Pope to visit Moroccan imam school to boost moderate Islam
By: NICOLE WINFIELD, Associated Press Posted: Feb 09, 2019 VATICAN CITY (AP) – Pope Francis will meet with migrants in Morocco and visit a training institute for imams […]
Bangladesh: Where from pro-Caliphate Hefazat e Islam kingpin Ahmad Shafi gets the courage of making audacious statement against Ahmadiyyas?
February 9, 2019 Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury The February 8, 2019 issue of Dhaka’s front-ranking Bangla daily Jugantor has a most disturbing report. According to it, Ahmadiyya community in Bangladesh […]
VILE CRACKDOWN: China forcing Muslims to eat pork saying it will make them more patriotic in religious crackdown
Source: The Sun, UK Authorities in Xinjiang have delivered raw pork to Muslim households and threatened to send dissenters to “re-education” camps By Debbie White CHINA is forcing Muslims to […]
On Islam, Francis Follows in Benedict’s Footsteps
COMMENTARY: The new Muslim-Catholic joint document takes up Benedict’s earlier assertion that religious believers — despite theological conflicts — can contend together for the place of God in our common […]
‘Life ban’ call over racial abuse of Mohamed Salah
Salah was taunted during Liverpool’s 1-1 draw at West Ham. (AFP) February 08, 2019 Police given evidence after an investigation into Islamophobic abuse shouted at Egyptian ace. Football Against […]
The Saudis say: Al-Jubeir: Saudi crown prince ‘did not order Khashoggi killing’
Adel Al-Jubeir told US media that no order was given to conduct the Khashoggi killing. (AFP) Arab News February 08, 2019 Saudi Arabia late last year indicted 11 people […]
Hate Groups Showed Up At Canada’s Oldest Mosque, Reigniting Familiar Fears
Source: Huffington Post By Rowaida Abdelaziz Members of far-right hate groups recently entered the Al Rashid Mosque in Edmonton, Canada, and gathered outside to harass worshippers on their way to Friday […]
Justice Roberts Joins Supreme Court Liberals to Block Louisiana Abortion Law
Source: Time By MARK SHERMAN / AP (WASHINGTON) — A divided Supreme Court stopped Louisiana from enforcing new regulations on abortion clinics in a test of the conservative court’s views […]
Ignorant Judge’s poor advice to “knowledgeable Muslims”
Source: Australian Muslim Times Posted by Dr Ameer Ali Justice Desmond Fagan, while reading his judgement on the Jihadi Bonnie and Clyde terrorist case advising Muslims with “deep knowledge” to disavow some […]
Saudi state implicated into Khashoggi killing: UN experts
Source: Australian Muslim Times By Abu Anees The UN human rights investigator Special Rapporteur Agnes Callamard leading the international inquiry into the murder of Saudi Journalist Jamal Khashoggi has obtained conclusive evidence implicating the […]
Venezuela: ‘Let Trump be Trump’
Jan 29,2019 – JORDAN TIMES – Gwynne Dyer The decision to promote Juan Guaidó as a rival president to Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela was clearly made in Washington, not in Caracas. […]
Chicago Cubs’ Muslim Fans Want Action After Team Patriarch’s Islamophobic Emails
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla American Muslim fans of the Chicago Cubs want strong action after revelations this week that the patriarch of the family that owns the team for years emailed […]
Selling Africa’s good news stories
Feb 07,2019 – JORDAN TIMES – Shayera Dark LAGOS — Anywhere in the world, freelance journalism is an extreme career choice. The job requires withstanding pitch rejections, ignored queries, stolen story […]
Ex-Turkish prisoner Andrew Brunson calls for release of detained Americans
Source: Politico By Eli Okun Andrew Brunson, the American pastor whose two-year detention in Turkey became a diplomatic flashpoint, on Wednesday called on the international community not to forget the […]
India’s Congress to scrap law punishing Muslim men for instant divorce if voted back to power
Source: Reuters By Krishna N. Das NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s main opposition Congress party said on Thursday it would scrap a decree passed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s […]
We call anti-migrant hostility ‘right-wing extremism’ on the streets, but what about when it comes from the state?
Recent deportations to Jamaica are proving that it’s still open season on immigrant communities, or anyone perceived to be from one Richard Sudan @richardsudan The Independent Voices The hostile atmosphere […]
Australia: Woolworths becomes first supermarket to make own-brand halal food due to growing Muslim population
Brand is called Al-Sadiq, meaning truthful, and will start selling in May or June It will appear in 20 stores in communities with high Muslim populations The brand has been […]
Thailand’s king condemns bid by sister to become PM
8 February 2019 Thailand’s King Vajiralongkorn has denounced as “inappropriate” his sister’s unprecedented bid to run for prime minister in March’s election. In a palace statement, he said such […]
Muslim Inmate’s Execution Is Blocked Over Denial of Request for Imam
Source: The New York Times By Julia Jacobs Domineque Ray’s execution has been delayed because of a court battle over whether he has a right to have an imam present […]
Church clerical abuse: Former nuns share their experiences
Source: BBC News A day after Pope Francis publicly admitted for the first time that clerics had sexually abused nuns, promising to tackle the issue that was “still going on” […]