Hijab By Choice versus Hijab by Coercion?
There are two types of hijabs. The difference is huge Source: The Washington Post By Masih Alinejad and Roya Hakakian Masih Alinejad is the author of “The Wind in My […]
Merkel sees Brexit extension to early 2020 as possibility
Source: The Local EU Council president Donald Tusk’s office has floated the idea of a “flexible” extension of up to a year, with an option for London to leave earlier if it finds a way through, but there is no agreement on this. Ahead of talks between May and French […]
Ruling to jail woman in mosque noise case upheld
Source: AT The Supreme Court in Indonesia has ruled in favor of upholding an 18-month prison sentence for a woman convicted of blasphemy charges last year. Meiliana, a 44-year-old ethnically Chinese Indonesian, was accused of making remarks about the loudspeakers of a mosque in Tanjung Balai in North Sumatra in 2016. […]
Dear ‘Nones,’ if you meet a Catholic missionary, you need to read this also
Catholic missionaries are evangelizing on college campuses and trying to bring back the ‘nones’ Source: The Conversation More than 20% of all adults and over a third of millennials in the […]
US is ‘leader of world terrorism’
Source: TOI Who is propagating and encouraging terrorism in today’s world? Who wanted to use ISIS (the Islamic State group) as a tool?” Rouhani asked, saying that the US is harboring the leaders of the jihadist organization. “Even now America is hiding the heads of ISIS, even now they are […]
Spouses will no longer be able to contest a divorce following changes to the law
Source: CT At present, husbands and wives are able to challenge an application for divorce that has been initiated by their spouse. That will no longer be the case when the changes come into effect a few months from now in what is the most radical shake-up of British divorce […]
Taking Accurate Count Of Muslims For 2020 Census Will Be Extra Difficult. Here’s Why.
Source: HP BROOKLYN, N.Y. — This two-block commercial strip of the Midwood neighborhood features a mosque, halal markets and restaurants, and tailor shops with colorful shalwar kameez pantsuits, all catering to the Pakistani immigrant community wedged between a Jewish neighborhood and a Mexican enclave on Coney Island Avenue. Fear and […]
State Department Identifies And Bans 16 People With ‘Roles’ In Khashoggi Killing
Source: HP The U.S. State Department has publicly identified 16 people it says had “roles in the murder of Jamal Khashoggi,” the Saudi journalist who was killed in Turkey in October. The 16 people and their immediate family members are now banned from U.S. soil, the State Department said in […]
Unpacking deradicalisation
Source: Dawn ONCE again, as the state rolls up its sleeves to rid society of militancy, plans beyond the conventional security operations are under the spotlight. And this includes figuring out how to deal with militants. In this regard, words such as ‘deradicalisation’ are being bandied about; but it is […]
Video: Floating cities – fantasy or the future?
Source: BBC By George Wright Floating cities have long seemed like a utopian pipedream based on little more than fantasy. But this week the concept appeared to take a step […]
Ahead of Indian election, Modi’s party vows to strip Kashmir of special rights
THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON APRIL 8, 2019 Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (C), chief of India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Amit Shah (2-R), India’s Home Minister Rajnath […]
Imran Khan releases poverty eradication policy document
Focus on extreme poverty, orphans, widows, homeless and the disabled in Pakistan Published: April 08, 2019 19:21Falah Gulzar, Social Media Journalist Imran KhanImage Credit: AP Pakistan PM released poverty eradication […]
Playing with Fire: Talk of Shifting Kosovo’s Borders Sparks Concern
Twenty years after the end of NATO’s intervention in the Balkans, the relationship between Serbia and its former province of Kosovo remains tense. Senior figures are talking about shifting Kosovar borders, setting […]
Indonesian Minorities Pessimistic as Presidential Election Looms
Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata and Ahmad Syamsudin Jakarta 2019-04-08 Supporters of Prabowo Subianto display a huge Indonesian flag during a rally for the opposition presidential candidate at Gelora Bung Karno Stadium […]
Bringing back memories of the nightmarish Israeli invasion of Lebanon
Apr 08,2019 – JORDAN TIMES – JAMES J. ZOGBY The New York Times headline on April 4 was simple enough, “After 37-Year Search, Israel Recovers Body of a Fallen Soldier”, but […]
Time for Arabs to adopt forceful posture against Israel
Apr 08,2019 – JORDAN TIMES – EDITORIAL It came as no surprise when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said during an interview on Israel’s Channel 12 on Saturday that he […]
Jordan: Parliament ends dispute by rejecting raising marriage age to 16
Joint session votes against inheritance rights to grandchildren born to female children By JT – Apr 09,2019 – JORDAN TIMES Deputies and senators take part in a joint session under […]
Rwanda: ‘Confront the apostles of division and hatred who masquerade as saviours and democrats’ – Kagame cautions Africa
April 08, 2019 at 01:00 pm | NEWS ELIZABETH OFOSUAH JOHNSON | Staff Writer FULL BIOCLOSE April 08, 2019 at 01:00 pm | NEWS Elizabeth Johnson is a Ghanaian –Nigerian […]
Why dark-skinned black girls like me aren’t getting married
Source: The Guardian Dream McClinton puts herself on the line to report Black women in the US marry less than others – and the numbers are even lower for darker skinned […]