Farshchian painting “Guarantor of Gazelle” depicts kindness to animals in Islam
October 17, 2020 – TEHRAN – Persian painter Mahmud Farshchian has portrayed the story of Imam Reza (AS) acting as a mediator between a gazelle and a hunter in […]
Don’t overestimate the COVID-19 recovery
Oct 15,2020 – JORDAN TIMES – Eswar Prasad WASHINGTON, DC – The world economy has risen from the depths of the initial COVID-19 plunge. But the recovery has been tepid, […]
How will we tackle the pandemic of loneliness after Covid?
Brigid Delaney With technology increasingly driving us away from real life encounters, deliberate steps must be made to bring us back to each other ‘In Australia those living in cities […]
The backlash against an Indian jewellery advert with a Hindu-Muslim couple makes me despair
Source: Independent The Twitter storm over Tanishq advert about an interfaith marriage and family proves India is no longer a secular nation in anything but its constitution By Akanksha Singh […]
Intl. Islamic Unity Conference to be held virtually
October 11, 2020 – TEHRAN TIMES TEHRAN — The 34th edition of the International Islamic Unity Conference is scheduled to be held online due to the spread of the coronavirus, […]
The Wealthy need to give a little to halt rise in inequality
CORNELIA MEYER October 15, 2020 Short Url https://arab.news/6etpv People queue to collect food distribution during the COVID-19 outbreak, Manhattan, New York City, U.S., May 9, 2020. (Reuters) The world has […]
He’s just lost his seat on the Human Rights Council — so what will MBS do when Trump can no longer ‘save his ass’?
Instead of Tehran, Biden has vowed to make Saudi Arabia ‘the pariah that they are’ Anthony Harwood 17 hours ago Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (Saudi Royal Palace/AFP via Getty) […]
Thailand’s king seeks to bring back absolute monarchy
Maha Vajiralongkorn has provoked something new in Thailand: open criticism of a king The moments disappear in the dark. In April 2017 it was a small bronze plaque from Bangkok’s […]
Bali could build a better kind of tourism after the pandemic
ASIA & OCEANIA Wednesday, 14 Oct 2020 By AGENCY A different approach may now be needed to save the tourism industry in Indonesia’s top destination, Bali. — AFP Relaxnews Covid-19 has […]
Here are all the reasons why Pakistan deserves to be on United Nations Human Rights Council
Apart from speaking for oppressed people all over the world, the country has taken numerous steps to safeguard the rights of children, women, transgenders, prisoners, and laborers. News Desk – […]
Indonesia’s constant battle against malaria amid pandemic Elly Burhaini
Faizal The Jakarta Post Jakarta / Tue, October 13, 2020 / Anopheles mosquito (Shutterstock/Somboon Bunproy) 0 SHARES Transmission of COVID-19 in Indonesia has continued unabated and expanded […]
EXCLUSIVE: Israel stops granting visas to UN human rights workers
OHCHR foreign employees left in limbo amid Israeli crackdown on rights monitors The UN’s OHCHR writes regular reports highlighting alleged Israeli rights abuses in the occupied West Bank, East Jerusalem […]
Rohingya fear deportation after Saudi Arabia calls on Bangladesh to give minority passports
Riyadh threatens Dhaka with curbing migration if it fails to adhere to its request, which could be disastrous for Bangladesh’s economy Rohingya refugees living in Malaysia shout slogans during […]
Jihad in the Contemporary World
Al-Hafiz Yunus Omotayo FACTS FROM FICTION 10th October 2020 Add Comment ©Shutterstock Al-Hafiz Yunus Omotayo, Nigeria In the contemporary world, there appears to be no other religious concept as grossly […]
How migrants are aiding the global fight against coronavirus
Anti-migrant rhetoric has been common in the US during the pandemic, but the country has tallied a total of 214,00 deaths from COVID-19, making it the hardest-hit nation in […]
Lebanon, Israel start talks on disputed maritime border — UN source
REUTERS October 14, 2020 NAQOURA, Lebanon: Long-time foes Lebanon and Israel met on Wednesday for unprecedented talks on their disputed maritime border, a United Nations source said. The talks, […]
Anti-migrant sentiment fanned on Facebook in Malaysia
By Rozanna Latiff and A. Ananthalakshmi © Reuters/LAI SENG SIN FILE PHOTO: Rohingyas living in Malaysia protest against the treatment of Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims near the Myanmar embassy in Kuala Lumpur […]
The Turks say: The new face of anti-Turkey rhetoric
BY BURHANETTIN DURAN OCT 13, 2020 The latest escalation in Nagorno-Karabakh reignited anti-Turkey rhetoric in the international arena. Turkey, under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s leadership, threw its weight behind Azerbaijan […]
Uighurs are facing eradication in China and major clothing brands are complicit
More than 80 percent of China’s cotton is grown in the Uighur region, approaching 20 per cent of all global production – we cannot simply wish away this elephant in […]
Islam: A Solace, Not a Menace
Islam has been largely misunderstood as an ideology endorsing terrorism. While the opponents of Islam try to assert this narrative, nothing can be further from the truth. HUSAM AHMED SEPTEMBER […]