The Changing Global Religious Landscape
Demographic Study April 5, 2017 The Changing Global Religious Landscape Babies born to Muslims will begin to outnumber Christian births by 2035; people with no religion face a birth dearth […]
Why No World Power Really Wants To Topple Syria’s Assad
April 16, 2018 Greg Myre A crowd in central Damascus waves flags and portraits in support of President Bashar Assad on Monday, two days after the U.S., Britain […]
Protests after two Christians are shot dead outside church in Quetta, Pakistan
Source: Christiantoday.com Christian protest is under way in Quetta after the terrorist killing of two Christians yesterday near a church by four unidentified gunmen in the city in Pakistan’s Balochistan province.Local police said that a group of Christians had come out of the church when the four gunmen appeared on […]
The pros and cons of Migration
There are many arguments about the advantages and disadvantages of migration and how it has affected us locally. Impacts on host countries Positive Job vacancies and skills gaps can be […]
Syria and the Gruelling Test of Jordan’s Diplomacy
Published April 16th, 2018 – 15:25 GMT via SyndiGate.info Jordan’s King Abdullah II speaks during a press conference with US President Donald Trump in the Rose Garden at the White […]
Repatriation of Rohingya ‘propaganda’, says Bangladesh
By Asian Correspondent Staff | 16th April 2018 | @ascorrespondent A Rohingya refugee receives identity documentation from a Burmese official in this photo posted by the Ministry of Information, Myanmar […]
Iraq: Baghdad’s ancient library has rare books
Where the books weren’t burned: Baghdad’s ancient library #Heritage Baghdad’s libraries were looted and burned in the chaos of 2003, but one of its libraries escaped this fate and a […]
Indonesia’s Ancient Beliefs Win in Court, but Devotees Still Feel Ostracized
Source: The New York Times By Joe Cochrane April 14, 2018 JAKARTA, Indonesia — Growing up on the Indonesian island of Java in the 1970s, Dewi Kanti practiced an ancient form […]
AP Exclusive: Jailed Chinese pastor’s US family seeks mercy
Source: Associated Press By YANAN WANG BEIJING (AP) — The Rev. John Sanqiang Cao paid no more than three dollars for the trip that would end up costing him his freedom. For years, he and fellow Chinese Christian teachers would cross the river on a narrow bamboo raft from a […]
Myanmar military put on UN blacklist for sexual violence
Source: Associated Press By EDITH M. LEDERER UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A new U.N. report puts Myanmar’s armed forces on a U.N. blacklist of government and rebel groups “credibly suspected” of carrying out rapes and other acts of sexual violence in conflict for the first time. An advance copy of […]
Eight on trial for rape, murder of girl in India’s Kashmir amid public anger
Source: Reuters By Fayaz Bukhari SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) – Eight men accused of involvement in the rape and murder of an eight-year-old Muslim girl in India’s Jammu and Kashmir state appeared in court on Monday for the first hearing in a case that sparked nationwide outrage and criticism of the […]
The ‘Muslim-first’ Doctrine
Source: The Kashmir Monitor By Khaled Ahmed Justice Shaukat Siddiqui of Islamabad High Court, in his March 9 ruling, wants all citizens to identify themselves by their faith. He wants “applicants for public offices to declare their beliefs before being considered for employment”. He targeted the officially apostatised Ahmadi community, saying […]
Hong Kong mulls over large mosque construction as Muslim community grows
| 15 April, 2018 Print SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST HONG KONG The Muslim community in Hong Kong has so far amassed about HK$300,000 (US$38,200) in a drive to build a […]
Outpacing the Mainstream: Islamic Economy Food and Lifestyle Sector Expenditure to reach US$3 Trillion by 2022
Islamic Finance Outpacing the Mainstream: Islamic Economy Food and Lifestyle Sector Expenditure to reach US$3 Trillion by 2022 | 04 February, 2018 | General Download | Print This article is […]
Singapore planning Islamic College to anchor graduates in ’local context’
Source: Global Islamic Economic Gateway By Zuzanita Zakaria It’s mid-day on a Friday in Singapore and the usually efficient traffic police are turning a blind eye to lines on lines […]
Bollywood star Kareena Kapoor trolled for ‘marrying a Muslim’
MUMBAI: Since Kareena Kapoor along with other Bollywood stars came out in support of 8-year-old Muslim victim who was abducted, raped and murdered at a temple in IHK, some […]
NYC Ahmadiyya Muslims Hit With Double Discrimination
April 15, 2018 Ramon Taylor NEW YORK NEW YORK — New York is a city that boasts of its religious tolerance, but even here, Ahmadiyya Muslims feel the sting of […]
Head of Worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community urges Commonwealth Heads of Government to use London meeting to reinvigorate efforts for peace
PRWeb April 16, 2018 The Head of the worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, His Holiness Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, has written an open letter to all Commonwealth Heads of Government […]
Myanmar’s arguments are baseless, Bangladeshi FM says
YUSUF SELMAN İNANÇ @yusufsinanc DHAKA A boy naps under the shade of a tree after an early Sunday fire razed down a Rohingya camp in the Kalindi Kunj area […]
Trump’s ‘mission accomplished’ tweet may come back to haunt him as another battle looms around Damascus
As Syrian troops move to another confrontation around the Syrian capital, what will the US president – and the British and French – do if more images of gassed civilians dying in agony appear? […]