‘Seldom uses front door’: report reveals how China spies on Muslim minority
Authorities use an app to collect personal data on Uighurs as part of a vast surveillance network, Human Rights Watch says Simina Mistreanu Wed 1 May 2019 A re-education […]
Jordan on edge ahead of unveiling of Trump’s peace plan
Apr 30,2019 – JORDAN TIMES – OSAMA AL SHARIF President Donald Trump’s special envoy to the Middle East, Jason Greenblatt, tweeted last week that “rumours that our peace vision includes […]
What Ramadan is all about
Apr 30,2019 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL The holy month of Ramadan is around the corner, and the government is aware of this holy occasion and is making preparations for it […]
Religious Freedom report offers grim review
By SASHA INGBER National Public Radio The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom has released its annual report in the wake of attacks on mosques in New Zealand, churches in […]
Human Rights Watch: Sri Lanka: Refugees Threatened, Attacked
April 29, 2019 Ensure Safety of South Asians Vulnerable Since Easter Sunday Bombings Show More ServicesPrint EXPAND A Sri Lankan Muslim walks past patrolling army soldiers in Colombo, Sri Lanka […]
Distorted teachings justify killing
By THE WASHINGTON TIMES – – Monday, April 29, 2019 ANALYSIS/OPINION: This Muslim-American says shame on the Easter Day Sri Lankan suicide bombers and all who target places of worship (“US raises travel warning after Sri Lanka suicide bombings,” Web, April 26). Contrary to their twisted ideology of destroying […]
AHMED: Reform in the Muslim world must come from within
Special to Postmedia Network Published:April 26, 2019 Sri Lankan security personnel inspect the debris of a car after it exploded when police tried to defuse a bomb near St. […]
Please, Europe – treat the skills of refugees like me as an asset
Hasina Shirzad Being an Afghan asylum seeker in Norway showed me how difficult it is for us to fulfil our potential Wed 3 Apr 2019 An arrival centre for refugees […]
Isis leader Baghdadi appears in video for first time in five years
Video comes weeks after Islamic State was ousted from last stronghold in Syria Martin Chulov in Beirut and Dan Sabbagh in London Tue 30 Apr 2019 Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi appears […]
Celebrities denounce proposed boycott of Eurovision in Israel
Stephen Fry, Marina Abramović and former winner Conchita among stars describing the boycott movement as ‘an affront to both Palestinians and Israelis’ Laura Snapes Tue 30 Apr 2019 Singer […]
NY rabbi: ‘Not even 1 million’ Jews killed in Holocaust
Yosef Mizrachi claims high assimilation rates inflated estimates; ‘he doesn’t know what he’s talking about,’ historian says Source: The Times of Israel A controversial ultra-Orthodox rabbi based in New York […]
U.S. and Afghan Forces Killed More Civilians Than Taliban Did, Report Finds
Mourning civilians killed in a raid last year by a C.I.A.-sponsored strike force in Khogyani, Afghanistan.CreditJim Huylebroek for The New York Times By David Zucchino April 24, 2019 KABUL, Afghanistan […]
Jokowi wants to move capital out of Java
Marguerite Afra SapiieThe Jakarta Post Jakarta / Mon, April 29, 2019 / “The President has decided in the meeting to move the capital outside Java,” […]
Sri Lanka’s headscarf ban has nothing to do with protecting citizens – its only goal is to punish Muslim women
Source: Independent People who have covered their faces for over 20 years are now afraid to leave their homes. Once again, it’s women who are being targeted by extremists and […]
Saudi royal adviser missing in Khashoggi trial: officials
Royal court ex-adviser Qahtani, who is allegedly involved in Khashoggi’s killing, not present at trials, officials say. 28 Apr 2019 An official says Qahtani’s no-show might mean the Saudis want […]
Prime Minister Imran Khan concludes official visit to China
Aisha Mahmood April 29, 2019 Prime Minister Imran Khan concluded on Monday his four-day official trip to China on the invitation of President Xi Jinping. The premier attended the 2nd Belt […]
Pakistan Embarrassed; Russian Vladimir Putin Declines To Meet Imran Khan at BRI Summit
By EurAsian Times – April 29, 2019 In a massive embarrassment to Pakistan, Islamabad could not convince Russia for a bilateral meeting between President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Imran […]
REVOLUTIONARIES AND SPIES: When Swiss neutrality hurt the Indian freedom struggle
By Anand Chandrasekhar THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON APRIL 2, 2017 The Café de la Couronne along with Hotel Bristol in Geneva were favoured hangouts for anti-colonial […]
Fears grow in Sri Lanka for refugees targeted by mob violence
More than 1,000 refugees, mainly Ahmadi Muslims from Pakistan, under police protection Jack Power, Joe Humphreys Ahmadi refugees from Pakistan at the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Centre in Pasyala, Sri Lanka, […]
Pakistan says it is on the road to major change, but few are fully persuaded
THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON APRIL 29, 2019 FILE PHOTO: Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan (C) applauses as he is observes the fly-past by Pakistan Air Force (PAF) JF-17 […]