Indonesian Government Officially Bans ISIS
The Jakarta Post: The Indonesian government on Monday officially banned the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, saying the militant outfit should not be allowed to spread its teachings in […]
Obama authorises air strikes on Iraq
US President Barack Obama says he has authorised air strikes against Islamic militants in northern Iraq but will not send US troops back to the country. He said Islamic State (IS) fighters would be targeted to prevent the slaughter of religious minorities, or if they threaten US interests. Strikes have […]
Gaza: The Makings of a Modern Day Dystopia- by Queen Rania Of Jordan
Huff Post: dys·to·pia [ dis-ˈtō-pē-ə] noun: an imaginary place where people are unhappy and usually afraid because they are not treated fairly; an unpleasant future where people are often dehumanized; a nightmare world characterized by human misery, squalor, oppression, disease and overcrowding. ______ Typically, dystopian societies are depicted through the […]
What If the Children Dying in Gaza Were Jews?
They Made Them Do It…. BY ROBERT BONOMO Let’s do a thought experiment and imagine that the Arabs had gotten the better of the Israelis in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War […]
Your God? My God? God is God!
Source: FMT By Dr. I. Lourdesamy The MH17 tragedy brought out the common humanity in all of us as people of all races, religions and nationalities stood united in sorrow […]
Jihad is built into the fabric of Arab Islam
It just gets worse. The unfolding disaster in the Middle East is so much bigger than the Israel-Palestine morass, now ongoing for 66 years. This is starting to look containable compared with the deepening, widening, bloody schism between Sunni and Shiite Muslims, which has cost more than 200,000 lives in […]
Saudi Arabia: Ban on Saudi Men Marrying Pakistani women
By Web Desk Published: August 6, 2014 Source: Tribune Express Saudi Arabia has imposed a new law banning Saudi men from marrying women from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Chad and Burma, Morocco World News reported. The law also imposes restrictive rules on men marrying Moroccan women. Quoting Saudi daily Makkah newspaper, the […]
Monuments Men: The Quest to Save Syria’s History
By Katrin Elger spiegel.de Cheikhmous Ali pushes a box of ballpoint pens across the table towards his friend and countryman Ahmad. The stout Syrian laughs aloud as he tucks one […]
Dress the Gaza situation up all you like, but the truth hurts – The world is starting to turn against Israel
There was a time when our politicians and media had one principal fear when covering Middle East wars: that no one should ever call them anti-Semitic. So corrosive, so vicious […]
Israeli troops ‘withdraw from Gaza’
Israel has announced the withdrawal of all of its troops to “defensive positions” outside the Gaza Strip. The move came moments before the latest truce – brokered by Egyptian mediators late on Monday – came into force at 08:00 local time (05:00 GMT). READ MORE…
CONFERENCE CALL WITH NCIC-RESHMA INAMDAR
This is a quick report: Dear Sister Reshma: Assalamo Allaikum Wa Rahmatullah! May Allah bless you for hosting the conference call on a very, very important issue. I am glad you had GAZA in your mind when you sent the invitation. I was in my car and cell phone died […]
The Palestinian tunnels show a determination to fight Israeli rule
Summary The Palestinian tunnels show a determination to fight Israeli rule In turn, I am stunned that the Israelis were stunned, because they seem unable to grasp the nature of the conflict they are engaged in against all Palestinians. Anyone who uses traditional political, diplomatic or military criteria to analyze […]
After Ramadan, what can be done?
Abu Jamal ARABNEWS.COM When the blessed month of Ramadan ends we leave behind the month emphasizing mercy, forgiveness, and freedom from the hellfire. But what do we take with us? We challenged our nafs (desires) and made progress. Now is the time to continue that progress, not fall back. How […]
Why are the Arabs deaf to Gazan pleas?
In recent weeks, we have once again been seeing the images of destruchttp://www.themuslimtimes.org/wp-admin/edit.phption, death, smoke and fire with Palestinian residents of Gaza wandering about in the ruins of what once was their neighborhood. “Where are the Arabs?” they have asked the television cameras, aiming with two words in Arabic the […]
‘No Evidence’ Kidnapped Israeli Is British
Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond has said there is no evidence to suggest that a soldier reported to have been abducted by Hamas is a British citizen. It has been reported that 23-year-old Hadar Goldin, who kidnapped on Friday morning, held British citizenship. Mr Hammond said the abduction was still being investigated, […]
Gaza UN shelter attack ‘totally unacceptable’ – White House
The US has said the shelling of a UN shelter in Gaza is “totally unacceptable and totally indefensible”. In its strongest criticism yet of Israel’s offensive in the Palestinian territory, the US – Israel’s closest ally – urged Israel to do more to protect civilian life. A quarter of Gaza’s […]
An open letter for the people in Gaza from doctors and scientists
Source: The Lancet We are doctors and scientists, who spend our lives developing means to care and protect health and lives. We are also informed people; we teach the ethics […]
An open letter for the people in Gaza
Source: The Lancet We are doctors and scientists, who spend our lives developing means to care and protect health and lives. We are also informed people; we teach the ethics […]
License to kill in Gaza
Summary Problems at the crash site (of MH 17) have prevented a full investigation, but the deaths of nearly 300 civilians who were in the wrong place at the wrong time were sufficient to spur action, and not just condemnation. In the Gaza Strip, meanwhile, hundreds of thousands of people […]
Terror connection: Pakistan plays a role in the story of ISIS founder Abu Musaab al Zarqawi
Indianexpress: The Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) has mutated into the Islamic State after capturing parts of Syria and Iraq. The historic Islamic term “Sham” is the name given by al-Qaeda to Syria, which the Syrians don’t like because it means “left hand” and “shame”, and instead use […]