Norway Mosque Attacker Gets 21-Year Sentence
Source: New York Times By Henrik Pryser Libell and Megan Specia June 11, 2020Updated 7:44 a.m. ET Philip Manshaus admitted to killing his stepsister and storming a mosque near Oslo […]
Crime: pre – Corona – Corona / a view from a small island community (Lombok)
I have the pleasure to live (some of the time) in North West Lombok, Indonesia. This part of Lombok is most developed in the tourist industry. For the last four years – pre-Corona – we never heard of any crime here. We did hear of some robberies […]
Syrians fear hunger as record devaluation sparks protests
WFP estimates that 9.3 million Syrians are food insecure By AFP – Jun 10,2020 -JORDAN TIMES A boy pays a merchant with a Turkish lira banknote at a shop in […]
Palestinian premier submits ‘counter-proposal’ to Trump plan
By AFP – Jun 09,2020 -JORDAN TIMES RAMALLAH, Palestine — Palestinians have sent top mediators including the United Nations a response to the US plan which anticipates Israel annexing parts […]
NASCAR bans Confederate flags
Epigraph: O people! We created you from a male and a female, and made you races and tribes, that you may know one another. The best among you in the […]
Against Coronavirus, Pakistan Turns to a Traditional Remedy: Blame Ahmadis and Jews
Source: Haaretz Ahmadis, like Israel and Jews, are designated ‘enemies of Islam,’ and hence of Pakistan, accused of working in tandem to provoke crises across the Muslim world. Their latest plot? COVID-19 Every few minutes for the past week, a viral meme entitled “coronavirus timeline in Pakistan’ has been shared […]
The Second Pillar of Islam: Salat, The Daily Prayers
The Five Pillars of Islam The Second Pillar of Islam: Salat, The Daily Prayers 9th June 2020 Azhar Goraya, Mexico Prayer takes astonishingly different forms in the world’s diverse religious […]
Officer on video saying he’ll ‘choke you out’ before man dies is charged with manslaughter
Source: Yahoo News By Tim Stelloh for NBC News Body camera footage obtained Sunday shows a New Mexico police officer telling a man he’s going to “choke you out” before […]
Islamic lessons for ending domestic violence
7th June 2020 Jazib Mehmood, Student Jamia Ahmadiyya Ghana Distressingly, following lockdown, reports show that domestic violence has shot up. “At least 15m more cases of domestic violence are predicted […]
Anoka County sheriff going to Israel for security training
By Kim Hyatt Star Tribune December 3, 2019 — 9:23am Anoka County Sheriff James Stuart, seen in 2017, will participate in the Jewish Institute for the National Security of America […]
Defund the police? To protect people of color everywhere in the world, we need to defund the US military
Epigraph: Every human life is precious and sacred and killing one is like triggering a genocide. (Al Quran 5:32/33) Source: Independent Our domestic problems are mirroring the horror and violence […]
It is clear how similar Trump and Erdogan are – they are both damaging the unity of their nations
Source: Independent By Sebnem Arsu; Istanbul @sebnemarsu The two men are both looking to protect their strongman image – and clearly share similar ideas about how to deal with protests For […]
2,500 rare texts from Islamic world to go online for free
Source: The Guardian National Library of Israel is digitising collection of manuscripts and books dating back to ninth century By Dalya Alberge More than 2,500 rare manuscripts and books from […]
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Analysis: Has Israel Become America’s Military Contractor in Syria?
Attacks on Syria attributed by foreign sources to Israel, which have become more frequent in recent weeks, are highly consistent with the American strategy Zvi Bar’el Haaretz.com In early May, the U.S. special envoy to Syria, James Jeffrey, summed up American policy in Syria in an interview to […]
Evangelical Christians Grapple With Racism As Sin
Source: NPR Christians the world over have been united in their revulsion over the killing of George Floyd by a white Minneapolis police officer, and faith leaders from across the […]
Germany launches terrorism probe over planned attack on Muslims
Police arrested a 21-year-old suspected right-wing extremist after he threatened to kill Muslims in Germany. The man reportedly said he wanted to carry out an attack similar to the deadly […]
Amazon put a Black Lives Matter banner on its web store
Source: Bloomberg Bezos Decries ‘Sickening’ Answer to Black Lives Matter Post By Matt Day Jeff Bezos said he received “a number of sickening but not surprising” responses after publicly supporting the […]
A Million-Mile Battery From China Could Power Your Electric Car
Source: Bloomberg The Chinese behemoth that makes electric-car batteries for Tesla Inc. and Volkswagen AG developed a power pack that lasts more than a million miles — an industry landmark and a potential boon […]