How War with Islam Shaped and Defined Us
October 9, 2018 By Thomas Lifson Sword and Scimitar: Fourteen centuries of war between Islam and the West by Raymond Ibrahim De Capo Press/Hachette Book Group 394 pages with notes […]
Rupiah and race: where Indonesian election will be won or lost
As campaigning begins in the world’s third-largest democracy and most populous Muslim nation, polls reveal the issues likely to decide the race between Joko Widodo and Prabowo Subianto PUBLISHED : […]
Indian schoolgirls beaten for resisting boys’ sexual harassment
Source: The Guardian BY Manoj Chaurasia in Patna and Michael Safi in Delhi Thirty-six Indian schoolgirls have been treated in hospital after they were attacked by a large crowd of teenage boys and their […]
Europe’s perplexed Pakistanis
Source: Dawn News BY Pervez Hoodbhoy PAKISTANI immigrants to Europe tend to get a bad press. I was, therefore, pleasantly surprised by my brief encounter in Stockholm three weeks ago with […]
Indonesian officials fear 5,000 missing as Christians pray
Source: Associated Press By STEPHEN WRIGHT and EILEEN NG PALU, Indonesia (AP) — Christians dressed in their tidiest clothes flocked to Sunday sermons in the earthquake and tsunami damaged Indonesian […]
Con Man Claimed to ‘Cure’ Childless Women. Blackmail Followed, Then Bodies.
Source: The New York Times By Najim Rahim and Mujib Mashal MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan — For years, Rasool Landay went from place to place in northern Afghanistan, offering a very specialized and in-demand service: […]
Man claiming to be ’11th caliph’ in Khanewal held over blasphemy charges
Source: The Express Tribune Police in Khanewal on Monday arrested a man claiming to be a pir (faith healer) and put him behind bars on the charges of blasphemy. The arrest […]
Western countries must give Asia Bibi asylum, say Christian campaigners
Source: CT ReutersBibi’s daughters pose with an image of their mother while standing outside their residence in Sheikhupura located in Pakistan’s Punjab Province. Christians campaigning for the release of Asia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian woman on death row for blasphemy, are calling upon Western countries to offer her asylum. The […]
Islamic Finance A Potential Boost For Gold’s ‘Safe Haven’ Status
Leslie Shaffer in Singapore | @leslieshaffer1 | October 8, 2018 Gold has long been viewed as a safe-haven play, but despite recent geopolitical turmoil and market fluctuations, the precious metal […]
I was an Isis sex slave. I tell my story because it is the best weapon I have
Source: The Guardian By Nadia Murad Nobel peace prize winner Nadia Murad describes her extraordinary journey from suffering at the hands of Islamic State to human rights campaigner The slave market […]
Outstanding Muslim Women’s Contribution to Islamic Civilisation
Women’s Contribution to Classical Islamic Civilisation: Science, Medicine and Politics 20216. by: Salim Al-Hassani While there are numerous works on the role of Muslim women in jurisprudence (fiqh) and […]
Disaster relief: what really works?
By Imogen Foulkes in Geneva THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON OCTOBER 8, 2018 Volunteers unload aid from a truck before it is distributed to displaced people in Petobo […]
Criticism of Israeli policy is not anti-Semitic
James J. Zogby 08,2018 – JORDAN TIMES I was provoked to write this discussion of what is and what isn’t anti-Semitism by an article in Haaretz on the “controversy” created by […]
King of Jordan renews position on Mideast as he meets Israeli Labour leader
Avi Gabbay vows to work for two-state solution By JT – Oct 09,2018 – JORDAN TIMES Tear gas canisters are fired by Israeli forces at Palestinians during a protest calling for […]
Erdogan asks Riyadh to ‘prove’ journalist left consulate
By AFP – Oct 09,2018 -JORDAN TIMES Nobel Peace Prize laureate Yemeni Tawakkol Karman (centre) holds pictures of missing journalist Jamal Khashoggi as she speaks to the press during a demonstration in front of the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul on Monday (AFP photo) ANKARA — Turkish President Recep Tayyip […]
Turin Shroud: Fake or Real?
Review of Religions | August 2018 The mysterious and captivating Shroud of Turin is once again in the news. The most recent headlines focus on studies purporting to show that the […]
Pakistan Supreme Court, Blasphemy Laws and Fate of Asia Bibi and a Whole Nation
Supreme Court reserves verdict on Asia Bibi’s final appeal against execution Source: Dawn A special three-member bench of the Supreme Court on Monday reserved its judgement on the final appeal […]
Pakistani Islamists warn of ‘terrible consequences’ over blasphemy appeal
Source: Swiss Info Additional reporting by Saad Sayeed; Writing by Drazen Jorgic; Editing by Nick Macfie Reuters International THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON OCTOBER 8, 2018 9:14 AMOCT 8, 2018 […]
Two Pakistani former PMs, journalist face court in treason case
Reuters International THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON OCTOBER 8, 2018 FILE PHOTO: Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi arrives to attend The Queen’s Dinner during The Commonwealth Heads of […]
Turkey demands permission to search Saudi consulate after journalist Khashoggi’s disappearance
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Sunday summoned Saudi Arabian Ambassador Waleed A. M. Elkhereiji for the second time after journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s disappearance and demanded permission […]