Tillerson: Trump weighs impact of embassy move on Middle East peace
Hani Hazaimeh | Published — Monday 15 May 2017 US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson Jeddah: US President Donald Trump is pondering whether moving the US Embassy in Israel from […]
Exclusive – Indonesian Islamist leader says ethnic Chinese wealth is next target
Reuters International MAY 12, 2017 – Chairman of GNPF-MUI, Bachtiar Nasir, arrives at a police station to testify as a witness in a money laundering case at a police station […]
Myanmar arrests Buddhist nationalists accused of stoking tensions with Muslims
Reuters International MAY 12, 2017 – Parmaukkha talks to media during a press conference about a scuffle between Buddhist nationalists and Muslims in Yangon, Myanmar, May 11, 2017. REUTERS/Soe Zeya […]
Unprecedented cyber attacks wreak global havoc
By AFP – May 13,2017 – JORDAN TIMES In this posed photo, a woman points to the website of the NHS: East and North Hertfordshire notifying users of a […]
US closes in on $100bn deal to sell weapons to Saudi Arabia
Agreement believed to be close ahead of the US President’s visit to the country next week Steve Holland Washington The United States is close to completing a series of arms […]
DRUGS IN WAR: WHAT IS CAPTAGON, THE ‘JIHAD PILL’ USED BY ISLAMIC STATE MILITANTS?
BY MIRREN GIDDA ON 5/12/17 Italian Police Seize $81 Million Libya Drug Shipment http://imasdk.googleapis.com/js/core/bridge3.168.0_en.html#goog_1472310927 In the past three months investigators across Europe have intercepted thousands of pills of the Islamic […]
Lack of dust makes China’s air pollution much worse
Source: BBC By Matt McGrath Image copyrightGETTY IMAGESImage captionStudies suggest that the deaths of 1.6 million people a year in China are linked to air quality Airborne dust is normally […]
World Bank to finance solar power projects in Pakistan
Source: Tribune Express By Zafar Bhutta PHOTO: AFP ISLAMABAD: The World Bank has agreed to finance solar power projects from its Green Fund in an effort to improve the energy […]
Millions of Pakistanis receive blasphemy warning texts
Source: Tribune Express ISLAMABAD: Millions of Pakistanis have been receiving text messages from the government warning them against sharing “blasphemous” content online. “Uploading & sharing of blasphemous content on Internet […]
Indonesia: EDITORIAL: The test of our democracy
EDITORIAL: The test of our democracy EDITORIALThe Jakarta Post Jakarta | Fri, May 12, 2017 | Inactive Jakarta Governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama attends the final hearing of his blasphemy trial at the North Jakarta District Court on Tuesday, May 9, 2017. The panel of judges declare him guilty for […]
‘Do not claim monopoly on religious truth’
Margareth S. AritonangThe Jakarta Post Jakarta | Sat, May 13, 2017 | Against blasphemy: Hundreds of members of Islamic organizations stage a rally during Jakarta Governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama’s final hearing held at the Agriculture Ministry office on Jl. RM Harsono, Ragunan, South Jakarta, on Tuesday. (JP/Michael Hillary Hegarty) […]
Can Syria ever be repaired when its long civil war finally comes to an end?
Syria’s conflict will end with many more casualties and many more missing than the Lebanese civil war. Vast areas of towns and cities are razed to the ground Robert Fisk Beirut @indyvoices 2 days ago After its titanic civil war, can Syria remain a united state? And if it does […]
This is what the Quran actually says about blasphemy
Source: Independent By Qasim Rashid, who is an attorney and graduate of the Richmond School of Law Blasphemy laws began in Christian countries, and started appearing in Muslim majority countries after […]
‘Rot at the Core’: Blasphemy Verdict in Indonesia Dismays Legal Experts
Source: The New York Times By JOE COCHRANE Photo Supporters of Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama rallied outside City Hall in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Wednesday, holding an inflatable ball depicting Mr. […]
A Dalit community looks to escape the caste system by converting to Buddhism
Source: Religion News Service By Nicole Einbinder and Emily Churchill AHMEDABAD, India (RNS) Dosa vendor Sunil Gagnath Sabkale watches over a fragile Buddhist temple across the street from a market […]
Three Presiding Judges in Ahok Blasphemy Trial Receive Promotions
Three Presiding Judges in Ahok Blasphemy Trial Receive Promotions Jakarta. Three of the panel of five judges who presided in Governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama’s blasphemy trial in the North Jakarta District Court, have been promoted. Dwiarso Budi Santiarto, who headed the panel, was appointed as a judge in the Denpasar High Court in […]
Grief, Courage as Thousands Light Candles for ‘Martyr of Democracy’
Jakarta. Tears streamed down the face of Nana Riwayatie as she spoke about the fate of her adoptive brother, Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama, in front of a crowd of his supporters on Wednesday (10/05). Just a day earlier, the court sentenced the embattled Jakarta governor to two years in prison […]
A Bible and a cell: a new life for Jakarta’s high-flying Christian governor
Source: Reuters By Ed Davies | JAKARTA Jakarta’s once hugely popular governor is being held in a simple room at a high-security detention centre, his only comforts a Bible and […]
Triple talaq: India top court reviews Islamic instant divorce
Source: BBC India’s Supreme Court has formally opened hearings into a number of petitions challenging the controversial practice of instant divorce in Islam. The court said it would examine whether […]
Seeing the light: How India is embracing solar power
Source: BBC India unveiled the world’s biggest solar farm earlier this year and has quadrupled its solar capacity in the last three years, bringing electricity to millions of off-grid households. […]