UAE ends programme to train Somalia’s military
By Reuters – Apr 16,2018 – JORDAN TIMES DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The United Arab Emirates is ending a military training programme in Somalia in response to the seizure […]
Servants of Allah: African Muslims Enslaved in the Americas
Servants of Allah presents a history of African Muslims, following them from West Africa to the Americas. Although many assume that what Muslim faith they brought with them to the Americas was quickly absorbed into the new Christian milieu, as Sylviane A. Diouf demonstrates in this meticulously-researched, groundbreaking volume, Islam flourished […]
Indonesia’s Ancient Beliefs Win in Court, but Devotees Still Feel Ostracized
Source: The New York Times By Joe Cochrane April 14, 2018 JAKARTA, Indonesia — Growing up on the Indonesian island of Java in the 1970s, Dewi Kanti practiced an ancient form […]
Legal Abortion in Argentina? A Long Shot Is Suddenly Within Reach
Source: The New York Times A demonstration in favor of abortion rights in front of the congressional palace in Buenos Aires on Tuesday.CreditAgustin Marcarian/Reuters By Daniel Politi April 14, 2018 BUENOS […]
US pastor faces terror charges in fraught trial in Turkey
Source: Associated Press By ZEYNEP BILGINSOY and MEHMET GUZEL IZMIR, Turkey (AP) — An American pastor imprisoned in Turkey is going on trial for alleged terror ties and spying in a case that has increased tensions between Washington and Ankara. Andrew Craig Brunson, a 50-year-old evangelical pastor from North Carolina, […]
Quebec City mosque shooter set off by Canada’s open stance on refugees
Source: CBC News Alexandre Bissonnette told interrogator he stormed mosque because he wanted to prevent a terrorist attack A video of Alexandre Bissonnette’s interrogation was played in court during sentencing hearings last Friday.(Court exhibit) The man responsible for killing six Muslims inside a Quebec City mosque had been anxious for […]
AP Exclusive: Jailed Chinese pastor’s US family seeks mercy
Source: Associated Press By YANAN WANG BEIJING (AP) — The Rev. John Sanqiang Cao paid no more than three dollars for the trip that would end up costing him his freedom. For years, he and fellow Chinese Christian teachers would cross the river on a narrow bamboo raft from a […]
Buffer zone around London abortion clinic is a first for Britain
Source: Religion News Service By Catherine Pepinster Wearing pink, members of the group Sister Supporter gather outside the abortion clinic in the Ealing neighborhood of London. A new buffer zone, the […]
Amnesty chief calls Latin America’s abortion laws violence against women
Source: The Guardian By Uki Goñi in Buenos Aires Salil Shetty, Amnesty International’s secretary general, urges Argentina and others to reform draconian legislation and says human rights have deteriorated across region A demonstrator paints a slogan on the street in demand of women’s access to safe, free and legal abortion, during a […]
Myanmar military put on UN blacklist for sexual violence
Source: Associated Press By EDITH M. LEDERER UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A new U.N. report puts Myanmar’s armed forces on a U.N. blacklist of government and rebel groups “credibly suspected” of carrying out rapes and other acts of sexual violence in conflict for the first time. An advance copy of […]
Eight on trial for rape, murder of girl in India’s Kashmir amid public anger
Source: Reuters By Fayaz Bukhari SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) – Eight men accused of involvement in the rape and murder of an eight-year-old Muslim girl in India’s Jammu and Kashmir state appeared in court on Monday for the first hearing in a case that sparked nationwide outrage and criticism of the […]
The blue Muslim wave: American Muslims launch political campaigns, hope to deliver ‘sweet justice’ to Trump
Source: The Washington Post By Abigail Hauslohner April 15 at 7:39 PM SAN DIEGO — Fayaz Nawabi has never met President Trump. But he credits the president with convincing him to run for […]
Artificial intelligence must be ‘for common good’
Source: BBC News Ethics should be at the centre of the development of artificial intelligence (AI), a parliamentary report has said. AI should “never” be given the “autonomous power to hurt, destroy or deceive” people, it adds. The Lords’ report said the UK has the potential to be a leader […]
James Comey: Donald Trump Is ‘Morally Unfit to Be President’ and ‘Possibly’ Obstructed Justice
Source: Time By MICHAEL ZENNIE Updated: April 16, 2018 6:30 AM ET Fired FBI Director James Comey believes President Donald Trump “possibly” committed obstruction of justice by asking him to “let […]
The ‘Muslim-first’ Doctrine
Source: The Kashmir Monitor By Khaled Ahmed Justice Shaukat Siddiqui of Islamabad High Court, in his March 9 ruling, wants all citizens to identify themselves by their faith. He wants “applicants for public offices to declare their beliefs before being considered for employment”. He targeted the officially apostatised Ahmadi community, saying […]
Head of Worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community urges Commonwealth Heads of Government to use London meeting to reinvigorate efforts for peace
PRWeb April 16, 2018 The Head of the worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, His Holiness Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, has written an open letter to all Commonwealth Heads of Government […]
After the Prophet: The Epic Story of the Shia-Sunni Split in Islam
Book written by Lesley Hazleton, who is a British-American author whose work focuses on the vast and volatile arena in which politics and religion intersect Brief review from Amazon: In this […]
Book Review: The Leadership of Muhammad by Prof. John Adair
Epigraph: Indeed, the Messenger of God is an excellent model for those of you who put your hope in God and the Last Day and remember Him often. (Al Quran […]
The Single Most Important Attribute of Leadership According to this Famous CEO
Source : Inc By John Eades There are many successful CEOs we can learn from. Take Eric Schmidt growing Google, Howard Schultz scaling Starbucks, Bill McDermott taking SAP to the Cloud, and Jeff Bezos changing the world with Amazon. All of these leaders are incredible, but none of them surpass what Jack Welch did at GE. During […]