Ethiopia grants refugees right to work and live out of camps
by Nduta Waweru, at 01:00 pm, January 18, 2019, News The Ethiopian government on Thursday passed a law that gave refugees the right to work and live out of camps. […]
Pakistan bans soft music on its flights: Ah, the naya bans in Naya Pakistan!
From Ahmadis to buffaloes and cheese, Naya Pakistan is newly defining the ABC of bans! | 18-01-2019 DailyBite Pakistan, we’ve been informed, is turning over a new leaf. It has a shiny new Prime Minister, Imran Khan, who wishes to build a Naya Pakistan. For this, he’s started early. […]
Planning Commission votes to deny permit for Islamic retreat site near Warrenton
By James Ivancic and Jill Palermo Times Staff Writers Jan 18, 2019 The Fauquier County Planning Commission on Thursday, Jan. 17 voted to deny a special exception permit for […]
Hunza Girl Guides win National Award for pioneering environmental project
The.Ismaili | 18 January 2019 | Pakistan The Hunza Girl Guides recently achieved national recognition from the Pakistan Girl Guides Association for their work to protect the natural environment. The […]
Why the BuzzFeed Trump-Cohen story could be the most damning to date
Source: Huffington Post By Aaron Blake Predicting President Trump’s imminent demise has made fools of people since the moment he launched his presidential campaign. But the latest blockbuster story about the […]
Misrepresentation a ‘constant problem,’ says Muslim-American journalist misidentified by Vogue
Source: CNN “Misrepresentation and misidentification is a constant problem if you are Muslim in America,” she continued. “And as much as I work to fight this, there are moments like this where I feel defeated. Tagouri later told CNN that she wasn’t surprised by the mistake, and that it happens […]
Prominent Kurdish politician argues to save Islam from Salafism
Source: Rudaw ERBIL, Kurdistan Region — The head of the executive body of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) Politburo says that Islam has to be saved from Salafism to […]
Islam between Culture and politics
Shahzada Rahim January 17, 2019 Islam is both cultural and faith system but not a political ideology (Politicization). The politicization of Islam in past decades had created a distinction […]
Chaguan: History shows the folly of China’s paranoia about Islam
Crude attempts to sinicise the faith will alienate Muslims Print edition | China Jan 17th 2019 IT IS A shame that so few Chinese remember General Bai Chongxi, a brilliant […]
Your questions about the government shutdown, answered (part 2)
at 9:00 a.m. We recently asked readers what they wanted to know about the government shutdown. In a previous installment, we tackled questions about missed work and pay for government […]
Malaysia: Goldman Sachs must pay, apology not enough
AP January 18, 2019 Goldman CEO David Solomon apologized Wednesday to the Malaysian people for its former banker Tim Leissner’s role in arranging bond sales for 1MDB PUTRAYAJAYA, […]
‘Levant’s transition to Islamic rule was gradual for majority of population’
By Saeb Rawashdeh – Jan 17,2019 -JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — The transition from the Byzantine to Early Islamic period was drastic when looks at only historical literary sources, claimed a […]
Vote ‘Dildo for Indonesia’: rivals for president find young voters hard to please
As elections loom, millennials tired of leaders who do not represent them find happiness in spoof social media personalities Kate Lamb in Jakarta @_KateLamb Fri 18 Jan 2019 With their […]
Bernie Sanders could be US president in 2020 – and this is what it means for Israel and the Middle East
It’s one thing for a black candidate to go for the black vote in the US, but for an American Jew to go for the American Jewish vote is a […]
Protests Erupt In India After Women Defy Menstruation Ban At Hindu Temple
Source: Huffington Post By Jose Devasia and Neha Dasgupta Two women defied a centuries-old ban this week and entered the Sabarimala temple in Kerala. Two women defied a centuries-old ban […]
Only 10% in Germany say they believe in God with absolute certainty
Percentage who say they believe in God with absolute certainty: 🇦🇲 Armenia: 79% 🇬🇪 Georgia: 73 🇧🇦 Bosnia: 66 🇵🇱 Poland: 45 🇵🇹 Portugal: 44 🇸🇰 Slovakia: 37 🇨🇭 Switzerland: […]
Al-Shabaab’s Kenya attack proves the terrorist group is still deadly
Source: Vox Kenya has been an al-Shabaab target for years. It seems like that will continue, even with US-backed military efforts to defeat the terrorists. A bloody, day-long terrorist attack […]
Ilhan Omar, the Muslim congresswoman Saudi Arabia tried to smear, secures place on powerful House committee that could stop the US from selling arms to the kingdom
Alexandra Ma Ilhan Omar, a first-year member of Congress, was chosen to sit on the House Foreign Affairs Committee this week. The committee oversees bills and investigations related to […]
Saudi Arabia pumps money into restive Shi’ite quarter it once flattened
17 Jan 2019 AWAMIYA, Saudi Arabia: The old quarter of Awamiya, a town on Saudi Arabia’s oil-producing eastern shore that was once the centre of Shi’ite protests, was levelled […]
India risks becoming a Hindu Pakistan
by Mihir Sharma. Follow @mihirssharma on Twitter India is, and has been since independence in 1947, a liberal secular democracy. Its first generation of leaders resolutely refused to accept the argument of Pakistan’s founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah that the Hindus and the Muslims of the subcontinent represented two different nations. […]