The ruling comes in response to an appeal against a Lagos state ban Image Credit: AP Muslim girls at a school in Kano, Nigeria. The headscarf issue has ignited passions in a country where some Boko Haram suicide bombers have disguised themselves as women. Published: 13:49 July 23, 2016 […]
By Christoph Schult and Klaus Wiegrefe http://www.spiegel.de AFP Former NATO Supreme Allied Comander Europe Philip Breedlove at a press conference in 2015 Working with dubious sourcing, a group close to NATO’s chief military commander Philip Breedlove sought to secure weapons deliveries for Ukraine, a trove of newly released emails […]
Kermiche was an attention-seeking child whose behavioural problems led him to a psychiatric hospital Image Credit: Supplied This still image taken from video shows the two men, Abdel Malik Nabil Petitjean and Adel Kermiche, behind the church attack in Normandy in this video released July 28, 2016. Published: 14:13 […]
ARAB NEWS | Published — Saturday 30 July 2016 JEDDAH: Hundreds of protesting Saudi Oger employees, demanding unpaid wages from the company for over seven months, were dispersed by police. The employees caused traffic disruptions in northern Jeddah and shut down a gas station. Col. Atti Al-Qurashi, Makkah region police […]
Source: philly.com ISSUE | TERRORISM Priest’s killing a sin Two men, purportedly “soldiers of the Islamic State,” killed an 85-year-old priest in Normandy, France, Tuesday (“France recoils at priest killing,” Wednesday). The prophet Muhammad commanded, in a covenant with St. Catherine’s monastery, that Christians should not be “offended or disturbed or […]
| Published — Saturday 30 July 2016 BEIRUT: Daesh has executed at least 24 civilians after seizing a village in northern Syria from a US-backed Kurdish-Arab alliance, a monitor said Friday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Daesh executed 24 civilians “in the last 24 hours” after taking […]
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/01/28/upshot/donald-trump-twitter-insults.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur&_r=1#tpp-deal John Kasich OHIO GOVERNOR “Typical politician” “can’t make a deal work” “mathematically dead and totally desperate” “will drop like a rock in the polls” “only looks O.K. in polls against Hillary because nobody views him as a threat and therefore have placed ZERO negative ads against him” “bought and […]
Source: divineword.in “The problem is that tolerant people form the majority group which chooses to be silent,” said Father Ulahayanan Jakarta: A Catholic Church official in Indonesia has criticized the forced closure of a Muslim mosque belonging to the Ahmadiyya growing community, saying the move highlights a growing unwillingness by the […]
Source: championnews.com.ng More than 35,000 delegates from over 90 countries are expected to attend the 50th Ahmadiyya Muslim Association, Annual Islamic Conference, UK Jalsa, to increase religious knowledge and promote a sense of peace and tranquility. The event will be broadcast live globally via satellite TV from the Muslim Television Ahmadiyya […]
Source: vanguardngr.com | By Haroon Balogun The World Head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Fifth Khalifa (Caliph), His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad has said that Ahmadi Muslims will not take revenge or resort to violence even in the face of persecution. He added that rather than avenging any wrong done unto him, Ahmadi Muslim […]
Source: blacktownsun.com.au | Harrison Vesey @harrisonvesey Rafah Mahmood, Aqeel Choudhry and Raza Mohammad at the Baitul Huda Mosque, Marsden Park. Picture: Isabella Lettini Local Muslims who love Australia are calling for peace and understanding during a time of increased fear and division. Raza Mohammad, 19, was born and raised in Blacktown and is currently […]
Source: cornwallseawaynews.com | Shannon Ferguson CORNWALL, Ontario – Love for all. Hatred for none. That was the message the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at Community was conveying on Thursday, July 28 as their Mobile Muslim Thanksgiving Exhibition Trailer passed through Cornwall on its tour across Canada. Set up outside of the Cornwall Civic Complex, the […]
Lisa Kaaki, lisa.kaaki@arabnews.com | Published — Friday 29 July 2016 Only a few decades ago, antibiotics were considered to be wonder drugs because they worked so well to cure deadly diseases. Recently, Lord Jim O’Neil who led the Review on Antimicrobial Resistance admitted that a campaign was needed to stop […]
Investments by Qatar’s state-owned companies in Britain are the largest in western Europe: Shell, Barclays, the Shard, Harrods, Canary Wharf and 30 per cent shares in the London Stock Exchange […]
Source: The Guardian By Agence France-Presse in Paris France’s prime minister has said he would consider a temporary ban on the foreign financing of mosques, urging a “new model” for relations […]
Source: RNS By Trevor Grundy CANTERBURY, England (RNS) A counterterrorism expert charged by the British government with investigating the spread of Islamist extremism warned of a threat to national security […]
Source: RNS By David Gibson PHILADELPHIA (RNS) If there is one constant in this unconventional presidential campaign it is the unpredictability — and importance — of the Catholic vote. Once […]
Source: Yahoo News By Amy Sullivan Television viewers who watched day two of the Democratic National Convention may have noticed signs with the words “Do All the Good” blanketing the crowd in the Wells Fargo Center. If they tuned in to day three, they probably heard vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine […]
Source: CNBC By Fred Imbert Abdul-Jabaar: Trump’s ideas on Muslims ‘tyrannical’ PHILADELPHIA — The NBA’s all-time leading scorer had some harsh words about Republican nominee Donald Trump‘s views and ideas pertaining […]
Source: Huffington Post BY Igor Bobic Associate Politics Editor, The Huffington Post PHILADELPHIA ― The father of a Muslim American war hero addressed the Democratic National Convention on Thursday, delivering a […]