Isis leader Baghdadi appears in video for first time in five years
Video comes weeks after Islamic State was ousted from last stronghold in Syria Martin Chulov in Beirut and Dan Sabbagh in London Tue 30 Apr 2019 Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi appears […]
Celebrities denounce proposed boycott of Eurovision in Israel
Stephen Fry, Marina Abramović and former winner Conchita among stars describing the boycott movement as ‘an affront to both Palestinians and Israelis’ Laura Snapes Tue 30 Apr 2019 Singer […]
NY rabbi: ‘Not even 1 million’ Jews killed in Holocaust
Yosef Mizrachi claims high assimilation rates inflated estimates; ‘he doesn’t know what he’s talking about,’ historian says Source: The Times of Israel A controversial ultra-Orthodox rabbi based in New York […]
U.S. and Afghan Forces Killed More Civilians Than Taliban Did, Report Finds
Mourning civilians killed in a raid last year by a C.I.A.-sponsored strike force in Khogyani, Afghanistan.CreditJim Huylebroek for The New York Times By David Zucchino April 24, 2019 KABUL, Afghanistan […]
Jokowi wants to move capital out of Java
Marguerite Afra SapiieThe Jakarta Post Jakarta / Mon, April 29, 2019 / “The President has decided in the meeting to move the capital outside Java,” […]
Six years after my dad was killed by a racist, I tried to understand how a Muslim genocide took place on Britain’s doorstep
The story of Srebrenica leaves me terrified that it would be so easy for some to ignore the kind of bigotry that has fostered hate on the streets of Britain […]
Sri Lanka’s headscarf ban has nothing to do with protecting citizens – its only goal is to punish Muslim women
Source: Independent People who have covered their faces for over 20 years are now afraid to leave their homes. Once again, it’s women who are being targeted by extremists and […]
Africa’s largest mosque has been completed with thanks to China
Source: Quartz By Abdi Latif Dahir After seven years of construction and over $1 billion in expenses, a new mosque in Algeria is set to break new global records. The […]
Saudi royal adviser missing in Khashoggi trial: officials
Royal court ex-adviser Qahtani, who is allegedly involved in Khashoggi’s killing, not present at trials, officials say. 28 Apr 2019 An official says Qahtani’s no-show might mean the Saudis want […]
Prime Minister Imran Khan concludes official visit to China
Aisha Mahmood April 29, 2019 Prime Minister Imran Khan concluded on Monday his four-day official trip to China on the invitation of President Xi Jinping. The premier attended the 2nd Belt […]
Pakistan Embarrassed; Russian Vladimir Putin Declines To Meet Imran Khan at BRI Summit
By EurAsian Times – April 29, 2019 In a massive embarrassment to Pakistan, Islamabad could not convince Russia for a bilateral meeting between President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Imran […]
REVOLUTIONARIES AND SPIES: When Swiss neutrality hurt the Indian freedom struggle
By Anand Chandrasekhar THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON APRIL 2, 2017 The Café de la Couronne along with Hotel Bristol in Geneva were favoured hangouts for anti-colonial […]
Christian Terrorists: ANARCHISTS IN SWITZERLAND: PART 4. – When bombs shook Geneva
By Regula Bochsler (text) and Andrea Caprez (illustration) THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON APRIL 29, 2019 (Andrea Caprez) In the early 1900s, Geneva was the site of two […]
Fears grow in Sri Lanka for refugees targeted by mob violence
More than 1,000 refugees, mainly Ahmadi Muslims from Pakistan, under police protection Jack Power, Joe Humphreys Ahmadi refugees from Pakistan at the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Centre in Pasyala, Sri Lanka, […]
Pakistan says it is on the road to major change, but few are fully persuaded
THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON APRIL 29, 2019 FILE PHOTO: Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan (C) applauses as he is observes the fly-past by Pakistan Air Force (PAF) JF-17 […]
Turkey indicts third U.S. Consulate worker in Istanbul on terrorism charges
THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON APRIL 26, 2019 U.S. Consulate is pictured in Istanbul, Turkey, October 11, 2017. REUTERS/Murad Sezer (reuters_tickers) By Humeyra Pamuk and Ali Kucukgocmen WASHINGTON/ISTANBUL (Reuters) […]
Annual Gathering – Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at – Lombok Region, Indonesia. – THE LIGHT (NOOR). OF THE KHALIFAS
The Regional Jalsa Salana of Lombok (including Bali and surrounding islands) took place from Friday 26th April to Sunday 28th April 2019. Slightly over 600 persons attended the event. […]
Father of Hate: How detained Saudi cleric Safar Al-Hawali promoted anti-Western ideas
Updated 16 sec ago RAWAN RADWAN April 29, 2019 In Safar Al-Hawali, extremism lurks behind a genial facade In his book, he supports terrorist acts regardless of the effects on […]
Egypt-Israel land swap idea likely to be a dead end
DR. ABDELLATIF EL-MENAWY April 28, 2019 Palestinian security forces loyal to Hamas stand at the Rafah crossing point between Egypt and the southern Gaza Strip in Rafah. (File/ AFP) Concerns […]
All recent murmurings from the White House signal the Israel-Palestine two-state solution is dead
Until recently for the international community, the concept had been the generally accepted way to begin resolving the 70-year conflict Bel Trew @beltrew Twice Jared Kushner, Donald Trump’s smooth-talking son-in-law, has dodged […]