Isis was quick to understand a truth the West must now confront: that the national borders imposed by colonial powers 100 years go are becoming meaningless, says Robert Fisk Robert Fisk @indyvoice 18 comments A Kurdish fighter surveys the border between Turkey and Iraq AFP/Getty Early in 2014, Isis released […]
November 16, 2015 The Paris terror attacks – particularly the methodical shooting of unarmed civilians – have shocked the world and generated new tough talk from policymakers. But the West cannot ignore how some of its violent policy prescriptions over the past 35 years have contributed to the crisis, writes […]
Written by Anonymous President Assad ( who is bad ) is a nasty guy who got so nasty his people rebelled and the Rebels ( who are good ) started […]
Source: Globe and Mail Nahid Neshi often speak eloquently about the pluralistic wonder he considers Canada. But as one of the most high-profile Muslim figures in the country, the Calgary mayor admits he has been “shaken” by the closed-minded, even racist nature of some of the debate over the Syrian […]
‘The bride amongst the cities’ Toronto Star 19 Nov 2015 M. BILAL HASSAN SPECIAL TO THE STAR M. BILAL HASSAN PHOTOS FOR THE TORONTO STARArz O Samawat ( The Heavens and the Earth), on the roof of Frere Hall, was Sadequain’s last project. For most of its history, the city […]
Source: Pew Research Center By Jacob Poushter, who is a senior researcher focusing on global attitudes at Pew Research Center. 42 COMMENTS Recent attacks in Paris, Beirut and Baghdad linked to […]
Source: BBC 17 November 2015 Last updated at 18:05 GMT Russia is not “wedded” to keeping Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in power, says US Secretary of State John Kerry. Speaking […]
Senegal Bans Burqa to Stop Terrorists Disguising In Islamic Dress Simon Allison in Johannesburg, 18 November 2015 Senegal has banned women from wearing the burqa, amid rising fears of Islamic extremism in the west African country. The interior minister, Abdoulaye Daouda, said women would no longer be allowed to wear […]
Source: The New York Times By the time the United States withdrew from its long bloody encounter with Iraq in 2011, it thought it had declawed a once fearsome enemy: […]
Hillary Clinton calls for U.S. to ‘intensify and broaden’ efforts to fight ISIS By Eric Bradner and Dan Merica, CNN Updated 11:52 AM ET, Thu November 19, 2015 | Video […]
In a secluded room at an airbase in Nevada, young men hold the power of life and death over people thousands of miles away. Former servicemen tell their story A US air force officer points to a display with which he operates a Predator unmanned aircraft system over Afghanistan, from […]
Migrants from countries other than Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq allegedly being stopped at borders Patrick Kingsley Migration correspondent Thursday 19 November 2015 Countries along the Balkan migration trail have begun refusing to admit people of certain nationalities, amid a backlash against refugees in the aftermath of the Paris attacks last […]
Epigraph: Every human life is sacred and of infinite value and killing one is like triggering a genocide. (Derived from Al Quran 5:32/33) Nigeria’s Boko Haram Kills 49 in Suicide […]
Book written by John Davenport This is a short but a wonderful book and a must read for all Muslims and Christians. This beautiful book, An apology for Mohammed and the […]
Nominating Karen Armstrong for Literature Nobel Prize Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Karen Armstrong FRSL (born 14 November 1944) is a […]
Commandment – Fulfil the covenant of Allah when you have made; and break not the oaths after making them firm, while you have made Allah your surety [16:92] And […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times As only the Islamophobes, who hate Islam or those Muslims, who want to enforce Shariah Law, of […]
Source: RT.com Tensions rose between the Republican lawmakers and US President Barack Obama when the White House threatened to veto a GOP-proposed bill requiring additional background checks for 10,000 Syrian […]
“Killing even one innocent person is like killing all mankind, we should pray for the people of France and specially for the victims”,said Imam Shamshad of Ahamdiyya Muslim comunity of […]