George Galloway (born 16 August 1954) is a British politician, broadcaster, and writer serving as the leader of the Workers Party of Britain since 2019 and as the founder and lead spokesman of All […]
PERSECUTION can be overt at times, subtle and insidious at others; and most people would likely agree that it is an ugly, despicable thing. However, there is one minority community in Pakistan — the Ahmadis — against whom persecution of both kinds not only exists but is celebrated as a […]
The Wire: The following is an excerpt from Gandhi’s prayer discourse of July 25, 1947, from the Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi, Volume 88, as published online by the Gandhi Heritage Portal. Today is Gandhi Jayanti and The Wire is publishing it in the light of this week’s shocking incident […]
Global Post: White Americans are the biggest terror threat in the United States, according to a study by the New America Foundation. The Washington-based research organization did a review of “terror” attacks on US soil since Sept. 11, 2001 and found that most of themwere carried out by radical anti-government […]
Global Post: WASHINGTON — Ben Carson, the retired neurosurgeon seeking the Republican presidential nomination, drew fire last month when he said he would not “advocate” for a Muslim president, but it turns out that most Republicans agree with him. In a Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted Sept. 23-30, 75 percent of Republican voters […]
NY Times: Saudi Objections Halt U.N. Inquiry of Yemen War The aftermath of an airstrike Sept. 5 in Sana, Yemen. The Saudi-led air campaign has caused heavy civilian casualties. Credit […]
UK deal to back Saudis exposed Secret cables reveal the British government negotiated with Saudi Arabia to back its elevation to the world’s top human rights body, the UN Human […]
http://tellmamauk.org/: “Love for All, Hatred for None“, is the motto of the Ahmaddiya community globally. It is a community that is openly persecuted in Pakistan where the State structures are built to discriminate against them after the dictator Zia Ul Haque introduced stringent laws into the country as a way of […]
Washington Post: Carson, a neurosurgeon seeking the GOP presidential nomination, caused a stir when he declared on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that he could not support a Muslim becoming president. In a follow-up interview with The Hill, he asserted that he “did not believe Sharia [law] is consistent with the […]
Time: French nationalist politician Marine Le Pen is set to face a trialin October for her past comments likening Muslim public prayers to the Nazi occupation, officials from her party and prosecutors in the eastern city of Lyon said Tuesday. The Lyon prosecutor’s office said Le Pen will be charged […]
Tribune: Like most middle class Hindus, especially Gujaratis, I grew up with particular ideas about nationalism and religion. When one is young, it is easy to be attracted to the idea of Hindutva, because its essence is quite basic and unexceptionable. It seems to rest on a surging love of […]
Guardian: MI5 is paying Muslim informants for controversial short-term spying missions to help avert terrorist attacks by homegrown Islamist extremists. Individuals across the UK, including in Manchester and London, are being […]
Mehdi Hasan | Islam Is A Peaceful Religion | Oxford Union You Tube: Muslim journalist Mehdi Hasan, political editor of the Huffington Post, warns Anne-Marie Waters that her “astonishing claims” […]
http://blog.unwatch.org/: GENEVA, September 20, 2015 – U.S. Ambassador Samantha Power and EU foreign minister Federica Mogherini should condemn and work to reverse the appointment of Saudi Arabia as head of a key UN Human Rights Council panel that selects top officials who shape international human rights standards and report on violations worldwide, said UN Watch, a non-governmental watchdog organization […]
Daily Times: Archeological sites in Syria are being looted “on an industrial scale” and the proceeds from the plunder are funding Islamic State extremists, the head of UNESCO warned on […]
New price for a good beef burger: Ten years in prison. This is precisely the reason why we support secularism in every country of the world ‘Why can’t you respect […]
Rabat – While newspapers across the world have paid tribute to Aylan Kurdi, the Syrian toddler who became the symbol of the refugee crisis, Charlie Hebdo has featured cartoons of the […]
independent.co.uk: Saudi Arabia has reportedly responded to the growing number of people fleeing the Middle East for western Europe – by offering to build 200 mosques in Germany. Syria’s richer Gulf neighbours have been accused of not doing their fair share in the humanitarian crisis, with Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman and […]
FP: Pope Francis has won praise around the world for advancing a more humble, tolerant version of Catholicism, but there’s one country that he evidently hasn’t won over. Saudi Arabia […]
The Electronic Intifada: The UK parliament may debate whether Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should be arrested for war crimes. This is because more than 100,000 UK citizens and residents […]