Berlin Worried about IS Fighters Coming Home
The German government long shied away from bringing German Islamic State fighters and their families back from Syria. But with the Turkish invasion of northern Syria, that hesitancy is coming […]
UN Survey Says Africa’s Best Are Emigrating
Many Europeans are apprehensive about migrants coming to the continent. The United Nations has surveyed some 3,000 immigrants from African countries about their personal histories and plans — and […]
Islamic Teachings on Ideal Family Life
by Mukhtar Ahmad Cheema Being a complete and final religion from God, Islam guides all aspects of our lives. This guidance is contained in the Holy Quran; the life-time […]
Lombard Odier wins first Islamic finance award
October 24, 2019 Lombard Odier has won ‘Best Islamic Wealth Management Proposition’ at the Islamic Business & Finance Awards 2019, reflecting both our growing franchise in the Middle East […]
One year later, our murdered friend Jamal has been proved right
(Brian Stauffer for The Washington Post) By Editorial Board September 30, 2019 JAMAL KHASHOGGI never intended to be a dissident. For many years, he wrote for and edited newspapers in […]
EU awards jailed Uighur activist rights prize, angering China
Oct 24, 2019 – By Francesco Guarascio and Ben Blanchard STRASBOURG/BEIJING (Reuters) – The European Parliament awarded its annual prize for the defence of human rights on Thursday to jailed […]
The Lebanese uprising won’t change anything while sectarian elites cling to power
The only way to create a modern state is to deconfessionalise it. But then Lebanon, whose very identity is sectarianism, would cease to exist Robert Fisk in Beirut @indyvoices […]
Kahlil Gibran’s ‘The Prophet’: Why is it so loved?
Source: BBC By Shoku Amirani & Stephanie Hegarty Kahlil Gibran is said to be one of the world’s bestselling poets, and his life has inspired a play touring the UK […]
Catholic priests in Colorado sexually abused at least 166 children in the past 70 years
CNN: At least 166 children were abused by dozens of Catholic priests in Colorado since 1950, a report released Wednesday says. The 263-page report details decades of misconduct and reveals […]
Germany: The right-wing political party AfD instrumentalizes the mosque construction in Erfurt
Editor’s Note: The article is originally in the German language. Computer translation is being used. Please forgive the computer for its ‘lapses’. Original article here: https://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/thueringen-wahl-afd-instrumentalisiert-moscheebau-in-erfurt-a-1292997.html Thuringia […]
Seychelles: President Faure meets with Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
21 October 2019 | Foreign Affairs London, United Kingdom: President Danny Faure met with Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon this morning, Minister of State for the Commonwealth and the United Nations. […]
British government notes ‘deterioration’ of religious liberty in several countries
Charles Collins Oct 23, 2019 MANAGING EDITOR LEICESTER, United Kingdom – Religious freedom has deteriorated in several countries during the first half of 2019, according to a statement published […]
Indonesia’s Indrawati to stay on as finance minister, cheering rupiah
Oct 22, 2019 – http://www.swissinfo.ch By Maikel Jefriando and Agustinus Beo Da Costa JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesian Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati said on Tuesday she had been asked by […]
Iraq says U.S. forces withdrawing from Syria have no approval to stay
Oct 22, 2019 – 09:57 BAGHDAD (Reuters) – U.S. forces that crossed into Iraq as part of a pull-out from Syria do not have permission to stay and can only […]
Senior Israeli official attends Bahrain security meeting focusing on Iran
Oct 21, 2019 – 13:06 MANAMA (Reuters) – A senior Israeli official attended a maritime security conference in Bahrain on Monday in another sign of Gulf Arab nations and Israel […]
India, Pakistan sign pact on cross-border temple visits
Oct 24, 2019 – swissinfo.ch KARACHI (Reuters) – India and Pakistan signed an agreement on Thursday allowing Indian pilgrims to cross the border to a Sikh shrine in Pakistan, rare […]
Grief, Isolation & Mental Health: A Special Interview with His Holiness, Worldwide Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
28th August 2019 By Syed Amer Safir Isolation is a pressing issue for the world today. 7.2% of European Union citizens (over 30 million people) were found to be socially […]
Betty McCollum wants the US to stop subsidising torture of Palestinian children
Oct 23,2019 – JORDAN TIMES – RAMZY BAROUD In December 2018, 17-year-old Palestinian teen, Ayham Sabah, was sentenced by an Israeli military court to 35 years in prison for his […]
Quran Translator, Muslim Woman of 2005 Commemorated
Source: IQNA Tahereh Saffarzadeh was born in 1315 (1936) in the southern city of Sirjan, Kerman province. She graduated in English Literature from Tehran university and continued her education in […]
18-year-old becomes first female Muslim jockey to win major race: ‘I love proving people wrong’
Source: Metro By Natalie Morris 18-year-old Khadijah Mellah, from Peckham, made British history and global headlines in August when she became the first British female Muslim jockey to win a […]