Facade of the museum is destroyed, and some interior ceilings have collapsed Nevine El-Aref, Friday 24 Jan 2014 ALAHRAM ONLINE The façade of the Museum of Islamic Art in central Cairo has been completely destroyed by a powerful car bomb that exploded outside the adjacent Cairo Security Directorate early on […]
Source: Aljazeera The blast left a deep crater in the street, and was large enough to shatter windows in shops hundreds of metres away. It also caused extensive damage to the Islamic antiquities museum across the street. Witnesses said they heard gunshots before the explosion. “It was around 7am this […]
Daily Times: UNITED NATIONS: As many as 6,000 children in Central African Republic have been recruited by armed groups and forced to commit atrocities along religious lines in a conflict that is at high risk of spiraling into genocide, UN envoys said on Wednesday. More than half the landlocked state’s […]
This is such stuff as dreams are made on, enough to banish any nightmares troubling the sleep of Egypt’s army commander, General Abdul Fattah al-Sisi So Egypt is back to the age of the dictators – or, as I always call it, the Age of Magic Statistics. The Egyptian people, […]
STORY SUMMARY January 20, 2014 12:27 AM By Rami G. Khouri The Daily Star In the past three years since the overthrow of the Hosni Mubarak’s government, on my regular visits to Cairo I have watched with fascination, pride and hope the birth of Arab citizens and the sudden emergence […]
DW: The Egyptian constitution was approved by in a referendum. It is a revised version of what deposed President Mohammed Morsi signed a year ago after a similar referendum.What has changed regarding the relationship between the state and religion? Jörn Thielmann: Some things are the same. Islam is still the […]
Global post: A top UN rights envoy in South Sudan said child soldiers are fighting in the more than month-long conflict, with mass killings reported to have taken place. “The reports that we have come across involve mass killings, extrajudicial killings, widespread destruction and looting, and child soldier recruitment,” the […]
Source: CNN Lagos, Nigeria (CNN) — Nigerian authorities arrested 10 people believed to be gay men under a bill signed this week that bans same-sex marriages, rights groups said. Police detained men in various states and have dozens of pending arrests based on perceived sexual orientation, according to Amnesty International. “Reports […]
Source: BBC Egyptians are voting amid tight security in a two-day referendum on a new constitution that could pave the way for fresh elections. The new charter aims to replace […]
By Abdul Shafi Bharwana, Editor African Crescent The article was published in “African Crescent” as an Editorial for November 2013 issue “These days, I am in inner Sierra Leone and […]
Source NY Times: By KENNEDY ODEDE I am 29 years old — on the threshold of a new decade of life. All my close friends from childhood, save for two, were robbed of this experience. Some took risks to feed their families; for stealing bread or charcoal, they were shot by […]
Tracking Ghana’s media Posted on December 2, 2013 by John Van Dusen in Field Notes, Ghana, IYIP Rights Media Internships, Media Internships with 0 Comments Kabral Blay Amihere is the chairman of Ghana’s National Media Commission. This year marks the Commission’s 20th anniversary. By: John Van Dusen ACCRA — Ghana’s […]
Suggested reading by the Muslim Times: Book Review: Struggling to Surrender: Some Impressions of an American Convert to Islam Saint Augustine did build a bridge from Christian tradition to Islam! Source of […]
Residents take to streets to celebrate Michel Djotodia’s departure, but concerns grow of revenge attacks on Muslims David Smith, Africa correspondent theguardian.com, Friday 10 January 2014 The interim president of the Central African Republic (CAR) has resigned after a disastrous nine-month rule, prompting celebrations on the streets but fresh anxiety […]
This is neither jihad nor crusade. Fighting in the CAR is over political power, with the capitol city Bangui as the prize. By Emily Mellgard, Guest blogger / January 7, 2014 The growing violence and chaos in the Central African Republic (CAR) has returned to the front pages of the […]
Source: allafrica.com The Majlis Khuddamul Ahmadiyya The Gambia (MKATG) recently concluded its 30th annual National Convention at Nasir Ahmadiyya Senior Secondary School in Basse, Upper River Region (URR). According to a press release conveyed to the Daily Observer, the three-day convention was meant to train its members on true Islamic values; […]
Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan failed to reach an agreement in the tripartite negotiations regarding the construction of the Ethiopian Grand Renaissance dam, state news agency MENA reported. MENA reported that Ethiopia has refused to discuss the terms of “confidence-building measures”, which Egyptian officials say must be changed in order to […]
Source: NY Times: WASHINGTON — South Sudan is in many ways an American creation, carved out of war-torn Sudan in a referendum largely orchestrated by the United States, its fragile institutions nurtured with billions of dollars in American aid. But a murky, vicious conflict there has left the Obama administration scrambling to […]
RABAT: Qatar and Morocco have signed an aid deal worth $1.25bn, part of a five-year package of financial assistance extended by Gulf states to the North African kingdom to help it weather ‘Arab Spring’ protests. The aid is very welcome to King Mohamed — who signed the accord late on […]
December 30, 2013 Swissinfo.ch Erika Maier has upped sticks in Switzerland to run a hotel in Mali. Despite the outbreak of civil war and lack of tourists, she refuses to leave the country. Ironically, the conflict has now brought her guests in abundance. Four years ago, the 60-year-old from Schaffhausen […]