White House secures deals for 200 million more Covid vaccine doses
Epigraph: Every human life is precious and sacred and saving one is like the saving of the whole of humanity. (Al Quran 5:32/33) Source: CNBC KEY POINTS President Joe Biden […]
Muslims in America: A forgotten history
For more than 300 years, Muslims have influenced the story of the US – from the ‘founding fathers’ to blues music today. Omar ibn Said, born in Senegal in 1770, held onto Islamic practices while enslaved for decades in the US [Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University] https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Screen-Shot-2020-11-15-at-1.26.53-PM.jpg?resize=770%2C513 […]
The Creeping Return of Anti-Semitism to Munich: “We Can Never Again Be Silent”
“We Can Never Again Be Silent” The Creeping Return of Anti-Semitism to Munich The German state of Bavaria has become home to a rising number of anti-Semitic incidents, with many […]
Uighurs: ‘Credible case’ China carrying out genocide
By James Landale Diplomatic correspondent Protests against China’s alleged abuse of the Muslim Uighur community There is a “very credible case” that the Chinese government is carrying out the crime […]
ICC departs from traditional practice of granting Israelis impunity from prosecution for war crimes
Feb 10,2021 – JORDAN TIMES – MICHAEL JANSEN The International Criminal Court (ICC) has departed from the globe’s traditional practice of granting Israelis impunity from prosecution for war crimes and […]
Iranian nuclear scientist killed by one-ton automated gun in Israeli hit — Jewish Chronicle
A view shows the scene of the attack that killed Prominent Iranian scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, outside Tehran, Iran, November 27, 2020. WANA (West Asia News Agency) via Reuters Short Url […]
Gender equality and Islam: Why Muslim men must recall the spirit of the progressive Prophet
Author ED HUSAIN February 11, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/877qd Some will say that because I am a man I cannot write about women. But as a man, I say that it is incumbent upon men to become champions for achieving full gender equality. It is men who, too often, hold […]
Before Islam: When Saudi Arabia Was a Jewish Kingdom
The discovery of the oldest-known pre-Islamic Arabic writing in Saudi Arabia, from ca. 470 CE, evidently caused some consternation, given its Christian and Jewish context. In 2014, researchers from a French-Saudi expedition studying rock inscriptions in southern Saudi Arabia announced they had discovered what could be the oldest texts written […]