‘True’ Dreams Are 1/46 of Prophecy
Source: Seekers Hub Answered by : Shaykh Gibril Haddad Question:’True’ dreams 1/46 of prophecy Answer: Muslims use two value-laden Arabic words for “dream”, ru’ya and hulm, respectively “vision” and “fantasm” […]
Myanmar: Soldiers accused of raping Rohingya women
Source: BBC Since 700,000 Rohingya refugees fled Myanmar last year there’s been widespread reports of sexual assaults by the Burmese military. Aid agencies warned that unwanted pregnancies would result in […]
Phillip Hancock: Rare foreign organ donor praised in China
Source: BBC News By Frances Mao Mr Hancock, 27, died from complications related to type 1 diabetes in the city of Chongqing on 9 May. According to the Red Cross […]
India the most dangerous country to be a woman, survey shows
Source: CNN India is the most dangerous country in the world to be a woman because of the high risk of sexual violence and slave labor, a new survey of […]
What next for Turkey after Erdogan’s executive presidency win?
Source : Al Jazeera News Istanbul, Turkey – Turkey’s high-stakes elections might be over, but the dynamics that will emerge after ushering in a new executive presidential system are yet to be seen […]
Why Do You Kill?: The Untold Story of the Iraqi Resistance – Book Review
Jürgen Todenhöfer’s book sheds light on the other side of the story, reporting on how Iraqi people talk about the war when there are no heavily armed GIs […]
Inside Geneva : Who’s in charge in today’s wars?
By Imogen Foulkes This content was published on June 25, 2018 It is key for humanitarian organisations to be able to talk to ‘non-state’ armed groups to try to […]
King of Jordan, US president hold talks at White House
By JT – Jun 26,2018 – JORDAN TIMES His Majesty King Abdullah meets with US President Donald Trump at the White House on Monday, in the presence of Her Majesty […]
Indonesia: Jokowi lays first stone of new int’l Islamic university
Posted, 2018-06-05 The Jakarta Post Report rights infringement developed with YouTube President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo attended the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of Indonesia International Islamic University (UIII) in Depok, […]
In photos: The Syrian women and children waiting in the shadows of Lebanon’s refugee camps
As Lebanon tries to welcome and attract with one arm, it is pushing back hard with the other. Photojournalist Paddy Dowling reports Paddy Dowling The Independent Online Of its 6 […]
Thai crackdown targets Buddhist monks amid accusations of embezzlement and fraud
Source: The Washington Post By George Styllis Officers escort Phra Buddha Issara, 62, an activist monk, at the Thai Police Crime Suppression Division headquarters in Bangkok on May 24. (Reuters) BANGKOK […]
EU penalizes Myanmar generals for Rohingya violations
Source: Reuters LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) – The European Union imposed sanctions on seven senior military officials from Myanmar on Monday, including the general in charge of an operation accused of driving nearly 700,000 Rohingya Muslims to flee to Bangladesh. FILE PHOTO: A Rohingya refugee is seen in Balukhali refugee camp […]
‘Everything was destroyed’: Monsoon begins to take deadly toll on Rohingya camps in Bangladesh
Source: The Washington Post By Vidhi Doshi Refugees wade through water pooled after a storm at the Chakmarkul camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, on June 10. (Kristiana Marton/Save the Children/Reuters) COX’S […]
Facebook vows to fight hate speech, but it may be too late for Rohingya Muslims
Source: Religion News Service (RNS) — A social media network set up to connect people is now acknowledging it needs to do more to prevent the spread of hate speech […]
Turkey’s Erdogan wins sweeping new powers after election victory
Source: Reuters By Tuvan Gumrukcu, Nevzat Devranoglu ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan won sweeping new executive powers on Monday after his victory in landmark elections that also saw his […]
Indonesian youths say religion key to happiness, bucking global trend
By Devina Heriyanto A survey by the Varkey Foundation found that 93 percent of young Indonesians believed that religious faith was important to happiness, far above the world’s average at […]
As a Turkish person living in Britain, I don’t like the western double standard around our democracy
A question I am often being asked is: ‘How does it feel to live under a dictatorship?’ This is a laughable claim, and one I only began to understand when […]
View from Turkey: Islamism, jihadism, and the Turkish elections
HAKKI ÖCAL @hakkiocal Erin Cunningham, the Washington Post correspondent in Istanbul, Shabtai Gold, a reporter for dpa international from Washington D.C., Howard Eissenstat of St. Lawrence University and the […]
Erdogan declared winner of Turkey’s presidential vote by country’s electoral board
Mr Erdogan gains sweeping new powers as he extends his grip on power Kim Sengupta Istanbul The Independent Online Supporters of Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan celebrate in front of AKP headquarters in […]
Turkey election: Erdogan leads in early results
Source: BBC News Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan is ahead in the presidential election with 52% of votes counted, state media report. Mr Erdogan has 56%, and his closest rival, Muharrem […]