Power struggle in East Med and Turkey’s position
BY BURHANETTIN DURAN COLUMNS JUN 17, 2020 12:05 AM GMT+3 Turkey’s drilling vessel, Fatih, sails through the Bosporus as it leaves for the Black Sea, Istanbul, Turkey, May 29, 2020. (Reuters […]
Plastic superhighway: the awful truth of our hidden ocean waste
Solving the issue of waste in our seas turned out to be more complex than scrounging for bottles off the beach, Laura Trethewey found Seascape: the state of our oceans […]
A generation of children could be scarred by the coronavirus pandemic
Gaby Hinsliff Open the schools, by all means – but that will not be enough to combat the emotional aftershocks of the Covid-19 crisis Sat 13 Jun 2020 ‘The truth […]
The jokes in parliament prove British leaders have no idea how bad slavery was – and why people are protesting
One way to understand what it was really like is to recall how Isis enslaved the Yazidis in northern Iraq and Syria in 2014, murdering men, women and children and […]
How the Battle of Gallipoli was hijacked by religion
Angels, Muslim saints, and soldiers disappearing into fluffy white clouds. The tour guides are rewriting history and the secularists are none too happy, Robert Fisk reports @indyvoices 11 hours ago […]
UK supports international court after Trump approves sanctions
Source: Daily Times Britain said on Saturday the International Criminal Court should be able to work independently, without fear of sanction, two days after US President Donald Trump approved economic […]
Poland invaded the Czech Republic last month, but says it was just a big misunderstanding
Source: CNN The Polish military has admitted it accidentally invaded the Czech Republic last month, but it insists its brief occupation of a small part of the country was simply a “misunderstanding.” Polish soldiers mistakenly crossed the country’s border with Czech Republic in late May before setting up there, the […]
Paradise in Islam
Fahd Peerzada- Canada Facts From Fiction • Islamic Concepts and Beliefs Paradise in Islam 11th June 2020 The Review of Religions It is often alleged that the religion of Islam entertains a concept of Paradise which is filled with eternal, lustful and worldly desires. Sadly, confused youngsters are lured […]
Armenian Patriarch calls for Hagia Sophia to become place of worship
SOURCE: DAILY SABAH The Armenian Patriarch of Turkey, Patrik Sahak II, has joined the discussion over the potential re-transformation of the Hagia Sofia into a mosque, voicing his support for […]
Switzerland ‘regrets’ US sanctions against ICC employees
A US marine searches an Afghan man in Helmand Province (2009) Keystone / Kevin Frayer June 13, 2020 – 11:37 Switzerland on Friday urged the United States to revoke sanctions […]
Armenia and Islam: How Armenia’s Historical Connections with Islam can Shape its Diplomacy Today
by Shahid Hussain The Blue Mosque is situated in the old city, flanked by a towering minaret and adorned with a large blue dome that sits above its central prayer […]
The Top 10: Rulers who single-handedly changed a nation’s religion
Source: Independent A list that surprisingly doesn’t even include Constantine or Henry VIII By John Rentoul; @JohnRentoul This list was suggested by Cole Davis, who started with Constantine, who was […]
BLOG: The post-coronavirus world will look at sustainability through a new lens
Written by: Maisam Fazal 11/06/2020 Ethical and sustainability issues have been on the agenda for a while, but this year, they’ve seen an unprecedented level of attention. As we emerge […]
Greece misuses Ottoman monuments in major blow to cultural heritage
by DAILY SABAH WITH AA ISTANBUL Politics Jun 11, 2020 Sultan Hortac Mosque, Thessaloniki, Greece. (DHA Photo) Ottoman monuments in Greece are being misused in a major blow to the […]
Britain was built on the backs, and souls, of slaves
The UK owes a debt to descendants of enslaved people and to taxpayers whose money was used to compensate slave traders and owners. by Imran Khan 18 hours ago A […]
It is time British schoolchildren were taught properly about the slave trade
The issue of Britain’s past has been the subject of many recent conversations with contacts all over the world, writes Bel Trew @beltrew 2 days ago Protesters throw a statue […]
Norway Mosque Attacker Gets 21-Year Sentence
Source: New York Times By Henrik Pryser Libell and Megan Specia June 11, 2020Updated 7:44 a.m. ET Philip Manshaus admitted to killing his stepsister and storming a mosque near Oslo […]
The Second Pillar of Islam: Salat, The Daily Prayers
The Five Pillars of Islam The Second Pillar of Islam: Salat, The Daily Prayers 9th June 2020 Azhar Goraya, Mexico Prayer takes astonishingly different forms in the world’s diverse religious […]
Islamic lessons for ending domestic violence
7th June 2020 Jazib Mehmood, Student Jamia Ahmadiyya Ghana Distressingly, following lockdown, reports show that domestic violence has shot up. “At least 15m more cases of domestic violence are predicted […]