IS attack devastates community in southern Syria
Source: Associated Press By SARAH EL DEEB BEIRUT (AP) — Mourners in southern Syria attended mass funerals Thursday for least 216 people killed in coordinated attacks by Islamic State fighters […]
Video: Ahmadiyya Islamic Summit in the Holy Land
By Zubair Khan An extremely impressive effort by Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Kababir. Details in the video below. Suggested Reading The Muslim Times’ Collection to Show, Islam or the Holy Quran […]
Syria war: More than 200 dead in suicide attacks
Source: BBC News At least 215 people have died in a series of apparently co-ordinated attacks in south-western Syria, local officials and a monitoring group say. Several suicide bombings struck […]
Swedish student stops deportation of Afghan man with protest streamed on Facebook
Source: CNN News By Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN (CNN)A student used a Facebook Live Stream to prevent the deportation of an Afghan asylum seeker on board an Istanbul-bound plane at Gothenburg […]
A New Law Shifts Israel Away From Democracy
Source: Time By Ilene Prusher Prusher is a journalist, author and lecturer. She was a foreign correspondent for The Christian Science Monitor from 1996-2010, where she covered the wars in […]
Boulder falls from Jerusalem’s Western Wall, barely missing worshipper
Source: Reuters BY Jeffrey Heller JERUSALEM (Reuters) – An elderly worshipper had a close call on Monday when a 100-kg (220 lb) stone suddenly fell from Jerusalem’s Western Wall and […]
Erdogan says new Israeli law fascist, Hitler’s spirit re-emerging
Source: Reuters ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday an Israeli law declaring that only Jews have the right of self-determination legitimizes oppression and shows that Israel […]
Israel Picks Identity Over Democracy. More Nations May Follow.
Source: The New York Times By Max Fisher Amid a moment of national euphoria, Israel’s founding prime minister, David Ben-Gurion, emerged from retirement in July 1967 to warn Israelis they […]
Iran lifts ban on non-Muslim city council member after outcry
Source: Reuters DUBAI (Reuters) – A top Iranian body on Saturday lifted a ban imposed by a hardline-led council on a politician from the minority Zoroastrian religion who had been […]
Israel’s New Law Inflames the Core Tension in Its Identity
Source: The Atlantic BY EMMA GREEN JUL 21, 2018 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a recent cabinet meeting.RONEN ZVULUN / REUTERS Israel passed a law this week that has been […]
Israelis Protest Denial of Surrogacy Rights to Same-Sex Couples
Source: The New York Times By David M. Halbfinger and Jonathan Rosen TEL AVIV — Waving rainbow flags and pushing strollers, tens of thousands of Israelis demonstrated against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu […]
Iran will resist Trump’s “psychological warfare” -senior Guards commander to ISNA
Source: MSN News Overnight threats by President Donald Trump against Iran amount to “psychological warfare,” and Tehran will continue to resist its enemies, a senior commander of Iran’s elite Revolutionary […]
These Are the Best Places to See the Lunar Eclipse on July 27
Source: Time By GABBY RAYMOND July 10, 2018 The longest total lunar eclipse of the 21st century is about to happen on Friday, July 27. While the 2018 lunar eclipse won’t be […]
President Trump Threatens Iran With Historic ‘Consequences’ in Late-Night Tweet
Source: Time By ASSOCIATED PRESS (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump warned Iranian President Hassan Rouhani early Monday that he will face dire consequences for threatening the United States. Trump tweeted about […]
Turkey formally arrests televangelist, scores of followers
Source: Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish authorities on Thursday formally arrested a controversial Islamic televangelist and cult leader on charges that include forming a criminal gang, blackmail and […]
Neil Prakash: Turkey rejects extradition of Australian jihadist
Source: BBC News A Turkish court has ruled against extraditing Australia’s most wanted jihadist, Neil Prakash, to face terrorism charges in his home country. Prakash was arrested in Turkey in […]
Cleric Sadr backs Iraq protests, calls for delay in government formation
Source: Associated Press BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, whose political bloc won Iraq’s May 12 election, called on all politicians to delay efforts to form a new government […]
ADL raises alarm over Israeli democracy after nation-state bill
Source: The Times of Israel By ERIC CORTELLESSA and TOI STAFF Right-wing Jewish activists protest outside a joint ceremony for families of Israeli and Palestinian victims on Israeli Memorial Day, in Tel Aviv […]
EU leads criticism after Israel passes Jewish ‘nation state’ law
Source: The Guardian BY Peter Beaumont Legislation stipulates only Jews have right of self-determination in the country Peter Beaumont Israelis hold placards reading: ‘This house belongs to all of us,’ […]
As ISIS Fighters Fill Prisons in Syria, Their Home Nations Look Away
Source: The New York Times On a rare tour of prisons for Islamic State suspects from nearly 50 countries, a Times reporter watched their jailers try to secure them humanely […]