Islamic insights for uplifting spirits any season
2nd February 2024 Jazib Mehmood, Student Jamia Ahmadiyya International Ghana Seasonal affective disorder, or winter blues, as it is more commonly called, is when the change of weather and lack […]
EU diplomat says defunding UN Palestinian agency would be dangerous
European Union’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell speaks on the day of a meeting of foreign ministers from the EU, Indo-Pacific and ASEAN countries, in […]
How the West devalued Arab lives for generations
FAWAZ A. GERGES February 02, 2024 As the war in Gaza approaches its fifth month, many in the Middle East and across the Global South have been struck both by […]
Laurie Anderson ends German professorship after criticism of Palestine support
Laurie Anderson Essen’s Folkwang University took issue with the American artist’s support of a ‘letter against apartheid’ by Palestinian artists Ashifa Kassam @ashifa_k Thu 1 Feb 2024 The artist, musician […]
Millions of Palestinians rely on UNRWA. Why is the US suspending funding based on Israeli accusations?
OpinionUS foreign policy Moustafa Bayoumi Twelve of the agency’s 13,000 Gaza employees were allegedly part of the 7 October attack – so the US and its allies are meting a […]
‘An attack on us all’: how threat from Germany’s far right is being felt
Germany Der Spiegel writer says AfD’s mass deportation rhetoric is ‘a kind of verbal violence’ Ashifa Kassam European community affairs correspondent @ashifa_kTue 30 Jan 2024 Initially it was the co-opting of […]
Catalan mayor aims to wipe halal food for Muslims off public schools
BY ANADOLU AGENCY OVIDEO JAN 30, 2024 DAILY SABAH A smiling woman wearing a Muslim headscarf (hijab) buying food from a bakery at an unspecified location in this undated file photo. […]
West should not have bought Israel’s claims against UNRWA
DAOUD KUTTAB January 30, 2024 The synchronized decisions of many Western countries to suspend their financial support to one of the most important UN agencies in the Middle East is […]
Is the EU a direct partner in the Israeli genocide in Gaza?
Jan 30,2024 – JORDAN TIMES / Ramzy Baroud Europe stayed silent when Israel began pounding the besieged Gaza Strip with the kind of ferocity that could only lead to a […]
Time for EU to show some backbone and stand up to Israel
RAMZY BAROUD January 29, 2024 The EU largely stayed silent when Israel began pounding the besieged Gaza Strip with the kind of ferocity that could only lead to genocide. In […]
No justification for Europe to cling on to colonial-era treasures
RANVIR S. NAYAR January 28, 2024 Amid rising global tensions and seemingly unending conflicts in Ukraine, Gaza and many parts of Africa, a bit of good news emerged last week. […]
Can Muslims live together in the West (II)?
Qamar Fazal 27/ENE./24 – [This is a continuation of the previous instalment: “Can Muslims live together in the West (I)? Another situation that could arise would be, for example, if a […]
Can Muslims live together in the West (I)?
Qamar Fazal 20/ENE./24 – 17:00UPDATED: 20/ENE Hazrat Mirza Masrur Ahmad, Fifth Khalifa of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. (This speech was delivered at the Baitur-Rashid Mosque in Hamburg, Germany, in 2012). Bismil-lahi-Rahmani-Rahim: In the […]
Israeli officials accuse international court of justice of antisemitic bias
Senior ministers including Yoav Gallant condemn ruling while Palestinians dismayed it did not go further Bethan McKernan in Jerusalem Fri 26 Jan 2024 Israeli officials have accused the international court of […]
ICJ’s Gaza decision shores up rules-based order and puts west to test
International court of justice Analysis ICJ’s Gaza decision shores up rules-based order and puts west to test Patrick WintourDiplomatic editor UN court’s ruling is devastating for Israel and awkward for […]
Top French court rejects large parts of controversial immigration law
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS PARIS JAN 25, 2024 – A protester holds a flag during a rally against France’s new immigration law at Place du Louvre in Paris, Jan. 25, 2024. (AFP […]
World Court to rule on urgent measures in Gaza genocide case
World Court to rule on urgent measures in Gaza genocide case This combination of pictures taken in the past few days in Gaza shows the continuing destruction of Palestinian homes […]
Germany strikes a brave new deal on immigration
A new citizenship law is followed by huge protests against far-right xenophobia Jan 21st 2024 | BERLINShare Germany’s debate over migration sometimes seems divorced from reality. The country’s low birth rate and shrinking […]
Escalating tensions and the militarization of the Middle East
BY MURAT YEŞILTAŞ JAN 19, 2024 – DAILY SABAH Honor guards march during a military funeral procession of Houthi fighters killed in recent U.S.-led strikes on Houthi targets, in Sanaa, […]
Turkish lawmakers rail against Islamophobic, anti-Turkish sentiments in France
BY DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL JAN 22, 2024 – Salwan Momika prepares to desecrate the Muslim holy book Quran, outside a mosque in Stockholm, Sweden, June 28, 2023. (AFP Photo) Delegation of […]