How One Migrant Ship Became a Symptom of a Sick Europe
Source: Time By Aryn Baker A 253-feet long, 2,000-ton boat makes for an ungainly political football, especially when it is carrying some 629 desperate migrants and is staffed by a […]
Vatican’s top sex abuse investigators promise action in Chile
Source: Reuters BY Aislinn Laing SANTIAGO (Reuters) – The Vatican’s top sex abuse investigators arrived in Chile on Tuesday saying they had orders from Pope Francis to ensure the Roman […]
Ireland Takes On the Catholic Church Again. This Time It’s About Schools.
Source: The New York Times By Ed O’Loughlin DUBLIN — Last week, Ireland voted to repeal a constitutional ban on abortion. Almost before that epochal change can sink in, […]
Dutch anti-Islam party to hold Prophet Mohammad cartoon competition
Source: Reuters AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The Freedom Party of Dutch anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders will hold a competition of cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammad, it said on Tuesday. The party […]
Michelin-starred chef Atul Kochhar sacked over anti-Islam tweet
Source: The Guardian By Michael Safi in Delhi A Dubai hotel has terminated its contract with the Michelin-starred chef Atul Kochhar after he tweeted that followers of Islam had “terrorised” Hindus for 2,000 years. […]
Australia PM will make national apology to sex abuse victims
Source: Associated Press By TREVOR MARSHALLSEA SYDNEY (AP) — Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull will deliver a national apology to child sex abuse victims as part of the government’s response […]
‘My body, my choice’: Argentina moves closer to legal abortion with key vote
Source: The Guardian BY Elizabeth Sulis Kim Even as calls for women in Argentina to be given the legal right to abortion have grown louder on its cities’ streets, a change in the […]
Irish Catholic hospitals ‘will have to perform abortions’
Source: BBC News Irish hospitals with a Catholic ethos will be expected to carry out abortions when new laws on terminations come into effect, the Irish prime minister has said. […]
Ireland to hold referendum on blasphemy law
Source: BBC News The Republic of Ireland will hold a referendum on whether to change its laws against blasphemy. It is expected that the vote will be held on the […]
He threatened a Muslim family that planned to move to his neighborhood. Now, he’ll go to prison.
Source: The Washington Post By Eli Rosenberg Storm clouds move past Davis Islands near Tampa, Fla., on July 3, 2017. (Eve Edelheit for The Washington Post) Kaderbhai Ali Asgar left India […]
14 New Jersey women alleging anti-Muslim bias at Newark Airport security
Source: North Jersey BY Hannan Adely, NorthJersey Fourteen women were pulled off a security line at Newark Liberty International Airport one morning last December as they waited to board a flight […]
Muslim Rapper’s Plans to Play at the Bataclan in Paris Prompt Furor
Source: The New York Times By Alex Marshall In March, the French rapper Médine released “Bataclan,” a song about how, ever since he was a boy, he had dreamed of […]
In Advance of Cease-Fires, Bombings in Afghanistan Kill at Least 18
Source: The New York Times By Jawad Sukhanyar andRod Nordland KABUL, Afghanistan — Suicide bombers struck a government building in the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Monday, killing at least 17 people, Afghan […]
USA: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Rochester Hills hosts 6th Annual Ramazan Open House in Masjid Mahmood
Report by Muhammad Ahmad, Detroit Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of Rochester Hills, Michigan welcomed neighbors, interfaith leaders, public officials and the community members at their Mosque to socialize and enjoy the […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Malta Celebrates Ramadan Iftar 2018
by Laiq Ahmed Atif The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Malta organised a Ramadan Iftar Reception on Thursday 31st May at the Waterfront Hotel, Sliema, which was attended by respectable guests from different walks of life. The event started with recitation of the Holy Quran and a brief documentary about fasting during […]
Education of Muslim women is limited by economic conditions, not religion
Pew Research: Muslim societies have sometimes faced criticism for failing to adequately educate women. Boko Haram’s kidnapping of schoolgirls in Nigeria and the Taliban’s attack on Pakistani education activist Malala Yousafzai have contributed to this perception, raising the question of whether Islam itself hampers women’s education. But a new analysis of Pew Research Center data on educational attainment and […]
Pew Research Center: Education of Muslim women is limited by economic conditions, not religion
New today: Education of Muslim women is limited by economic conditions, not religionhttps://t.co/x05GFpHgXl pic.twitter.com/sTvq5uzo1W — Pew Research Religion (@PewReligion) June 12, 2018
US broadcaster loses Myanmar outlet over Rohingya name
Source: Associated Press By GRANT PECK BANGKOK (AP) — A U.S. government-affiliated broadcaster that provides news to countries in Asia where freedom of information is restricted is losing its partner […]
The secret life of Thailand’s ladyboys from Muslim majority southern provinces
Source: South China Morning Post BY Tibor Krausz Whenever Ardulmalik Maskul returns from Bangkok to her hometown in Pattani province in southern Thailand, she undergoes a transformation. She removes her […]
Ramadan and the challenge of fasting for Muslim WCup players
Source: Associated Press By HAMZA HENDAWI GROZNY, Russia (AP) — Normally, soccer players feigning injury is nothing new. This time it is. For Tunisia players, their goalkeeper slumping to the […]