(Reuters) – Officials in China‘s restive western region of Xinjiang have told Muslims to ignore religious customs during the holy month of Ramadan, an indication of what rights groups say is discrimination targeting the Uighur minority group. The fasting month follows a series of attacks around China, centred on Xinjiang, that Beijing […]
Huff Post: by Yasmine Hafiz — The Twitter account, https://twitter.com/nm8smyh, which sent the original message has been suspended. The authenticity of the account, as belonging to an actual ISIS member has not been verified. A reported member of the militant group Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), which recently dubbed […]
Huff Post: by Yasmine Hafiz — The Twitter account, https://twitter.com/nm8smyh, which sent the original message has been suspended. The authenticity of the account, as belonging to an actual ISIS member has not been verified. A reported member of the militant group Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), which recently dubbed […]
An explosion has devastated a shopping mall in the Nigerian capital of Abuja, killing at least 21 people, according to local police. The blast, which is being blamed on Islamist militants, hit the Emab Plaza in the upscale Wuse 11 suburb just an hour before the national team’s World Cup […]
Los Angeles Times: by Robyn Dixon —- Islamic extremists in Nigeria reportedly kidnapped 60 more girls and women along with 31 boys More than 270 Nigerian schoolgirls are still being held by Boko Haram two months after their kidnapping At least 91 people – more than 60 women and girls, […]
New Delhi: Even as the Iraq crisis continues to be a cause of concern for the world, abhorrent reports of Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants killing civilians who do not know Arabic have emerged from the war-torn country. READ MORE…
The Economic Voice — Thousands of young British Muslim men have gathered in the Surrey countryside to rally against ISIS and radical Islam. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association (AMYA) is holding an Ijtema, an Arabic word which means gathering, and calling on the young Muslim men of Great Britain to […]
On a local Iraqi television network, a morning loop of reports about Da’esh — the Arabic equivalent of the acronym ISIS — detailed the horrors of the militant group’s return to Iraq. Each segment contained a litany of allegations: rape, destruction of heritage sites — especially churches — and wanton […]
On a local Iraqi television network, a morning loop of reports about Da’esh — the Arabic equivalent of the acronym ISIS — detailed the horrors of the militant group’s return to Iraq. Each segment contained a litany of allegations: rape, destruction of heritage sites — especially churches — and wanton […]
Huff Post:by Harris Zafar — For years, Pakistan has consistently renewed its international image as a country of grave concern, with not only its inability to halt the progress of terrorist and militant groups within the country but also its inability to provide basic needs of its own population. Far […]
Huff Post:by Harris Zafar — For years, Pakistan has consistently renewed its international image as a country of grave concern, with not only its inability to halt the progress of terrorist and militant groups within the country but also its inability to provide basic needs of its own population. Far […]
LONDON — A report released on Monday concluded that pressure from fundamentalist Islamic school board governors had created a culture of “fear and intimidation” among senior staff members in a number of British schools said to have been the targets of a campaign to impose Islamist views on parts of […]
Fox News: by Faheem Younus — Dear Mehdi, Greetings of peace! You’ve been all over the place: CNN, New York Times, Wall Street Journal,Washington Post, Reuters… Up until a week ago, most Americans didn’t know you. But now, for millions, you are a celebrity. Because the media is telling your story… How you hail […]
Telegraph: by Jasvinder Sanghera As the world learns of Farzana Parveen’s fate, a pregnant woman who was stoned and beaten to death by her own family in Lahore, Jasvinder Sanghera calls on the Prime Minister to officially recognise honour abuse here in the UK The world quite rightly has been […]
Telegraph: by Jasvinder Sanghera As the world learns of Farzana Parveen’s fate, a pregnant woman who was stoned and beaten to death by her own family in Lahore, Jasvinder Sanghera calls on the Prime Minister to officially recognise honour abuse here in the UK The world quite rightly has been […]
Huff Post: by David Schanzer— Our ultimate goal should be to make clear this conflict is a battle between civilized people of all faiths and the terrorists — not between Muslims and the West. So, when I talk about al Qaeda and terrorist violence, I say: “The 9/11 attacks were […]
Huff Post: by Dr. Faheem Younus: Muslim, professor, doctor and philanthropist On May 21, the National September 11 Memorial and Museum in New York is scheduled to release “The Rise of Al Qaeda,” […]
By Shah N. Khan Secularism is the view that religious considerations should be excluded from civil affairs or public education. The word secular means worldly rather than spiritual and not specifically relating to religion or to a religious body such as secular music and secular government. Most of the 57 […]
The Independent: by Patrick Cockburn – There is already talk of the “Pakistanisation” of Turkish provinces like Hatay and Mardin, which are used by al-Qa’ida-linked groups fighting in Syria as their rear bases. Turkey’s open border policy for rebels means that the Syrian war is spilling across the frontier. The […]
Huff Post: by Jonas Yunus – It makes no sense therefore to ask Muslims to be more moderate Muslims. In fact, we should support Muslims to be better Muslims, just like we should support Jews to be better Jews and Christians to be better Christians. Compassion, justice and humanity aren’t […]