China’s Gulag for Muslims
Source: The New York Times By Mustafa Akyol One of the darkest episodes of the 20th century was the gulag — the Soviet system of forced labor camps where dissidents were […]
Migrants who saved lives in Attica wildfire granted Greek citizenship
3 January 2019 Twitter: @NeosKosm Three migrant fishermen have been recognised for their heroic efforts, after rescuing dozens of Greeks during the devastating wildfire that broke out in […]
Video Debate: Is There Meaning to Life? | William Lane Craig, Rebecca Goldstein, Jordan Peterson – Toronto 2018
Epigraph: God created the heavens and the earth for a true purpose: to reward each soul according to its deeds. They will not be wronged. (Al Quran 45:22/23) And We […]
Prof. Bart Ehrman’s Freedom From Religion Foundation Lecture
Here’s Bart Ehrman’s Freedom From Religion Foundation Lecture in Raleigh, NC in 2014. Suggested reading and viewing 24 Video lectures: The Great Courses: How Jesus Became God?
Malmö Imam: ‘We do not hate mosque shooter’
The Local news@thelocal.se @thelocalsweden 2 January 2019 A shot was fired through a glass door at a Malmö’s Mahmood Ahmadiyya mosque, shortly after midnight on New Years’ Day, with police […]
The Decade-Long U.S. Campaign To Foment Syria’s “Revolution” And Unseat Assad
As the US prepares to pull out of Syria, we revisit Sarah Abed’s account of the US campaign to foment regime change in the country.” December 29th, 2018 By Sarah […]
Afghanistan> US to Extract Minerals From Afghanistan to ‘Defray Cost of US Assistance’
The U.S. military has had its eyes on Afghan mineral deposits for some time. A 2007 Pentagon memo that the New York Times quoted in a 2010 article says that […]
Zabeen Hirji: Prepare now for the workforce of the future
Posted on December 28, 2018 By Zabeen Hirji, Stephen Harrington If the idea of artificial intelligence (AI) conjures visions of robots taking over human jobs, this is not surprising. It […]
Book Review of Mansoor Ladha’s Memoirs of a Muhindi: Fleeing East Africa for the West
28 December 2018 By NIZAR MOTANI ________________________________________________________ Memoirs of a Muhindi: Fleeing East Africa for the West By Mansoor Ladha, 252 pp. University of Regina Press, CDN$ 23.15 (at Amazon), […]
Exclusive: For Bangladesh PM, authoritarian tag is ‘badge of honour’, son says on poll eve
Dec 30, 2018 – Law enforcement officials carry electronic voting materials as they distribute them to different voting centre ahead of 11th general election which will be held on December […]
From New York to New Zealand: Muslim Youths help clean up the streets
Tuesday, 1 January 2019, Press Release: Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association Following the New Year’s Eve celebrations, thousands of Muslim youth around the world will be ushering in […]
Organization of Islamic Cooperation calls to help drought-hit Afghanistan
Arab News December 31, 2018 The resolution reiterated the organization’s commitment to providing all forms of support to mitigate the sufferings of the Afghan people JEDDAH: The Organization […]
Pope bemoans disjointed world, praises unity over diversity
The New Year’s address followed a turbulent 2018 for the pope. (AP) Reuters January 02, 2019 “The world is completely connected, yet seems increasingly disjointed” VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis, […]
Jordan: Ministry, UAE’s Red Crescent to pay the debts of 1,600 women
By JT – Jan 01,2019 – JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — The Ministry of Social Development on Monday signed a cooperation agreement with the Justice Ministry and Public Security Department (PSD) […]
Syrian army allows more pre-2011 conscripts home
Before the civil war, Syrian men served between 18 month and two years in army By AFP – Jan 01,2019 -JORDAN TIMES A Syrian soldier gestures as he rides […]
PEMRA bans Orya’s show for 30 days
Source: PT The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) has rolled out a one-month ban on the broadcast of analyst Orya Maqbool Jan’s news and current affairs programme ‘Harf-e-Raaz’ for repeatedly violating PEMRA laws and code of conduct. According to a press release, the electronic media watchdog has banned Orya’s […]
UK: Foreign Office makes forced marriage victims pay for their rescue
© Getty A forced marriage victim’s ordeal is not over once they return to the UK Young women rescued by the Foreign Office after being sent abroad for forced […]
Indians reject politics of division and hate
Source: Australian Muslim Times Posted by Zahid Jamil The opposition Congress Party has beaten PM Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party in three key northern states indicating that the Indian electorate is […]
How 2018 became the Catholic Church’s year from hell
Source: CNN By Daniel Burke (CNN) A prominent cardinal resigned in disgrace. Grand jurors accused hundreds of Catholic clerics of secretly abusing children. A former Vatican ambassador urged the Pope himself to step down. It was enough for New York’s Cardinal Timothy Dolan to call it the Catholic Church’s”summer of hell.” The […]
Germany adopts intersex identity into law
Source: BBC News Intersex people in Germany can now legally identify themselves as such under a new law adopted in December. People who do not fit the biological definition of […]