By AFP – Aug 08,2017 – Antoun Tawil, one of Syria’s last traditional lute makers, tunes an oud, an instrument his country was once renowned for producing, at his workshop in Tekkiyeh Sulamaniyeh, in the capital Damascus, on July 9 (AFP photo) DAMASCUS — Antoun Tawil, one of Syria’s […]
One Syrian told me, ‘These Kurdish groups are liars. We gave them weapons to fight the terrorists – now we no longer give them weapons to protect themselves. We did not give them weapons so that they could make states. Now they are fully supplied by the Americans’ Robert Fisk […]
Suggested Reading Encyclopedia Britannica: Just How Old Is Homo sapiens? The Single Quranic Verse that Can Convince You about Evolution Meeting the Quranic Adam with Charles Darwin TheQuran.Love: Surah Baqara (The Cow): Section […]
Aug 08,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – There is something immoral in WaRamzy Baroudshington DC, and its consequences can be dire for many people, particularly for the health of US democracy. The US government is declaring war on the Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. The fight to defeat BDS […]
Even in this early stage of the Second World War, ethnic minority British citizens did show enormous courage – one of the bravest ARP men during the Blitz was black, although we have yet to see a film about him Robert Fisk @indyvoices In my mother’s family scrapbook, there is […]
Source: ProPublica Demonized as immigrants. Mistaken for Muslims. For more than a century, Sikhs in the U.S. have faced suspicion and violence. by A.C. Thompson, ProPublicaAugust 4, 2017 THE 1907 EPISODE in […]
Source: The Guardian Religious belief widely viewed as safeguard against ‘grossly immoral conduct’, according to new research Many still hold the view that people will do bad things unless they […]
Source: Reuters BY Asif Shahzad (Reuters) – A Pakistani charity that the United States accuses of being a front for anti-India militant group that staged the 2008 Mumbai attacks has […]
Source: The Washington Post By Samantha Schmidt August 8 View image on Twitter Follow O.C. Register ✔@ocregister Statue of Liberty as a Muslim? Painting in Rep. Lou Correa’s office sparks complaints http://dlvr.it/PbcSM6 2:24 […]
Source: The News & Observer BY SAM KILLENBERG PRINCEVILLE Muslim and Methodist volunteers are teaming up to help a town hard-hit by Hurricane Matthew. Islamic Relief USA and the N.C. […]
Source: Kansas City BY ERIC ADLER Based on both the Bible and some scientific data, it might seem reasonable to think that a solar eclipse like the one millions of people […]
Source: The Washington Post By Katie Mettler August 9 at 12:36 AM Women take part in afternoon prayers at Dar Al Farooq Islamic Center in Bloomington, Minn. The center was bombed on Aug. […]