Greg Shupak The Electronic Intifada 16 March 2017 US policy has played a role in creating the mass flight of refugees from Syria. Oren ZivActiveStills President Donald Trump’s second major executive order on immigration bans people from six countries with Muslim majorities from entering the United States: Iran, Yemen, Somalia, […]
Reuters International MAR 17, 2017 – Displaced Iraqis flee their homes as Iraqi forces battle with Islamic State militants, in western Mosul, Iraq March 14, 2017. Picture taken March 14, 2017. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem (reuters_tickers) By John Davison MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) – After five months of intense fighting, Iraqi forces […]
HATEM BAZIAN@hatembazian Protesters holding up signs in a demonstration against U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order banning Muslims from certain countries, Seattle, Jan. 29. It is high time for a courageous political, social, and economic faith-based coalition between American Muslims and Jews (who are aware of the danger of Zionism) […]
FRENCH PRESS AGENCY – AFP BEIRUT AA Photo The US military says it carried out an air strike in northern Syria against an Al-Qaeda target, but denies deliberately targeting a mosque where at least 42 people were killed according to an independent monitor. Turkey’s official Anadolu Agency reported that the […]
By News Desk Published: March 17, 2017 PHOTO: REUTERS US News and World Report released its latest edition of ‘Best Countries‘ study where they evaluated 80 countries on a wide range of criteria including citizenship, quality of life and cultural history. Another major marker was ‘power’, which measured how economically and […]
Faced with an avalanche of tourist cancellations from Canada, congressmen are letting Canadians of 55 and over who own or rent property in the US stay there for an extra two months a year Robert Fisk Vancouver @indyvoices Thursday 9 March 2017 Funny how another nation’s sectarian hatred comes seeping […]
Julian Assange has claimed the documents are the biggest intelligence release ever Andrew Griffin @_andrew_griffin WikiLeaks has released a huge set of files that it calls “Year Zero”and which mark the biggest exposure of CIA spying secrets ever. The massive set of documents – over 8,000 pages in all – include […]
After 9/11 it was sort of my ‘hobby’ to ask everyone of my friends, relatives, colleagues and acquaintances: “What was your first and second thought at the moment you saw the collaps of the Twin Towers” ? (we were not even told at the time that there was a ‘Tower […]
BY PHILIPPA MORGAN Nike+ Run Club Coach Manal Rostom for Nike Pro Hijab. Courtesy of Nike Following its successful “What Will They Say About You Campaign” and Nike+ Training Club […]
By S.A. Miller – The Washington Times – Updated: 12:25 p.m. on Tuesday, March 7, 2017 WikiLeaks published thousands of purported CIA documents Tuesday that claim to show intimate […]
Reuters International MAR 5, 2017 – By Sue Horton LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – U.S. agents detained an Afghan family of five with valid entry visas at Los Angeles International Airport and have been holding them for several days in California, according to legal papers filed in federal court in […]
By Ariane de Vogue, Jeremy Diamond and Kevin Liptak, CNN Story highlights President Donald Trump’s original executive order was rolled out to chaos six weeks ago The order will make clear that lawful permanent residents are excluded from any travel ban Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump signed a new executive order […]
By Emily C. Singer President Donald Trump signed a revamped version of his botched travel ban on Monday, hoping that tweaks to the executive order will withstand the all-but-certain legal challenges the policy stands to face. “This revised order will bolster the security of the United States and her allies,” Secretary of State Rex […]
JUSTIN JUOZAPAVICIUS | AP | Published — Sunday 5 March 2017 Imad Enchassi, center, leads a group of Muslims gathered at the Oklahoma State Capitol in prayer in Oklahoma City on March 2, 2017. (Jessie Wardarski/Tulsa World via AP) TULSA, United States: An American lawmaker known for anti-Islam remarks is […]
President alleges Barack Obama monitored his communications, without providing evidence Caroline Mortimer @cjmortimer FBI director James Comey has asked the Justice Department to reject publicly Donald Trump’s claim that Barack Obama wiretapped his communications, according to US media reports. Senior officials close to Mr Comey said he has privately called on the department […]
A book titled “Biocentrism: How Life and Consciousness Are the Keys to Understanding the Nature of the Universe” has stirred up the Internet, because it contained a notion that life does not end when the body dies, and it can last forever. The author of this publication, scientist Dr. Robert […]
I had no idea what racism was until I married a black man. By Chelsie Dort It was a little over two and a half years ago, right before I was about to be married that I was asked the question, “Are you prepared for what you and your […]
Other Islamic sects “publicly lamented that a ‘disbeliever’ was posing as a Muslim,” says actor’s friend Qasim Rashid. BY QASIM RASHID ON 3/1/17 In a recent interview, Mahershala spoke of the struggles of anti-Islamic prejudice and racism he’s faced much of his life. But before Mahershala could finish his two-minute […]
Source: DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL Her interest in Mawlana Jalaluddin Rumi, a Persian Sufi mystic who settled in Turkey, brings international pop star Madonna to the mystic’s adopted home, a Turkish […]
Mar 02,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Jonathan Power The great immigration debate has to become the great rethinking and restructuring debate. Charlie Brown is right when he says “no problem is too big and complicated that it can’t be run away from”. In both the US and the EU, the focus […]