Morocco unveils massive solar plant
By AP – Feb 04,2016 – JORDAN TIMES Aerial view of the solar plant of Ouarzazate, central Morocco, on Thursday (AP photo) OUARZAZATE, Morocco — Morocco’s King Mohammed VI […]
At Morocco summit, Muslim leaders stand up for religious freedom
Share on Facebook Charles C. Haynes Thursday, February 4, 2016 Charles C. Haynes is vice president of the Newseum Institute and founding director of the Religious Freedom Center. E-mail: chaynes@newseum.org; Twitter: @hayneschaynes. At a historic gathering in Marrakesh, Morocco, on Jan. 27, more than 300 Muslim leaders—including many of […]
Islamic State numbers go down in Iraq, Syria; up in Libya
By LOLITA C. BALDOR15 hours ago WASHINGTON (AP) — New intelligence assessments show that the number of Islamic State group fighters has dropped in Iraq and Syria but is rising in Libya, a senior U.S. defense official said Thursday. According to the official, reports suggest there are 19,000 to 25,000 […]
German UN Envoy on Islamic State’s Rise: ‘We Simply Can’t Give Up on Libya’
Interview Conducted By Juliane von Mittelstaedt AFP Heavy black smoke rises from an oil facility in Libya’s Ras Lanouf region following an attack by the Islamic State last month. With the situation rapidly deteriorating in Libya, the UN’s special representative to the country, Martin Kobler of Germany, is pushing for […]
Does Nigeria Have What It Takes to Defeat Boko Haram?
Source: Time The Islamist terror group massacres dozens in the northeast as the country is frozen by corruption and economic malaise Organized assaults from multiple directions. Check. An arsenal of […]
East Africa: Federation Is Not East Africa’s Salvation
ANALYSISBy Harid Mkali Isaac Mwangi’s article in the Daily News of January 17, 2016 titled: “Want to know why EA is getting poor? Ask your thieving leaders” in fact started well by stating that the region’s poverty and underdevelopment is caused, primarily, by the prevalence of selfserving leaders, pre-occupied with looking […]
Women Rulers of the Arab and Muslim World: Khayzuran and Zubayda
TOM VERDE JANUARY 20, 2016 By Tom Verde, originally published as ‘Malika I: Khayzuran & Zubayda‘ on Aramco World From Indonesia to Pakistan, Kyrgyzstan to Nigeria, Senegal to Turkey, it […]
Al-Azhar University
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia “Al-Azhar” redirects here. For other uses, see Al-Azhar (disambiguation). Al-Azhar University جامعة الأزهر (الشريف) Jāmiʻat al-Azhar (al-Sharīf) Al-Azhar Mosque in Cairo Egypt Type Public Established 970~972 – madrasa 1961 – university status Religious affiliation Sunni Islam President Usama al-Abd Location Cairo, Egypt 30°02′45″N31°15′45″ECoordinates: 30°02′45″N 31°15′45″E […]
MALI HOSTAGE Twice-kidnapped Swiss woman splits opinion
MALI HOSTAGE Twice-kidnapped Swiss woman splits opinion By swissinfo.ch and agencies JAN 31, 2016 – 14:21 Stöckli in 2012 after having been kidnapped for nine days (Keystone) Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter is clear: freeing the Basel missionary Beatrice Stöckli, who was kidnapped in Mali earlier this month, is a […]
Happy hour and drinks are still flowing in the Gambia, the newest Islamic state
Source: The Guardian It may be the world’s newest Islamic state, but on the Gambia’s beaches it was business as usual. Dreadlocked, muscular young men offered their company to middle-aged female tourists, the sweet scent of marijuana hung on the ocean breeze, bars advertised happy hour cocktails, and bared breasts […]
The Swiss woman who was kidnapped in Mali – twice
BEATRICE STÖCKLI By Veronica DeVore JAN 28, 2016 – 17:13 Stöckli, right, with expedition leader Andrea Vogel and local children in 2008 (Andrea Vogel) Beatrice Stöckli will not be deterred. The Basel native settled in Mali some 15 years ago, was kidnapped in 2012 – and then returned to the […]
Morocco summit pushes Muslim clerics to improve the lot of religious minorities
Source: RNS MARRAKESH, Morocco (RNS) After the Prophet Muhammad established the first Muslim state, he wrote the Charter of Medina to make sure his subjects lived in harmony, whether they […]
Egyptian writer Fatima Naoot jailed for insulting Islam
Source: Indian Express In October, Naoot described in a post on her Facebook account Eid Al-Adha’s tradition of slaughtering sheep as the “greatest massacre committed by human beings”. An Egyptian […]
Is Algeria’s military making its move on ageing President Bouteflika?
He can hardly speak – and although we are assured his brain is active – we should wonder who is using him as a ventriloquist’s dummy Robert Fisk @indyvoices Sunday 24 January 2016 12 comments The story of Algeria is supposed to be about “reforms”. Most dictatorships are. Restrict presidential terms – […]
Opening a New Front Against ISIS in Libya
By THE EDITORIAL BOARDJAN. 26, 2016 The Pentagon is ramping up intelligence-gathering in Libya as the Obama administration draws up plans to open a third front in the war against the Islamic State. This significant escalation is being planned without a meaningful debate in Congress about the merits and risks […]
More Than 20 People Killed as Somali Forces End Siege of Restaurant
Source: Time Al-Shabab, the Islamic extremist group, claimed responsibility for the attack (MOGADISHU, Somalia) — Somalia’s security forces ended a deadly siege of a beachfront restaurant in the capital, with […]
Muslim leaders plan summit on protecting non-Muslims in their midst
By Lauren Markoe, who covered government and features as a daily newspaper reporter for 15 years before joining the Religion News Service staff as a national correspondent in 2011 (RNS) […]
After his death, a Muslim Kenyan who shielded Christians is hailed as hero
Source:RNS NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) A Muslim man who shielded Christians after a passenger bus was ambushed by suspected al-Shabab militants is being saluted as a symbol of unity. Salah Farah, a schoolteacher, died Monday […]
Muslim man dies after protecting Christian bus passengers from al-Shabaab terror attack in Kenya
The Independent: A Kenyan man who was shot while shielding Christians from an attack by al-Shabaab militants has died of his injuries in hospital. Salah Farah was among a group of Muslim bus passengers who refused to be separated by the al-Qaeda linked terrorists last month. Knowing that the Christians would […]
South African Muslims mark uprising’s 130th anniversary
Africa January 18, 2016 People gathered at a cemetery in Cape Town on Sunday to mark the 130th anniversary of a Muslim uprising sparked by a ban on burials. The Tana Baru cemetery uprising – considered the most significant form of civil disobedience by South African Muslims in the 19th […]