Reuters International MAR 2, 2017 – By Renee Maltezou ATHENS (Reuters) – The United States stands to lose millions in tourism revenues by travellers who will shun the country because of its ban on the nationals of seven Muslim-majority countries, the head of a United Nations tourism body said on […]
BY MICHAEL LIPKA345 COMMENTS People at Djemaa el-Fna Square, late afternoon sun Muslims are the fastest-growing religious group in the world. The growth and regional migration of Muslims, combined with the ongoing impact of the Islamic State (also known as ISIS or ISIL) and other extremist groups that commit acts […]
BY JYNNAH RADFORD AND PHILLIP CONNOR1 COMMENT More than 1,800 refugees from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen have resettled in the U.S. since a federal court judge suspended key parts of an executive order President Donald Trump signed on Jan. 27 that restricted travel from these seven […]
“Compromised robots can be used to physically damage something or even kill someone,” say researchers exposing the flaws. BY ANTHONY CUTHBERTSON ON 3/1/17 Leaked video shows Boston Dynamics’ new ‘nightmare inducing’ wheeled robot Robots built by leading manufacturers are at “critical risk” of being hacked and posing a serious threat […]
Book written by Hakan Erten – a Turkish Swiss businessman and author Book Review: The complete book is at the moment available only in Turkish, English translation to follow, Inshallah […]
Source: Independent Pakistan’s constitution doesn’t recognise Ahmadis as Muslims By Christopher Hooton @christophhooton The first Oscar win for a Muslim actor – Mahershala Ali for Moonlight – was applauded around […]
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 EU, the focus is increasingly on the problem of immigration. President […]
Epigraph (Verses advising the Muslims to defend Synagogues): Permission to fight is given to those against whom war is made, because they have been wronged — and Allah indeed has […]
Chris Doyle | Published — Monday 27 February 2017 The UK has educated a monarch, president or prime minister from a quarter of the world’s countries. It is 10 times more likely to educate a world leader than the US, producing one leader per 50,000 graduates. That must rank as […]
The State Department said its delegation will be fully involved in the next HRC session Loulla-Mae Eleftheriou-Smith America is considering leaving the United Nations Human Rights Council, it has been reported. A former State Department official who claims to have been briefed on the discussions told Politico there have been questions from […]
FCO minister says advice to UK travellers was inconsistent Jon Stone Political Correspondent @joncstone The US border control and immigration system was thrown into “confusion” by Donald Trump’s ‘Muslim ban’ executive order, the British government has said. Baroness Anelay, a Foreign Office minister, blamed US border authorities’ implementation of the President’s […]
Source: The Express Tribune Controversy arose in Pakistan after Mahershala Ali — who won the best supporting actor Oscar on Sunday for his portrayal of a drug dealer in coming-of-age […]
‘I have never in my life been spoken to with such insolence’ says the 70-year-old writer Lucy Pasha-Robinson @lucypasha The Independent US Mem Fox said she was insulted by US border guards Twitter A best selling children’s author said she “sobbed like a baby” after she was detained and “insulted” by US border control […]
Businessinsider.com: The INSIDER Summary • Mahershala Ali won best supporting actor for his performance in “Moonlight.” • Ali is the first Muslim actor to win an Oscar for acting. • His win and performance were met with universal praise. Mahershala Ali just took home his first Oscar ever. He won for […]
FRENCH PRESS AGENCY – AFP BEIRUT Syrian civil defense volunteers, known as the White Helmets, search for survivors following regime airstrike on the opposition-held neighbourhood of Tishrin on Feb. 22, 2017. (AFP PHOTO) Rescue workers from Syria’s White Helmets group — the subject of an Oscar-nominated documentary — will not […]
DAILY SABAH WITH AGENCIES ISTANBUL A convoy carrying military aid to the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) drive near the northeastern Syrian city of Hasaka, Syria February 24, 2017. Picture taken February 24, 2017. Spokesman Talal Sello of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which is dominated by the PKK’s Syria offshoot, […]
At the current rate of progress, every media outlet other than Fox, Breitbart, a couple of other white supremacist outlets and a few doolally Christian networks will find itself banned from the building by Wednesday afternoon Matthew Norman @IndyVoices While it isn’t always easy to be a huge fan of […]
60COMMENTS By Associated PressFEBRUARY 25, 2017 FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A lawyer says the son of legendary boxer Muhammad Ali was detained by immigration officials at a Florida airport. Chris Mancini tells the Courier-Journal in Louisville, Kentucky that 44-year-old Muhammad Ali Jr. and his mother Khalilah Camacho-Ali, the […]
Reuters International FEB 25, 2017 – Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters ride their vehicles in northern Raqqa province, Syria February 6, 2017. REUTERS/Rodi Said (reuters_tickers) By Phil Stewart and Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s push against Islamic State in Syria could present him with an […]
by Danny Wicentowski February 23, 2017 Photo by Danny Wicentowksi The Chesed Shel Emeth cemetery was packed with volunteers on Wednesday. Despite the crush of reporters and volunteers filling the Chesed Shel Emeth cemetery Wednesday afternoon, Marc Daniels managed to slide through a gap in the crowd — and suddenly, there […]