News feature Conflict 29 July 2019 NEGOMBO/SRI LANKA Aaquib Khan/TNH Adam Bemma Journalist and media development adviser based in Colombo Hundreds of refugees and asylum seekers in Sri Lanka have spent the past three months searching for safety across the island nation after being swept up in an anti-Muslim […]
Source: News 24 The Netherlands has banned face-covering clothing, such as a burqa or niqab, in public buildings and on transport, as a contentious law on the garment worn by […]
Given that only 200 Muslim women wear burkas and niqabs, that would appear to be over 10 percent Source: Copenhagen Post by Arushi Rajput It’s been a year since Denmark’s […]
Source: CBC Money will go towards restoration, preservation and repurposing churches for other use The Quebec government is investing $20 million to preserve and restore buildings and art with religious […]
Source: The New York Times By The Editorial Board –The editorial board represents the opinions of the board, its editor and the publisher. It is separate from the newsroom and […]
Source: Huffington Post The president commented on the two shootings over the weekend in Texas and Ohio. By Marina Fang and Dominique Mosbergen President Donald Trump spoke Monday in response […]
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Sunday sent a new letter to priests worldwide offering encouragement in light of the global sex abuse scandal that has shaken the Roman […]
Source: BBC India’s government has revoked the part of the constitution that gives Indian-administered Kashmir special status in an unprecedented move likely to spark unrest. Article 370 is sensitive because it is what guarantees significant autonomy for the Muslim-majority state. The entire region is disputed between India and Pakistan. Each […]
Ten Conditions of Baiat On December 1st, 1888 he (The Promised Messiah) published an announcement that God has ordained him that whomsoever seeks true faith and piety, should take Baiat, […]
Epigraph: On account of this, We prescribed for the children of Israel that whosoever killed a person — unless it be for killing a person or for creating disorder in […]
Charles Collins Aug 2, 2019 MANAGING EDITOR News Analysis One of Nigeria’s leading prelates has warned that the president’s recent actions against the African nation’s small Shi’ite minority is a […]
By Haruna Shehu Tangaza BBC Africa, Abuja 5 August 2019 Nigeria’s government has taken the controversial decision to ban a pro-Iranian Shia group, accusing it of unleashing violence and […]
Revocation of Article 370 of India’s constitution is biggest shake-up of fragile situation in Kashmir for 70 years Adam Withnall @adamwithnall , Tim Wyatt @tswyatt The Independent India has revoked […]
By Dr Campbell Campbell-Jack FROM today until Sunday the Ahmadiyya sect of Islam is holding a Jalsa Salana near the Hampshire village of East Worldham, population 310. It is expected […]
Aug 04,2019 -JORDAN TIMES – Amer Al Sabaileh In his latest tour to the Middle East, US President Donald Trump’s adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner is working on moving to […]
Posted 4 August 2019 Pakistan’s minority Ahmadiyya community has been subject to persecution since the 1953 Anti-Ahmadiyya Riots in Lahore when religiopolitical parties, including Jamaat-i-Isami, Majlis-i-Ahrarul Islam, Jamiat Ulema-i-Pakistan, agitated […]
The next G20 summit is in Riyadh in 2020. The international community must end its indifference to Saudi’s flagrant abuse of human rights and refuse to attend Helena Kennedy The […]
Let us not fool ourselves; without doubt, there are women who live in family units where they are forced to wear the veil. But controlling relationships are not just a […]
Epigraph: Every human life is sacred and precious and killing one is like triggering a genocide. (Al Quran 5:32/33) 9 dead, 16 injured in a shooting in Dayton, Ohio By […]
Aug 03,2019 – JORAN TIMES – Walid M. Sadi There is a unanimity in the Arab world, especially among the Palestinians, to reject the so-called “deal of the century” that […]