Biden picks career diplomat for top posting in Pakistan
This content was published on October 19, 2021 – By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden plans to nominate Donald Blome, currently ambassador to Tunisia, as his […]
Israel violates international law ‘because it can,’ UN Security Council told
Previous 1 / 2Israeli border police officers detain a Palestinian youth during clashes as thousands of Muslims flocked to Jerusalem’s Old City on Oct. 19, 2021. (AP Photo) 2 / 2Israeli activists of the Rabbis for Human Rights organization help Palestinian farmers harvest their olive trees in Burin village in the occupied […]
Crimes In Afghanistan: US enjoys ICC’s legal immunity
BY IMRAN JAN OP-ED OCT 19, 2021 12:05 AM GMT+3A C-17 Globemaster takes off as Taliban fighters secure the outer perimeter, alongside the American controlled side of of the Hamid Karzai International […]
Author’s Israel boycott turns spotlight on cultural genocide in Palestine
RAMZY BAROUD October 18, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/nw975 The pro-Israel crowd on social media was quick to pounce on Sally Rooney after the award-winning Irish novelist declared that she had […]
Afghanistan: US envoy Zalmay Khalilzad steps down after troops withdrawal
Published 1 hour ago War in Afghanistan (2001-present) The top US envoy to Afghanistan is stepping down from his role less than two months after American forces withdrew from the […]
Colin Powell: Former US secretary of state dies of Covid complications
Tributes are being paid to former US Secretary of State Colin Powell, who has died of Covid-19 complications aged 84. The former top military officer died on Monday morning, his […]
American feminism doesn’t include Muslim women – and especially not their hijabs
It takes guts to wear the hijab in America, and many Muslim women’s freedom to dress as they like is overwhelmed by white savior syndrome Hafsa Lodi4 days ago 27 comments I sit down to write this just after moderating a panel discussion about the policing of Muslim women’s bodies. Our conversation went […]
U.S. offers payments, relocation to family of Afghans killed in botched drone attack
This content was published on October 16, 2021 By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) -The Pentagon has offered unspecified condolence payments to the family of 10 civilians who were killed in a […]
All bark, no bite: How Biden and the UN will protect Israeli annexation
Ramona Wadi 13 Oct, 2021 Opinion: Despite promises of walking back on Trump-era policies on Palestine, both the Biden administration and the United Nations will likely maintain the gains made […]
‘Not all heroes wear capes… sometimes, they wear hijabs.’
by Nudrat Ahmad, The Review of Religions. ‘Not all heroes wear capes…sometimes, they wear hijabs.’ – These are the words used by the FOX News Broadcasting company in the USA […]
Double standards on human rights are the norm, not the exception: expert
By Mohammad Mazhari International October 11, 2021 TEHRAN – MENA Program Director at the International Crisis Group says that double standard on human rights has turned to a norm and […]
Vandalized mosque imam invites suspect to talk to them
By Ingrid Kelley and David Komer online producer Published 2 days ago Community rallies around vandalized mosque in Rochester Hills As police continue to investigate this criminal activity leaders at the mosque are taking a different approach – pardoning the man. ROCHESTER HILLS, Mich. (FOX 2) – After a mosque in Rochester Hills is vandalized, its […]
Inside America’s last white-only church
In rural Minnesota, a fringe Heathen group known as the Asatru Folk Assembly has purchased a local church – and membership is strictly whites-only. They worship Nordic, pre-Christian gods and they call themselves a ‘folk religion’ that only accepts those with northern European ancestry. Their racially exclusive ideology is protected […]
US, Israel say they are exploring a ‘Plan B’ for Iran
Israeli FM Yair Lapid (L), accompanied by Secretary of State Antony Blinken (C) and UAE FM Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed, speaks during a joint news conference at the State Department […]
Abbas’ ultimatum shows Palestinians are at breaking point
DAOUD KUTTAB October 12, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/cys7c Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas was only 10 when the UN was established. Last month, he addressed its 76th General Assembly and issued […]
Historic Quran owned by US President Thomas Jefferson on display at Expo 2020 Dubai
It is believed that Thomas Jefferson, who was US president for two terms from 1801-1809, acquired the copy of the Quran while he was a young man studying law. (AP) […]
G20 leaders ‘laser-focused’ on anti-terrorism efforts in Afghanistan
Leaders of the world’s major economies including US President Joe Biden were discussing the situation in Afghanistan. (Reuters/File Photo) Short Url https://arab.news/b4g8t AGENCIES October 12, 2021 The G20 leaders also […]
Interfaith community leaders reach out to mosque after vandalism
LOCAL NEWS By NICK MORDOWANEC | nmordowanec@medianewsgroup.com | The Oakland PressOctober 12, 2021 at 6:00 a.m. Interfaith communities across southeast Michigan expressed their sympathies following vandalism to a Rochester Hills mosque. A window in the […]
Op-Ed: Columbus’ fear of Islam, rooted in Europe’s Crusades, shaped his view of Native Americans
BY ALAN MIKHAILOCT. 11, 2021 In all that has been written about Columbus — from his being the first Italian American to the progenitor of a continental genocide — one of […]
Afghanistan: Three Metro Detroit veterans share their perspectives
ELLEN PILIGIAN | THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2021 Since the U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan in late August, which ended a two-decade war, veterans across the country have been coming to terms with […]