s Europe tour leaves leaders strangely shaken
US president’s first visit to Europe memorable for body-language battles and patchy understanding of the bloc Donald Trump passes in front of Montenegrin prime minister Dusko Markovic (on his right) […]
Ramadan festivities light up Istanbul
ANADOLU AGENCY ISTANBUL Ramadan becomes more spiritual and beautiful when it is shared and this year, it is time to put conflicts aside and get together around one table. The […]
Greek, Turkish Cypriots link arms across border: ‘Solution Now’
DAILY SABAH WITH AGENCIES ISTANBUL Greek and Turkish Cypriots form a human chain during a demonstration in favor of a peace settlement on divided Cyprus at Ledra’s checkpoint of the […]
Erdogan says EU presented Turkey with new 12-month diplomatic timetable – Hurriyet
Reuters International MAY 27, 2017 – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan greets students during a graduation ceremony at an Imam Hatip religious school association in Istanbul, Turkey, May 26, 2017. […]