Six Banned Middle Eastern Books You Should Read September 23, 2014, By Alexia Underwood, From the column ‘The VICE Reader’ Photo via Wikimedia Since the dawn of the written word, governments and leaders across the world have worked both openly and subversively to keep the views and opinions of writers […]
TULKAREM: Israel freed on Friday a 14-year-old Palestinian schoolgirl, whose jailing six weeks ago for planning to attack Israelis became a focus for anger over the arrest of children in […]
ET: PARIS: In its annual evaluation, the watchdog group Reporters Without Borders ranked Pakistan 159 out of 180 countries where media freedom suffered a “drastic decline” in 2014. World media freedom suffered due to the insurgence of extremist groups such as the Islamic State and Boko Haram, the evaluation found. “There […]
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Source: ET Farzana Parveen’s brutal killing instantly comes to mind after one looks at the statistics on ‘honour’ killings that were presented in the National Assembly recently. Her death struck at the collective conscience of society — albeit for a short time. When Farzana, a 25-year-old pregnant woman, was stoned […]
The Jakarta Post: The world has seen the brutality of the Islamic State (IS) movement as a form of extremism. All is publicly shown and IS seems to have proudly […]
CREDIT: REUTERS/SANA/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS (Reuters) – The U.N. envoy for Syria said on Friday that President Bashar al-Assad must be part of the solution for easing violence in Syria, and […]
Epigraph: So travel through the earth and see how evil was the end of those who denied the Providence of Allah. (Al Quran 3:138) Taj Mahal is also a symbol […]
Peshawar: 2:15pm An eyewitness says a several grenades were thrown as worshippers performed the last sajda. The eyewitness also claims that the attackers were dressed in FC uniforms. 2:06pm At least 20 people have been reportedly injured in the blast. 2:05pm According to SSP operations, one of the explosions took […]
By Rebecca KesbyBBC World Service Continue reading the main story In today’s Magazine The untold story of the Maidan massacre The plane-builder of South Sudan The bull whose semen is […]
THERESA CORBIN Published — Friday 13 February 2015 Last update 12 February 2015 11:10 pm WHEN converting to Islam, the questions about one’s new faith seem endless. “How often do I pray, Where can I pray? When do I fast? When can I make up fasts missed? How much Zakat […]
HARUN YAHYA Published — Friday 13 February 2015 ANGER and hatred are without doubt the most influential emotions that prevent some people from being able to forgive one another. If there is also an element of justification to that anger, then it is even harder for someone to overcome […]
AFP | Feb 12, 2015 | Jordan Times UNITED NATIONS — Secretary General Ban Ki-moon appealed to the UN Security Council Thursday for action to halt Yemen’s slide towards anarchy, warning it was “collapsing before our eyes”. The UN chief was reporting to the 15-member council following his visit to […]
by Laila Azzeh | Feb 12, 2015 | Jordan Times A makeshift memorial is on display, Wednesday, at the University of North Carolina School of Dentistry in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, in remembrance of Deah Barakat, Yusur and Razan Abu Salha, who were killed on Tuesday (AP photo) AMMAN — […]
Kurdish militia fighters took back control of the town from the jihadist group Islamic State (IS) on 26 January. Hundreds of Kurds died in the fighting and more than 1,000 IS fighters perished, activists say. An initial assessment of the satellite pictures by the UN’s Operational Satellite Applications Programme (Unosat) […]
Indonesia: Female Students Barred From Graduating If They Fail Virginity Test The Indonesian city of Jember is introducing compulsory virginity tests for high school girls Indonesia: Female Students Barred From Graduating If They Fail Virginity Test Ludovica Iaccino By Ludovica Iaccino February 10, 2015 The Indonesian […]
11 FEBRUARY 2015 | ANALYSIS | BY ASSOC PROF RODGER SHANAHAN In this Lowy Institute Analysis Rodger Shanahan examines changes in Iranian foreign policy under President Rouhani. He argues that while the Iranian President has changed the tone of Iranian foreign policy, changing the substance will prove much more difficult. […]
More than 400 rabbis from Israel, Britain and around the world have called on Benjamin Netanyahu to stop the demolition of Palestinian homes. By IMEMC News | February 10, 2015 […]
by Michael Young, The Daily Star, Lebanon Summary Today, even Arab countries opposed to Assad have made the campaign against ISIS a priority, undermining the primacy of the struggle against a brutal Syrian regime. Terrorism is the new catchword and has fragmented those opposed to Assad. President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi has […]
ABDULATEEF AL-MULHIM Published — Thursday 12 February 2015 Sometimes during a war, one picture changes the flow of events and put an end to the war. Observers may recall the Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph of Phan Thi Kim Phuc taken during the Vietnam War on June 8, 1972. The picture shows […]