Will Malaysia’s Islamisation change course?
Mar 10,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Chin-Huat Wong PENANG — Malaysia is just a few months or even weeks away from its most contentious election in decades. Mahathir Mohamad, Malaysia’s […]
Buddhist mobs sweep through Sri Lanka’s Muslim neighborhoods
Source: Religion News Service By Bharatha Mallawarachi | March 8, 2018 Mohamed Ramzeen makes a call from his mobile standing in his vandalized small restaurant in Pilimathalawa, Sri Lanka, Thursday, March 8, 2018. […]
Nursing home forced employee to get a flu shot despite her religious objections, Justice Department suit says
Source: The Washington Post By Marwa Eltagouri March 8 Email the author A nurse prepares a flu shot at the Salvation Army in Atlanta on Feb. 7. (AP) Barnell Williams didn’t want a […]
Muslim group calls for probe of video reportedly showing North Dakota militia shooting at fake mosque
Source: WEST FARGO PIONEER By Ryan Johnson MINNEAPOLIS – A Muslim civil rights group is calling for an investigation into a video that it says showed North Dakota militia members shooting at […]
Anti-Muslim Extremists Retweeted by Trump Are Convicted of Hate Crimes
Source: The New York Times By RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA LONDON — The leaders of an anti-Muslim extremist group in Britain have been found guilty of hate crimes and sentenced to prison, months […]
Suicide bomb kills at least seven at Shi’ite gathering in Kabul
Source: Reuters BY Hamid Shalizi, Mohammad Aziz 3 MIN READ KABUL (Reuters) – A suicide bomber blew himself up in the Afghan capital on Friday, killing at least seven people in […]
Calm returning to Muslim neighborhoods in Sri Lanka
Source: Associated Press By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI KANDY, Sri Lanka (AP) — Calm was beginning to return to violence-hit Muslim neighborhoods in Sri Lanka’s Kandy region on Friday, with many shops […]
In Sri Lanka, Facebook Contends With Shutdown After Mob Violence
Source: The New York Times By VINDU GOEL, HARI KUMAR and SHEERA FRENKEL MUMBAI — In many countries, Facebook is contending with a darkening reputation as a vehicle for disinformation and false news. The most recent […]
Pakistani court allows Islamist party to enter elections
Source: Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Pakistani court has ordered the country’s elections oversight body to register an Islamist party backed by a radical cleric who carries a U.S. […]
Women in Iran are pulling off their headscarves — and hoping for a ‘turning point’
Source: The Washington Post By Erin Cunningham March 8 ISTANBUL — Iranian women have been raising a new challenge to their Islamic government, breaking one of its most fundamental rules by pulling off […]
Ultra-Orthodox Jews block Jerusalem road in draft protest
Source: Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Hundreds of ultra-Orthodox Jews blocked the main entrance to Jerusalem on Thursday, bringing traffic to a grinding halt during the evening commute to protest […]
The Women’s March Has a Farrakhan Problem
Source: The Atlantic BY JOHN-PAUL PAGANO A year ago, the Women’s March punctuated Trump’s inauguration with what was likely the largest single-day mass demonstration in American history. Today, it finds itself embroiled in an […]