No Way Back: Why Most Syrian Refugees Want to Stay in Germany
Islamic State has been conquered and the war has ended in large parts of Syria, but most Syrian refugees living in Germany want to stay. Many fear persecution if they […]
Germany’s far-right scene in spotlight: Political murder, execution style
KLAUS JURGENS Published 01.07.2019 Far-right terrorism is not something that Germany can simply sweep under the carpet, but rather an alarming reality that all European countries must first face and […]
HEAD OF AHMADIYYA MUSLIM COMMUNITY ARRIVES IN GERMANY
Source: Pressahmadiyya.com The World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the Fifth Khalifa, His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad arrived at the Baitus Sabuh Mosque in Frankfurt on 2 July 2019. The Khalifa (Caliph) travelled from London by road and after crossing into mainland Europe he was greeted by the National President […]
France Will Debate a Bill to Stop Online Hate Speech. What’s at Stake?
Source: New York Times By Aurelien Breeden The plan, which is up for discussion in Parliament this week, would make it mandatory for online platforms to remove hateful content in less […]
Rethinking How We Talk About the History of Bengal’s Muslims
‘The Bengal Diaspora: Rethinking Muslim Migration’ fills what is missing in existing Partition Studies and speaks to our times. Rituparna Roy “Our focus on Muslim migration is deliberate. It […]
Thankful this July 4 for America’s freedoms, including the freedom to worship as one sees fit: Letter to the Editor
Posted Jul 2, 2019 By Other Voices Independence Day is around the corner. As a member of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, this day makes me even more aware of the […]
Man is charged in Twitter threat to lynch Muslim lawyer
When a Muslim lawyer in Virginia was threatened by a stranger on Twitter last year, he reported it to the social media company and to the federal authorities. The […]
France returns looted relics to Pakistan
By AFP – Jul 03,2019 – JORDAN TIMES PARIS — France on Tuesday handed over to Pakistan nearly 450 ancient relics, some dating as far back as 4,000BC, seized by […]
Why is the UN ignoring China’s concentration camps and the fate of 2m people?
As a Uighur Muslim myself, I know people are being brainwashed into forgetting their cultures, religions and identities. And yet, the human rights council has been largely silent about the […]
Is A Woman What She Wears? : Purdah In Modernity And Islam
Source: Feminism India By Nelofar Gulnar, who is currently pursuing undergraduate degree in Physics from Aquinas College. She is a person who is flanked by science and literature What does […]
Archaeologists are on a hunt for Europe’s oldest mosque near Madrid
Source: The Euro Weekly Archaeologists are on a hunt for Europe’s oldest mosque near Madrid Madrid could hold the secret of Europe’s oldest Mosque. AN archaeologist and historian from Harvard […]
Even today, we want our heroes to know right from wrong
Source: Physics.org In a world of sympathetic villains and flawed heroes, people still like fictional characters more when they have a strong sense of morality, a new study finds. Researchers found that people best liked the heroes they rated as most moral, and least liked villains they rated as […]
Evangelical :” Why Not Polygamy? A Question to Progressive Churches
June 5, 2019 by Roger E. Olson Why Not Polygamy? A Question to Progressive Churches Recently several churches with which I have friendly relations and that I respect as […]
Egypt discusses customary marriage, polygamy
N.A. Hussein July 1, 2019 Article Summary The Egyptian Catholic Church recently announced that it needs to further study the unified personal status law proposals, at a time when customary […]
As Chinese mountains get hotter, hunt for ‘cure-all’ fungus gets harder
This content was published on June 28, 2019 By Ryan Woo AMNE MACHIN RANGE, China (Reuters) – For Ma Junxiao, an ethnic Hui Muslim farmer from remote western China, […]
Book Review: ‘In Good Faith: Questioning Religion and Atheism’
Source: Asia Times Scott A Shay’s new book explores the arguments and rational reasons to believe in God “Why should anyone in his or her right mind believe in God?” […]
24 Video lectures: The Great Courses: How Jesus Became God?
Source: The Teaching Company 24 lectures: Year Released: 2014 The early Christian claim that Jesus of Nazareth was God completely changed the course of Western civilization. In fact, without the […]
Tehran hosts meeting on peaceful coexistence based on Islamic teachings
Other Culture June 29, 2019 The University of Tehran hosted an international conference on peaceful coexistence based on Islamic teachings on Wednesday. The conference, titled “Strategic Capacities of Islamic Teachings […]
The rotten apple did not fall far from the wretched tree
Yossi Mekelberg July 02, 2019 Israeli police block the road in front of extreme right-wing activist Baruch Marzel who is leading a controversial demonstration in Nazareth, the largest Arab-Israeli city, […]
In battle for Libya’s oil, water becomes a casualty
This content was published on July 2, 2019 By Ulf Laessing and Ahmed Elumami TRIPOLI (Reuters) – While Libya’s oil lies at the heart of three months of fighting over […]