Sikh soldier memorial statue in Smethwick vandalised
Source: BBC News A memorial commemorating 100 years since the end of World War One has been vandalised days after being unveiled. The work, which includes a 10ft (3m) statue […]
LGBT+ rights take center stage in Mexico’s new Congress
Source: Reuters By Oscar Lopez MEXICO (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A bill passed this week in Mexico’s Senate granting same-sex couples equal social security benefits as heterosexuals now moves to […]
Woman who bore rapist’s baby faces 20 years in El Salvador jail
Source: The Guardian BY Nina Lakhani A rape victim is facing 20 years in jail charged with attempted murder, after she gave birth to her abuser’s baby in a latrine […]
American Jews Face a Choice: Create Meaning or Fade Away
Source: The New York Times By Gal Beckerman When a gunman slaughtered 11 worshipers in a Pittsburgh synagogue on a Shabbat morning last month, American Jews were left with a […]
Saudi Arabia Is Misusing Mecca
Source: The New York Times In the aftermath of the Jamal Khashoggi murder, the kingdom has exploited the podium of the Grand Mosque in Mecca by using its imams to […]
Humanity First with Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association USA is responding to California Wildfire
Dear Friends, Over the past several weeks, wildfires in California have devastated more than two hundred fifty (250) thousand acres of land including thousands of homes and businesses. More than […]
Govt’s botched handling of Aasia Bibi protests is ‘divine justice’: PML-N senator
Dawn.com | Nadir Guramani Updated November 12, 2018 The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) government on Monday once again came under fire in the Senate from opposition lawmakers over its handling of protests by religious parties against the acquittal of Aasia Bibi, with PML-N’s Mushahidullah Khan claiming that the ruling party […]
Crown Prince’s wings clipped as Khashoggi death rattles Riyadh
Fallout from killing has weakened Prince Mohammed and given second wind to old guard of elders Martin Chulov Middle East correspondent Mon 12 Nov 2018 Turkey alleges Crown Prince […]
How a female artisan became the Arab world’s top jewelry designer and captured a cult following in Hollywood
Azza Fahmy is the first woman to ever train with a master goldsmith in Egypt. Over the past 50 years, she’s built a global artisanal jewelry brand. From pharaconic collars […]
Should Pakistan revisit its Israel policy?
By Kamran Yousaf Published: November 12, 2018 On October 25, a tweet from an Israeli journalist caused uproar in Pakistan. Avi Scharf, Editor of the English edition of the […]
Buying a second passport changed our lives: UAE expats
This is how much UAE expats spend to travel freely around the world Published: November 11, 2018 Cleofe Maceda, Senior Web Reporter UAE expatriate Belal Nasser goes on a holiday […]
Sanctions on Iran likely to boost Turkey-Iraq commercial ties
DAILY SABAH WITH AA ISTANBUL While the implications of the second round of U.S. sanctions against Iran on the regional economy are being discussed, experts said that Turkish goods could dominate the Iraqi market with the decline in imports of Iranian goods due to the sanctions. Turkey-Iraq Business Council Chairman […]
Aga Khan officially opens garden in Edmonton
Wednesday, October 24, 2018 His Highness the Aga Khan officially opened the Aga Khan Garden this month in Edmonton. The Aga Khan Garden, located at the University of Alberta […]
Ahmadiyya youth to commemorate ANZAC Day
November 11, 2018 Venkat Raman Auckland, November 11, 2018 Is it loyal or moral for Muslims to wear the poppy and participate in ANZAC and Remembrance Day commemorations? Is this […]
Israel-Gaza border falls quiet after botched Israeli operation
Reuters International Nov 12, 2018 A Palestinian man and his son ride a motorcycle past the debris of a building destroyed in an Israeli air strike, in Khan Younis in […]
100 years of female suffrage in Germany: the unknown story
Source: The Local A poster in the Damenwahl (women’s vote) exhibition in Frankfurt am Main promotes the Women’s Day in 1914. Photo: DPA The English suffragettes are world famous, whilst the pioneers of German women’s suffrage are much less known. Now their story is being rediscovered. Who were Clara Zetkin […]
Belgian independent deputy Özdemir: Europe continues to bar the representation of Muslim women
NUR ÖZKAN ERBAY ANKARA Mahinur Özdemir said it is challenging in Europe to be a Muslim woman and more specifically a Muslim woman pursuing a career in politics. The acceptance […]
Istanbul conference calls for tribunal to judge Yemen ‘crimes’
By AFP – Nov 11,2018 -JORDAN TIMES ISTANBUL — An Istanbul conference under the aegis of Nobel laureate Tawakkol Karman on Friday called for concrete measures to end the war […]
The best way for our leaders to remember the dead on Armistice Day? Do everything they can to avoid a nuclear war
We are facing a situation where millions could be killed in minutes. The death toll could be even greater than that of the two world wars put together Des Browne […]
We should all be wearing a Khadi poppy today to commemorate the thousands of Indian soldiers who fought in WWI
The scale and significance of the British Indian Army cannot be underestimated – their sacrifice helped sow the seeds for a peace and harmony that we enjoy today and must […]