Source: Britbrat, London By Liam Deacon Spanish schools plan to “tackle extremism” by segregating Muslim students and teaching them more about the Koran and Islam, according to new government guidelines. Critics […]
Washington Post: The attacks in Brussels, on the heels of those in Paris and San Bernardino, Calif., have stoked an already white-hot debate about Islamic terrorism in the United States. Many in the West, including the two Republican presidential front-runners, Donald Trump and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.), urge a campaign […]
Source: The New York Times By BEN C. SOLOMON, TAIGE JENSEN, STEFANIA ROUSSELLE and LESLYE DAVIS MARSEILLE, France — In the United States and Europe, mainstream political parties find themselves besieged. Two-party systems that were once stable are under new pressure, fracturing and creating openings for populists on the extremes, […]
Source: Pew Research Center BY JACOB POUSHTER A senior researcher focusing on global attitudes at Pew Research Center. The bombing that took place on Easter Sunday in Lahore, Pakistan, was a devastating reminder that the scourge of terrorism is not confined to the recent headlines from the Middle East and […]
Source: The New York Times By RUKMINI CALLIMACHI Reporting was contributed by David E. Sanger and Eric Schmitt from Washington, Laure Fourquet and Aurelien Breeden from Paris, Katrin Bennhold from […]
Source: The Guardian By Mohammed Hanif, whose novel A Case of Exploding Mangoes was longlisted for the Booker prize, shortlisted for the Guardian first book award, Commonwealth literary prize and […]
Source: Hindustan Times Poland’s president on Thursday threw his support behind a government decision to renege on a deal to accept thousands of refugees, blaming security concerns raised by Tuesday’s […]
Source: The Daily Beast By Majid Nawaz We cannot pretend that the extremism driving jihadist terror around the world has nothing to do with Islam. LONDON — At least 72 […]
Source: Time By Kathy Gannon and Zarar Khan (LAHORE, Pakistan) — In an emotional televised address, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif vowed Monday to hunt down and defeat the militants who have […]
Source: Huffington Post By Joseph E. B. Lumbard; Assistant Professor of Arabic and Translation Studies, American University of Sharjah o effectively counter the ideologies of strident puritanical groups who lay claim […]
Source: BBC Pakistan’s PM has urged better co-ordination between security agencies against terror, a day after a suicide bomb killed more than 70 in Lahore. At a meeting of security officials, Nawaz Sharif said the nation’s resolve to deal with militants was growing. A number of arrests were made […]
Source: Huffington Post LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistani authorities launched a hunt on Monday for militants behind a suicide bomb that killed at least 65 people in an attack that […]
Source: Toronto Sun By Luqman Ahmed An imam with the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of Canada. He currently works with the Muslim Community in Quebec. We woke up Tuesday morning to yet another horrific terrorist attack at the hands of ISIS radicals — this time the target was the airport and a […]
Source: Time TIME columnist Abdul-Jabbar is a six-time NBA champion and league Most Valuable Player. He is also a celebrated author, filmmaker and education ambassador whose life and career are […]
Source: RNS (RNS) Daesh (the preferred Arabic name for the group that calls itself the Islamic State) has attacked Turkey five times since October, leaving nearly 200 dead and hundreds […]
Source: NPR By Beenish Ahmed Beenish Ahmed is a reporter and writer. She covers international affairs forThinkProgress and is the founder of THE ALIGNIST, a new media platform that connects […]
On March 24, 2016, Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA National Spokesperson, Harris Zafar, joined Wolf Blitzer on CNN to address both the Brussels attacks and the responses from people like Senator […]
Source: BBC Tuesday’s devastating attacks in Brussels, in which more than 30 people died and scores were injured, are the latest phase of the war on Europe declared by the […]
Backlash and blame in the wake of terror attacks too often falls on the wrong people and this “perpetuates the narrative of the extremists”, a Muslim group in Ireland has said. The Irish Muslim Peace and Integration Council said the attacks in Brussels on Tuesday “once again reiterate that the […]
Source: USA Today BRUSSELS — It’s already been a rough few months for Belgian Muslims in the wake of November’s terrorist attacks in Paris and the search for suspects in Belgium: Lockdowns, increased security and raids on homes. Now, in the wake of the country’s deadliest terrorist attacks Tuesday, Muslims who live in Belgium fret more […]