STORY SUMMARY Morocco on Thursday launched an operation to give residency permits to tens of thousands of immigrants living in the country illegally, after the king expressed concern about their harsh treatment by the police. Hundreds of people, almost all of them sub-Saharan Africans, queued outside the governor’s office in […]
AllAfrica.com; The Majlis Khuddumul (male youth wing) of Ahmadiyaa Muslim Jama’at The Gambia on Thursday held its 30th annual national Itema (convention) at Nasir Senior Secondary School in Basse, Upper River Region (URR). The theme of the convention was ‘a nation cannot be reformed without reforming its youths’. The four-day […]
Islam online: It’s a unique mystical spot in the Egyptian capital where the Qur’an, the Bible, and the Torah are continuously recited. It’s the multi-religious compound, which has ancient churches […]
December 31, 2013 – 17:44 By Paul-Marin Ngoupana and Serge Leger Kokpakpa BANGUI (Reuters) – Thousands of people caught up in fighting in Central African Republic blocked the runway of its international airport on Tuesday, demanding more aid and the resignation of the president. Families and other refugees chanted anti-government […]
By Ghana News -SpyGhana.com Spyghana.com is a premier news source that cover daily news of Africa, Ghana, all the World, about universities, culture and etc The Ghana Muslim Mission (GMM), an Islamic organisation set out to propagate Islamic teachings and principles, over the weekend held its 55th national conference to […]
by Robert Fisk, The Independent I don’t want to sound alarmist, but are Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and his fellow generals in Egypt planning to hang ex-President Mohamed Morsi and his Muslim Brotherhood colleagues? Impossible you might say. Nasser turned on the “Ikhwan” with Saddam-like ferocity only when a Brother – […]
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STORY SUMMARY Four American military personnel were detained by the Libyan government on Friday and held in custody for several hours before being released, U.S. officials said. A U.S. defense official said the Americans appeared to have been checking possible evacuation routes for the U.S. embassy in Tripoli. Psaki said […]
JUBA: South Sudan’s government has agreed to an immediate cease-fire after nearly two weeks of heavy fighting with rebels, East African leaders announced Friday. They also gave Machar and President Salva Kiir four days to hold face-to-face talks and halt fighting, pledging unspecified “further action” if the civil war continued. […]
STORY SUMMARY At the same time, the labeling of the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization is an inflammatory and dangerous move which will only further enflame the situation. While it is evident that the Muslim Brotherhood, and affiliated groups, have been involved in some of the recent acts of […]
Source: BBC The military-backed interim Egyptian government has declared the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist group after blaming it for a deadly attack on a police HQ earlier this week. The group, whose candidate Mohammed Morsi won the presidential poll last year before being deposed by the military, had already been […]
Source: BBC The military-backed interim Egyptian government has declared the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist group after blaming it for a deadly attack on a police HQ earlier this week. The group, whose candidate Mohammed Morsi won the presidential poll last year before being deposed by the military, had already been […]
Source: NY Times: BANGUI — Mariam watched in horror as militiamen burst through the gate of her home in Central African Republic’s capital Bangui and demanded her husband say whether he was Muslim. When he said yes, they shot him dead. More:
By Scott Stewart STRATFOR Editor’s Note: The following is the first installment of a five-part series examining the global jihadist movement. Part 2 analyzes insurgent and terrorist theory. Part 3 defines the jihadist movement and evaluates its various elements. Part 4 looks at franchises and grassroots jihadists and Part 5 […]
TEL AVIV — Chanting slogans and calling for freedom, some 200 African migrants and Israeli activists ended a two-day march with a rally on Tuesday denouncing Israel’s policy of detaining those illegally in the country. The symbolic march began Sunday when about 150 migrants left an “open” detention facility in […]
Fox news: This week we watched as world leaders and South Africans bid farewell to Nelson Mandela. The iconic peacemaker and liberator lived under and eventually triumphed over apartheid. He […]
CAIRO – The trial of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood chief and his deputies on charges related to protest deaths came to an abrupt end on Wednesday when the judges walked out, citing chaos in the dock. The previous session on 29 October of the trial against Mohamed Badie and 34 co-defendants […]
CAIRO – There is something sadly appropriate about arriving in the Mideast on the weekend when the world is mourning Nelson Mandela. Mandela was a visionary who managed to reconcile a long-repressed black majority with the white minority that had ruled them. His name became synonymous with forgiveness, in this […]
Africa’s wars betray Mandela’s legacy Tarek Fatah By Tarek Fatah ,Toronto Sun First posted: Tuesday, December 10, 2013 07:09 PM EST | Updated: Tuesday, December 10, 2013 07:18 PM EST mandelaPic Nelson Mandela. HOWARD BURDITT/REUTERS FILES So much has been written about Nelson Mandela it would be an exercise in […]