Source: Reuters By Ben Blanchard, Tom Miles BEIJING/GENEVA (Reuters) – China is mounting an increasingly sophisticated counterattack to criticism of its policies in the restive, heavily Muslim region of Xinjiang, courting […]
Source: Aljazeera In yet another move aimed at reducing Islamic influence in China, authorities there have renamed a river because it had an “Arabic-sounding name”. The name of the river “Aiyi” […]
Source: Reuters LILLE, France/PARIS (Reuters) – French police raided a Shi’ite Muslim faith center and arrested three of its leaders for illegal weapons possession in pre-dawn swoops on Tuesday that […]
Source: Bloomberg By Marek Strzelecki A Polish feature film about the abuses by clergy of the Roman Catholic church is setting attendance records at the country’s box office. ‘Kler’ — named after the […]
Source: Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — An appeals court in Poland ruled Tuesday that a Roman Catholic order should pay damages to a woman who was abducted and sexually […]
Source: Religion & Politics By Monique Parsons When Ahmad Zahra decided to run for city council in Fullerton, California, a politically and racially diverse community about 30 miles southeast of Los […]
Source: Quartz BY Haroon Khalid At the entrance of the [Badshahi Masjid in Lahore] are some pictures from the colonial era. They show the mosque’s dilapidated condition after having served as a […]
Source: CNN Written by Reina Lewis Reina Lewis is professor of cultural studies at London College of Fashion (University of the Arts London) and a consulting curator of the de Young […]
ANADOLU AGENCY ISTANBUL Former Lebanese PM Fouad Siniora, Turkish Pres Spox Ibrahim Kalın, UN Syria Envoy Staffan de Mistura, Carnegie Middle East Center Director Maha Yahya and former OIC UN […]
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL Nurjahan Saleque (Facebook Photo) Home rental website Airbnb said Wednesday it decided to ban a host after she rejected a hijab-wearing Muslim woman saying she would not […]
ISLAMABAD: All the federating units of Pakistan and Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) seemingly have ‘miserably’ failed to accomplish the registration of religious seminaries. However, the government of Azad Jammu and […]
Source: Tribune Express By Sehrish Wasif ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Wednesday ignoring contribution made by religious seminaries in progress of society and equating them with terrorism and extremism was […]
Source: Associated Press By CHRISTOPHER WEBER LOS ANGELES (AP) — A man who says he was sexually abused decades ago by his parish priest said Tuesday he is suing all […]
Source: Time By ELI MEIXLER At a campaign rally in Mississippi on Tuesday, President Donald Trump repeatedly ridiculed Christine Blasey Ford, who has accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her […]
Source: Time By JAMIE DUCHARME Your dog may be a good boy—but he’s not as smart as you think, a new research article suggests. Dogs have a unique set of cognitive abilities, but […]
By Julie Hunt THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON OCTOBER 4, 2018 Motti and his mother at a “shidduch” matchmaking meeting(Film trailer) When “Wolkenbruchexternal link” premiered at this year’s Zurich Film Festivalexternal […]
The PTI chief Imran Khan married his faith healer in a simple ceremony in Lahore in February Pakistan by Usman Arshad | Published on October 2, 2018 ISLAMABAD – The […]
Agencies OCTOBER 4, 2018 Donald Trump? Hardly. Reconciliation between the Koreas? Rather premature. Peace between Ethiopia and Eritrea? Probably missed the deadline. As the 2018 Nobel peace prize looms, it’s […]
WORLD A total of 1,411 people have been confirmed dead and over 2,500 injured after the monster earthquake struck Friday sending destructive waves barrelling into Sulawesi island AFP OCTOBER 4, […]
PERSPECTIVES Although the Ahmadis regard themselves as Muslims, their persecution and marginalization is considered legitimate and often encouraged across Pakistan. Against this backdrop, the community has suffered inconceivable persecution in […]