40 million slaves in the world, finds new report
Source: CNN By Mark Tutton, CNN London (CNN)More than 40 million people were estimated to be victims of modern slavery in 2016 — and one in four of those were […]
New BBC Earth film coming soon to cinemas
Source: BBC News There is so much to see on our planet in just one day. The latest release from BBC Earth Films, Earth: One Amazing Day, follows the lives of […]
Muslims more likely than Americans overall to say blacks lack equal rights in U.S.
Source: Pew Research Center BY JEFF DIAMANT, BESHEER MOHAMED AND ELIZABETH PODREBARAC SCIUPAC Two-thirds of Muslims in the United States (67%) say the country needs to continue making changes to give blacks equal rights […]
The many hues of headscarves
Source: Huffington Post BY Ayesha Malik, Contributor Lawyer and Writer Reading Amina Lone’s letter in The Times this Sunday calling for a ban on hijabs in primary schools took me back to the […]
Canada: Committee hearings start on motion M103
Iqra Khalid urges fellow MPs to take unified approach in Islamophobia study Term’s meaning and scope inflamed debate earlier this year By Stephanie Levitz, The Canadian Press Posted: Sep 18, 2017 11:56 AM ET Last Updated: Sep 18, 2017 7:31 PM ET The MP who touched off a fiery debate across Canada with […]
Taking religious harmony as his rallying call Purwakarta regent Dedi Mulyadi (left) with a local resident. Eager to put Indonesia back on track as a pluralist nation, he has won the support of its two largest parties in his run for governor.
Sep 18, 2017 Jokowi ally eyes West Java governor’s seat to champion diversity in Indonesia Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja Indonesia Correspondent In Purwakarta (West Java) He is a close ally of President Joko Widodo and known for promoting religious tolerance. Mr Dedi Mulyadi, 46, is also credited with helping to turn Purwakarta, a […]
Banning the burka: Swiss likely to vote on facial covering ban
A flyer for the campaign to ban facial coverings – the move has caused much debate in Switzerland (Keystone) Voters look set to have the final say on a proposal for a nationwide burka ban in public places in Switzerland. A rightwing committee handed in 106,600 signatures for a people’s initiative […]
Geneva University launches new course to help imams integrate in Swiss society
Source: The Local As the academic year begins at the University of Geneva (Unige), a new programme is on offer that aims to help imams in Switzerland integrate into Swiss […]
Development Impact Bond: Are India’s daughters a good return on investment?
By Anand Chandrasekhar in Bhilwara, Rajasthan September 19, 2017 It’s barely been a month since Naina was re-enrolled and she’s already missed two days of school. She had to […]
Fear and loathing
Source Dawn LAHORE: Shagufta’s tuition class is busy studying, the only sound being that of the whirring fan above and the steady hum of the students reading in a low voice. Two of the children are recent school dropouts — brothers Sahil and Sajid — and till they find another […]
At U.N., Trump says U.S. may have to ‘totally destroy’ North Korea
Steve Holland, Jeff Mason U.S. President Donald Trump addresses the 72nd United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 19, 2017. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) […]
In Turkey’s New Curriculum, Ataturk, Darwin and Jihad Get Face-Lifts
NYTimes By DAN BILEFSKYSEPT. 18, 2017 When high school students in Turkey arrive for the fall term, Charles Darwin will be conspicuously absent from biology classes. In elementary school religion classes, teachers will promote the nonviolent meaning of the word jihad — “to struggle” — as “love of homeland.” And, perhaps most significantly […]
The forbidden questions about the Korea crisis
Source: Asia Time The current mutual oppositional defiance between Pyongyang and Washington has evoked alarmist reactions and feverish talk from all parties except China, which has sensibly proposed a dual freeze: The US stops its perennial war games; North Korea stops testing missiles and nuclear weapons. In China this is a […]
US hints at new military options on North Korea
Source: Asia Time US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis hinted on Monday about the existence of military options on North Korea that might spare South Korea’s capital Seoul from a brutal counterattack but he declined to elaborate. His comments follow those of US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said on […]
IF he shuts up, they shut up
Source> Dawn IF he shuts up, they shut up. It’s what it seems to come down to. Because there was, and remains, a bit of a mystery at the heart of the ouster. If it was about accountability, accountability was already dead. The London apartments are from the ’90s, as was […]
Islamic Dream Interpretation: ‘ River ‘
River — If a poor person sees a river flowing inside his house in a dream, it means that he will drive a member of his household out of his house because of an abominable and a sinful act, or adultery. A river in a dream also means a good […]
St Gallen in Switzerland backs ‘burqa ban’ proposal
Source: The Local The cantonal parliament of St Gallen on Monday voted to adopt a bill that would ban people from covering their face in public, including women wearing the burqa. The bill was developed by a commission from a motion proposed by the Swiss People’s Party (SVP) and backed […]
In election battle, eastern Germany’s first black MP fights hate
AFP news@thelocal.de 17 September 2017 Senegalese-born German MP Karamba Diaby puts up a campaign poster in Halle. PHOTO: JOHN MACDOUGALL / AFP He has been beaten up, received death threats […]
Muslim Citizens Are Protected By The Constitution, Yet An Alarming Number Of Americans Disagree
John Moore/Getty Images News/Getty Images Share BySeth Millstein Thanks to the First Amendment of the Constitution, Americans of all religious faiths enjoy equal rights and protections under the law — […]
‘As a Muslim, as a Canadian, as a woman’: writers share first-hand stories
Azmina Kassam explores issues of identity in her personal essay in ‘The Muslimah Who Fell to Earth’ By Clare Hennig, CBC Posted: Sep 18, 2017 Azmina Kassam is one of the contributors of ‘The Muslimah Who Fell to Earth’ and she talked to CBC’s host of North by Northwest Sheryl MacKay […]