Three Men Stood Up to Anti-Muslim Attack. Two Paid With Their Lives.
Source: The New York Times By DANIEL VICTOR Coco Douglas, 8, on Saturday at a memorial in Portland, Ore., for two men who were killed when they confronted a man […]
If Germany can’t count on old friends, perhaps it’s time to make new ones
Source: BBC It was no doubt planned many months ago, but the timing of Narendra Modi’s short tête-à-tête with Angela Merkel in Berlin on Tuesday will be interpreted as deeply symbolic in Germany and beyond. Could there be something of a pivot to Asia going on in Europe’s economic powerhouse? […]
Indonesian Muslim preacher named as porn case suspect
Source: BBC Indonesian police have named a controversial hardline Muslim preacher as a suspect in a pornography case. Rizieq Shihab is accused of exchanging graphic messages and nude pictures in text conversations with a woman. The cleric, who is currently in Saudi Arabia, has denied the accusations. Mr Rizieq heads […]
Why young male refugees are turning to prostitution
Source: The Local They fled to Germany with the hope of finding a better life. Now some young, male refugees say that drugs and prostitution are their only means of getting by. Farid sheepishly stands before a small bathroom shelter at the entrance of Berlin’s central Tiergarten park. Young men […]
New Trump attack on Germany widens transatlantic rift
Source: The Local The transatlantic diplomatic rift widened on Tuesday as US President Donald Trump responded to criticism from Chancellor Angela Merkel with a new attack on German trade tactics and defense spending. Trump’s spokesman Sean Spicer insisted that the leaders “get on very well” but – as is often […]
German embassy workers injured, 1 guard killed in Kabul bomb attack
Source: The Local The German embassy was massively damaged and workers were injured in a vehicle bomb attack in the Afghan capital on Wednesday morning that has killed at least 80 people. In one of the worst attacks in Kabul in recent years, the German embassy was hit hard, with […]
Stop Calling Indonesia a Role Model. It’s Stopped Being One.
“It’s over for Indonesia’s tradition of moderation… In ten years, Indonesia could be Pakistan.” By Benedict Rogers May 29, 2017 The 15-year-old school girl’s eyes filled with tears as she put down her mobile phone. Her best friend at school, the friend she did […]
Ramzan 2017 Special: 10 Best Iftar Snacks Recipes
Plavaneeta Borah | Updated: May 26, 2017 12:50 IST Highlights Holy month of Ramzaan is here alongwith all the festivities Devotees break open their fasts at the sunset These delicious snacks for Iftar, are guaranteed to impress The holy month of Ramzan is here, and along with it the festivities. […]
PENTAGON WILL BE HOSTING A RAMADAN IFTAR DINNER THIS YEAR — BUT WHITE HOUSE AND STATE ARE AWOL
Zaid Jilani May 31 2017 SATURDAY MARKED THE beginning of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, where Muslims fast from sun up to sundown. Since the Clinton administration, various government agencies including the White House have held iftar dinners — the meal Muslims consume in the evening following their fast — […]
The Muslim hero: Salahuddeen Al-Ayyoobi (Saladin)
Source: Islam Web Salahuddeen’s full name in Arabic was Salah Ad-Deen Yoosuf bin Ayyoob, also called Al-Malik An-Naasir Salah Ad-Deen Yoosuf I. He was born in 1137/38 CE in Tikrit, Mesopotamia and died March 4, 1193, in Damascus. He later became the Muslim sultan of Egypt, Syria, Yemen and Palestine, […]
Portland attack: $600,000 raised for ‘heroes’ killed defending Muslim teen
28 May 2017 More than $600,000 (£468,000) has been raised for the families of the three US men attacked while defending a Muslim teenager and her friend on a train. […]
‘World watches as Yemen descends into total collapse ‘
By AFP – May 31,2017 – The body of a Houthi insurgent is seen on the ground after he was killed during clashes with pro-government fighters near the Republican Palace in the northwestern city of Taez, Yemen, on Monday (Reuters photo) UNITED NATIONS, United States — Yemen is […]
How Palestine disappeared from US media coverage
May 30,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Ramzy Baroud As if he had, overnight, been transformed into a master politician, US President Donald Trump’s 27-hour trip to Israel left many analysts mystified. Quoting former Israeli political adviser Mitchell Barack, The New York Times referred to Trump as the “Liberace of world leaders”, in […]
Jordan at 71, well, safe and sound
May 30,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Hasan Abu Nimah Last week, Jordanians celebrated their country’s 71st birthday. Their distinct joy emanates from the fact that, despite mounting challenges and surrounding troubles, […]
Indian rights lawyer to lead U.N. probe into Rohingya crackdown
Reuters International MAY 30, 2017 – FILE PHOTO: A boy sit in a burnt area after fire destroyed shelters at a camp for internally displaced Rohingya Muslims in the western […]
Indian court orders suspension of ban on trade in cattle for slaughter
Reuters International MAY 30, 2017 – FILE PHOTO: A cow walks past a closed slaughter house in Allahabad, India March 28, 2017. REUTERS/Jitendra Prakash/File photo (reuters_tickers) NEW DELHI (Reuters) – An Indian court suspended on Tuesday a government ban on the trade of cattle for slaughter, a lawyer involved in […]
Pakistanis protest against increasing power cuts during Ramadan
Reuters International MAY 30, 2017 A worker repairs an electrictricity transformer at a workshop in Peshawar, Pakistan May 30, 2017. REUTERS/ Fayaz Aziz (reuters_tickers) By Syed Raza Hassan and Jibran Ahmad KARACHI/PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – Protesters in Pakistan’s largest city set tyres ablaze on Tuesday after power cuts disrupted a […]