Knife-wielding mob kills 27 at China train station
(CNN) — At least 27 people were killed and 109 wounded when a group of people armed with knives stormed a railway station in the southwest Chinese city of Kunming, authorities […]
Volgograd blasts: Putin vows to ‘annihilate terrorists’
Source: BBC Russian President Vladimir Putin has vowed to fight “terrorists until their complete annihilation”, in his first comment on two suicide attacks in the southern city of Volgograd. The […]
Volgograd blasts: Putin vows to 'annihilate terrorists'
Source: BBC Russian President Vladimir Putin has vowed to fight “terrorists until their complete annihilation”, in his first comment on two suicide attacks in the southern city of Volgograd. The […]
‘Suicide bomber’ hits Russia’s Volgograd train station
Source: BBC An explosion at a train station in the southern Russian city of Volgograd has killed at least 13 people, reports say. A female suicide bomber was thought to […]
'Suicide bomber' hits Russia's Volgograd train station
Source: BBC An explosion at a train station in the southern Russian city of Volgograd has killed at least 13 people, reports say. A female suicide bomber was thought to […]
Swallowed by the Taliban
The Express Tribune: by Ayehsa Ijaz Khan – Contrary to many of my peers, I never felt as hopeless or dejected about Pakistan’s future as I did during the past election. Some were hopeful because they saw in the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) ‘a new political force’ that would take on […]
Terrorist blast kills at least 5, injures over 20 in Volgograd, central Russia
RT Preliminary data suggests that a female suicide bomber conducted the attack on the bus in Volgograd, central Russia, killing six people and injuring 20, according to the Russian Investigative Committee. A terrorist act has been confirmed by the National Anti-terrorist Committee. “Today at 2:05pm Moscow time [10:05 GMT] in […]
One dead in blast outside Lahore hotel
The Express Tribune: by Rana Tanveer – LAHORE: A high-intensity blast occurred outside the Sindhi Biryani hotel in old Anarkali, Lahore — also known as ‘food street’ — on Thursday, Express News reported. At least one person died, while eight others were injured in the blast. DCO Naseem Sadiq confirmed that two of the injured are in critical […]
Buddhism not blamed for Shooting by Aaron Alexis, but what if he was a Muslim?
The Title has been modified by the Muslim Times, from the original: Friends Say Aaron Alexis Was Into Buddhism for the Thai Women Source: The Daily Beast by Pete Freedman Sep 18, 2013 […]
Why Muslim Women Are Key to Tackling Extremism
Huff Post: By Samina Ali: Curator, Muslima: Muslim Women’s Arts & Voices As we commemorate the 12th anniversary of 9/11 today, we continue to face turbulence, extremism and hostility between faiths, […]
What To Expect During The Next Stage Of Collapse
Brandon Smith Alt-Market August 30, 2013 For years now at Alt-Market (and Neithercorp.us) I have carefully outlined the most likely path of collapse to take place within the U.S., and a vital part of that analysis included economic destabilization caused by a loss of the dollar’s world reserve status and […]
Inside The Minds Of Russia’s Black Widows
Source: The Daily Beast Women in the Caucasus region. (K.M. Chaudary/AP) Extremism Inside The Minds Of Russia’s Black Widows 11 hours ago – by Anna Nemtsova In the Caucasus region, women are losing husbands and sons to the Islamic insurgency against Russia—and becoming radicalized by their own grief. By Anna […]
The blast tore his arms but not his spirit
Source: Tribune Author: Shiraz Hassan Pakistan has been a hotbed of terrorism and militancy for almost a decade now. In this period of time, more than 50,000 people have become victims of terrorism with the north western areas being especially vulnerable to militancy and bloodshed. Many Pakistanis see the country’s […]
Friday prayers for peace and worship or terrorism?
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin: Holy Prophet Muhammad (pbuh), said: “Your worship is meaningless if your character and behavior with the people are not good, and you do not treat them with politeness and good conduct. Your worship will not benefit you at all” What do Muslims do when we go […]
Terrorism Has No Religion
by Sheikh Ali Gomaa, Former Grand Mufti of Egypt Terrorism cannot be born of religion. Terrorism is the product of corrupt minds, hardened hearts, and arrogant egos, and corruption, destruction, […]
Shameful
Huff Post: by Tracey Simmons. “To my knowledge, Muslims, especially unknowingly, would not be banned from heaven for eating or getting hit by pork,” she said. “There are some interpreters who suggest that Muslims should eat pork rather than starve, if faced with that alternative.” SPOKANE, Wash. (RNS) Still angry […]
How growing a beard made me ‘a terrorist’
theguardian: by Alex Andreou. When I changed my appearance for an acting job I experienced the ugly shadow of discrimination cast on ‘Muslim-looking’ people She came on the No 1 bus around the New Kent Road with her toddler already having quite a tantrum. She dragged him on by his […]
How Muslims should respond to terror
Source: CNN “Fareed Zakaria GPS,” Sundays at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. ET on CNN By Fareed Zakaria The sheer barbarism of the attack on a British soldier in Woolwich is really beyond comprehension […]
Woolwich Attack: Demonising Muslims Won’t Help
Source: The Huffington Post By Mehdi Hasan: Political director of The Huffington Post UK “Whosoever killeth a human being… ” says the Qur’an, in the 32nd verse of its fifth chapter, “it […]