Islamists end Bangladesh stand-off with suicide blast
Source: The Hindu Four suspected Islamist fighters blew themselves up at a hideout in Bangladesh, ending a 24-hour stand-off, police said on Friday. Police raided the house in the northern […]
Indian brides given bats to prevent domestic violence
GERMAN PRESS AGENCY – DPA NEW DELHI An Indian bride takes a selfie with her husband during a mass marriage ceremony on the occasion of the Akshaya Tritiya festival Bhopal, […]
This is how Kim Jong-un and Donald Trump could start World War III
In the whole of human history there has never been a bigger powder keg. Nor men so strange playing with a box of matches near to it Sean O’Grady 62 […]
North Korea’s Nuclear Weapons Are Not Reason Enough to Start a War
Source: Time BY Charlie Campbell / Beijing Apr 28, 2017 More than 2 million people were killed in the 1950-3 Korean War, including almost 40,000 Americans. Some 7,000 U.S. soldiers are […]
First direct Britain-China train completes run
AFP | Published — Sunday 30 April 2017 A freight train transporting containers laden with goods from London, arrives at Yiwu railway port station in Yiwu, east China’s Zhejiang province on April 29, 2017. (AFP) BEIJING: The first freight train linking China directly to the UK arrived in the eastern […]
Hijab Cosplay
Click To View Photos 12 photos Muslim cosplay enthusiasts take part in the “Hijab Cosplay” event in Subang Jaya, outside of Kuala Lumpur, on April 29, 2017. The event, the […]
Female Islamic clerics in Indonesia issue rare child marriage fatwa
Source: BBC Female Islamic clerics in Indonesia have issued an unprecedented fatwa against child marriage. The fatwa, which is not legally binding but will be influential, was issued after a […]
China convicts Christian lawyer of subverting state power
Source: Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese court has convicted a prominent Christian human rights lawyer on charges of subverting state power and sentenced him to three years in […]
Trump fears ‘major, major conflict’ with North Korea
Source: BBC US President Donald Trump has said he would like to solve the North Korea crisis diplomatically, but that a “major, major conflict” is possible. China’s foreign minister called […]
Triple talaq issue
Source: TOI “Reformers from the Muslim community itself will come forward to fight what (our) Muslim daughters have to go through (in the name of triple talaq), they will find a way out,” said the PM in New Delhi today at an event to mark the birth anniversary ofBasava, a […]
Female Islamic clerics in Indonesia issue rare child marriage fatwa
Source: BBC Female Islamic clerics in Indonesia have issued an unprecedented fatwa against child marriage. The fatwa, which is not legally binding but will be influential, was issued after a three-day congress of female clerics in the country. The clerics urged the government to raise the minimum legal age for […]
How did so many Pakistanis become bloodthirsty vigilantes?
Source: Dawn How did so many Pakistanis become bloodthirsty vigilantes? Evening TV talk shows — at least those I have either seen or participated in — circle around two basic explanations. One, favoured by the liberal-minded, blames the blasphemy law and implicitly demands its repeal (an explicit call would endanger […]
Averting catastrophe: U.S. policy options for North Korea
REPORT Averting catastrophe: U.S. policy options for North Korea John R. Allen, Richard C. Bush, Robert Einhorn, Steven Pifer, Jonathan D. Pollack, Evans J.R. Revere, Tarun Chhabra, and Bruce JonesApril 2017 Download the full report BruceBrookings On April 18, 2017, Bruce Jones, director of the Brookings Foreign Policy Program, convened […]
Fateful decisions from Saudi-Egyptian summitry
Apr 27,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – It is bizarre but telling of the modRami G. Khouriern Arab world that one of the most important meetings that could shape the future condition of hundreds of millions of Arabs and others in this region — the two-day Egyptian-Saudi Arabian summit in Riyadh […]
Islamic Art: BBC: The 10 most beautiful ceilings in the world – Shah Mosque, Isfahan
The 10 most beautiful ceilings in the world BY ISMAILIMAIL POSTED ON APRIL 28, 2017 Source: BBC Culture In 1598, Shah Abbas moved the Persian capital to Isfahan. Here, he […]
Christians are under attack in the Middle East – and not even a visit from the Pope can convince them to stay
Source: Independent In the British mandate of Palestine, the Christian population was 9.6 per cent of the population. By 1999, it was 2.9 per cent. Meanwhile, 35 per cent of […]
North Korea puts out new video showing the White House in crosshairs and carriers exploding
Source: WP SEOUL — A North Korean propaganda outlet Thursday released an inflammatory video clip showing a simulated attack on the White House and declaring that “the enemy to be destroyed is in our sights.” The video comes at a particularly tense time in relations between North Korea and the […]
Malaysian warden investigated for murder of schoolboy
Source: BBC Malaysian police are investigating a religious school’s assistant warden for murder, after a schoolboy died in a case that has sparked outrage. The accused had allegedly beaten the […]
Ahmadiyyas come out against abolition of triple talaq
Source: TOI A spokesperson of Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamat, India, Tariq Ahmad told TOI on Wednesday that triple talaq in a single session couldn’t be justified. Stating that talaq was the most displeasing acts in the eyes of Allah, he alleged that due to the unjustified interpretation by so-called Muslim clerics […]