Key strains and institutions of Islam explained
Source: The Economist Sunnis: followers of the sunnah, or tradition, of the Prophet Muhammad. They make up more than 80% of Muslims worldwide. Shia: followers of the Prophet’s son-in-law, Ali, […]
Rail minister Sujon visits Panchagarh after attack on Ahmadiyyas
Sazzadur Rahman Sazzad, Panchagarh Published at 04:51 pm February 15th, 2019 File photo of Railways Minister Advocate Md Nurul Islam Sujon A five-member probe committee has been formed to investigate […]
Panchagarh admin blamed for failing to protect Ahmadiyyas
Staff Correspondent | Published: Feb 17,2019 | Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Bangladesh holds a news conference at its headquarters at Bakshibazar in Dhaka on Saturday.– New Age photo Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaa’t […]
Panchagarh Ahmadiyyas still panicked
Our Correspondent . Panchagarh | Published: 15:20, Feb 16,2019 Homesteads of Ahmadiyya Muslims are burnt by religious bigots in Panchagarh’s Ahmadnagar on Tuesday night. — New Age file photo Ahmadiyya […]
Confront your dark colonial past in Congo and apologise – UN tells Belgium
February 16, 2019 MILDRED EUROPA TAYLOR | Staff Writer Mildred Europa Taylor is a writer and content creator. She loves writing about health and women’s issues in Africa and the […]
Call to ban killer robots in wars
By Pallab GhoshScience correspondent, BBC News, Washington DC 15 February 2019 Image captionThis is not about terminator robots but “conventional weapons systems with autonomy” A group of scientists has called […]
Erdogan offers seminary exchange for Greek mosque minarets
Source: Arab News ANKARA: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday suggested the mosque in Athens should open with minarets if the Greek premier wants to reopen a seminary in […]
North Carolina To Have Its First Black Woman As Supreme Court Chief Justice
Source: Huffington Post By Kimberley Richards North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper (D) on Tuesday appointed Cheri Beasley to be the chief justice of the state’s Supreme Court. Beasley will be the […]
Once a majority, Protestants now account for fewer than a third of Germans
Source: Pew Research Center BY JONATHAN EVANS German churchgoers attend a service marking the anniversary of the beginning of the Protestant Reformation. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images) Germany is the birthplace of Martin […]
Protesters in India claim victory as citizenship bill stalls
Source: Reuters By Zarir Hussain GUWAHATI, India (Reuters) – Protesters in northeast India claimed victory on Wednesday after a bill that the government says will help Hindus in neighboring countries […]
Anti-Semitism: Germany sees ‘10% jump in offences’ in 2018
Source: BBC News The German government has revealed a sharp increase in the number of anti-Semitic offences recorded last year. Crime data, detailed in German media on Wednesday, says 1,646 […]
Gay Muslim comic gone from Instagram after Indonesia warning
Source: Associated Press By STEPHEN WRIGHT JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — An Instagram account that published comic strips depicting the struggles of gay Muslims in Indonesia has disappeared following a frenzy […]
It’s Christian politics, not AIPAC money, that explains American support for Israel
Source: The Washington Post By Sam Goldman Why do so many American politicians, from state legislators and governors to members of Congress to presidents, express such passionate support for the State of Israel? Rep. Ilhan Omar […]
Thirty years on, some Russians want to reframe Soviet war in Afghanistan
By Reuters – Feb 16,2019 – JORDAN TIMES An Afghan boy jumps from the remains of a Soviet-era tank on the outskirts of Jalalabad, Afghanistan, on Friday (Reuters photo) MOSCOW […]
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami seeks a new garb
Jamaat seeks a new garb Forms committee to find how it can emerge as new political party Rashidul Hasan The Jamaat-e-Islami has formed a five-member high-powered committee to devise a […]
‘Punish attackers of Ahmadiyyas’
Demand eminent citizens Eminent citizens demand punishment of those responsible for the attack on Ahmadiyya community in Panchagarh. In this photo, Ahmadiyya community holds a press briefing at their headquarters […]
‘Salman Rushdie radicalised my generation’
By Mobeen AzharBBC News 14 February 2019 Image copyrightGETTY IMAGES It’s Valentine’s day 1989. Margaret Thatcher is prime minister and Kylie, Yazz and Bros are making noise. Far away, Iran’s […]
Muslim Sunrise Publishes a New Volume About Revelation
Source: The Longest Running Muslim publication of North America Since 1920s. Editorial: By Mubasher Ahmad, the Chief Editor The theme of this issue of the Muslim Sunrise is “Revelation.” This […]
The Master Plan: My Journey from Life in Prison to a Life of Purpose
Source: Amazon By Chris Wilson (Author), Bret Witter (Author), Wes Moore (Foreword) The inspiring, instructive, and ultimately triumphant memoir of a man who used hard work and a Master Plan to turn a life sentence into a second chance. Growing up in a tough Washington, D.C., neighborhood, Chris Wilson was so afraid for his life he […]
From Mesopotamia to West London, a 4,000-year history of the turban
Source: CNN The use of turbans once stretched across India, the Middle East, Europe and Africa, protecting wearers from sun, rain or cold. In some regions, only believers had the privilege of wearing one, while other cultures ordered non-believers to assume turbans of different colors so they could be identified. […]