Dutch ban on burqas and niqabs takes effect
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 […]
22 charged with wearing face veils during first year of Denmark’s Burka Ban
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 […]
Quebec announces $20M in funds to preserve province’s religious heritage
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 […]
We Have a White Nationalist Terrorist Problem
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 […]
Trump Blames Everything But Guns And Himself For El Paso And Dayton Mass Shootings
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 […]
Pope encourages priests disheartened by sex abuse fallout
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 […]
Article 370: India strips disputed Kashmir of special status
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 […]
The highlight of the Jalsa Salana: The Bai’at Ceremony (Initiation)
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, […]
Is Human Life Sacred: The Body and the Spirit?
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 […]
Cardinal defends Nigeria’s Shia Muslim minority after crackdown
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 […]
Islamic Movement in Nigeria: The Iranian-inspired Shia group
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 […]
India to allow Hindu settlers to buy property in Muslim-majority Kashmir for first time, sparking massive protests
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 […]
Islamophobia is not the problem here – it’s Muslims hating Muslims
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 […]
What to expect from the peace deal?
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 […]
Hashtag campaign against Pakistani religious minority group during PM Khan’s US visit
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 […]
Saudi Arabia executes its own citizens with impunity. It is abhorrent that the UK will not label it a pariah state
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 […]
The Dutch ‘burqa ban’ collides with reality, and should make governments think again about policing dress
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 […]
A deadly day in America
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 […]
What comes next after demise of ‘deal of the century?’
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 […]
US to deploy missiles in Asia soon, Defense Secretary Mark Esper says
ANADOLU AGENCY ANKARA Published 03.08.2019 The U.S. wants to deploy an intermediate-range conventional missile in the Pacific region within months, it announced only a day after quitting a major arms […]