Nigeria tries to rally troops as extremists’ toll revealed
Source: Associated Press By SAM OLUKOYA LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s military finally revealed a death toll of 39 from a new series of extremist attacks on soldiers, while President […]
In remote parts of Uganda, a fight to stop preachers from discouraging medical care
Source: Religion News Service By Doreen Ajiambo KATAKWI, Uganda (RNS) — In this remote town in a deeply traditional corner of eastern Uganda, a 27-year-old Pentecostal pastor has been arrested […]
Interfaith gathering calls for understanding against divisiveness and fear mongering
Source: Australasian Muslim Times Posted by Zia Ahmad An interfaith gathering held at the NSW Parliament on Tuesday 27 November organised by the Indian Crescent Society of Australia and hosted […]
The Dead Sea is dying. A $1.5 billion plan aims to resurrect it.
Source: MSN News BY Linda Givetash and Ziad Jaber and Paul Goldman AMMAN, Jordan — At the southern tip of the Dead Sea, Sameer Mahadin recalls when the shoreline was […]
India outrage as mall shames woman for breastfeeding
Source: BBC News There has been outrage in India after the management of a shopping centre in the eastern city of Kolkata told a mum wanting to breastfeed her baby […]
Exclusive: China will retaliate ‘in proportion’ to any U.S. sanction over Muslim Uighurs – ambassador
Reuters International Nov 28, 2018 By Michael Martina WASHINGTON (Reuters) – China will retaliate “in proportion” if the United States sanctions its top official in the restive region of […]
Germany: The Mormons of Islam, only more successful
On 22nd November 2018 the legal case starts in Frankfurt against the religion critic and publicist Necla Kelek, launched by the Ahmadiyya Community. The Community is accusing Kelek, as the author in an interview with the German Radio Deutschlandfunk in the year 2017 called the Community a ‘sect’ and ‘a […]
USA: Letters of support pour in for threatened Muslim girl, 10
AP November 30, 2018 School officials say she received threatening notes in her classroom storage bin The council encouraged people to send letters to the girl to “counteract the hateful message” BOSTON: A Muslim girl in Massachusetts has received hundreds of letters of support after receiving threatening notes […]
‘Pilgrim of Petra’ visits site for 62nd time in 25 years
By Ahmed Bani Mustafa – Nov 29,2018 – JORDAN TIMES In this undated photo, John Nawafleh surveys the ancient city of Petra. He has made more than 60 visits to […]
Europe finally pulls the trigger on a military force
Nov 29,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Hans-Werner Sinn MUNICH — US President Donald Trump is making an intolerable show of himself in Europe. Not only has he cast doubt on America’s […]
Ethical themes
Source: Dawn OVER the centuries, Quranic concepts of an egalitarian human society have either been forgotten, or diluted through simple-mindedness, narrowness of thought and need for political mileage. Scholarship and discourse have centred on rituals and questionable ahadith. Culture and traditions have replaced religion. Today, much of what is practised […]
Middle East dictators always end up bringing their western allies down – and now they’ve got their coils in the White House
Crystal balls are dangerous objects in the Middle East. Mine have been broken several times. But there’s no reason why Donald Trump should be immune from the fate of so […]
Foreign influences in German mosques.
Source: Morgenpost The 4th German Islam Conference (DIK) has started with a controversial debate about foreign influences in German mosques. The kick-off event in Berlin was accompanied by a heated exchange between conservative and liberal Muslims. Federal Interior Minister Horst Seehofer called on the Islamic communities in Germany to gradually […]
The small, but surprising secret to Germany’s economic success
Source: DW It’s a dreaded dinner party question that leaves many of us scrambling to make our mundane jobs sound more interesting than they are. It’s also the first thing I ask Steffen Lange, the branch manager of a company called “Berliner Schrauben” (Berlin screws), when we meet at his […]
German government backs controversial UN migration pact
Source: The Local MPs including Chancellor Angela Merkel voting in the Bundestag on Thursday. Photo: DPA It has sparked a split of opinions among politicians in Germany. But on Thursday the Bundestag voted in favour of the controversial UN migration pact. In the ballot 372 MPs voted in favour of […]
At the Islam Conference in Berlin, the hosts distribute blood sausage snacks made from pork?
Source: Frankfurter Rundschau At the Islam Conference in Berlin, the hosts distribute blood sausage snacks made from pork. It’s not the first time. It sounds like a bad joke: At […]
Germany seeks dialogue with country’s 4.5 million Muslims
Source: The Telegraph The German government is reaching out to the country’s 4.5 million Muslims by sitting down with community leaders, experts and imams to talk about improving their integration […]
Michael Cohen Admits Talks for Trump Over Moscow Tower Occurred Well Into Campaign
Source: MSN Michael D. Cohen, President Trump’s former lawyer and fixer, admitted in court on Thursday that he had engaged in negotiations to build a tower in Moscow for Mr. […]
Indonesia’s Widodo plays the Islamic card
29 November 2018 Author: John McBeth, Jakarta Indonesian President Joko Widodo is the favourite to win a second and mandated final term in the legislative and presidential elections on 27 […]
The Saudi Crown Prince Gets a Pass on Khashoggi at the G20
Mohammed bin Salman’s presence at the meeting signals a desire to put the Khashoggi affair behind him. Global leaders will probably let him. Krishnadev Calamur When leaders of the […]