Sweden is famous the world over for its pioneering work on gay rights, the environment, peace building, gender equality and humanitarian work. The far-right Sweden Democrats (SD) party, on the […]
Voices I’m not surprised an Israeli teen fell to his death taking a selfie on holiday – I used to be that obsessive myself A few years ago, I was […]
Source: The New York Times By Sharon Otterman and Laurie Goodstein Attorneys general across the United States are taking a newly aggressive stance in investigating sexual abuse by Roman Catholic clergy, opening […]
Source: Dawn News Celebrated economist Atif Mian, who was asked to resign earlier on Friday from the government’s Economic Advisory Council (EAC) for his adherence to the Ahmadiyya faith, tweeted […]
Source: Reuters KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on Thursday denounced the caning of two Muslim women for attempting lesbian sex, a sentence that sparked outrage and […]
Source: Wall Street Journal By Craig Nelson, Ehsanullah Amiri and Habib Khan Totakhil KABUL—Two bomb blasts just minutes apart tore through a mainly Shiite Muslim neighborhood in the Afghan capital on […]
Source: Associated Press SYDNEY (AP) — Australian prosecutors said on Thursday they will appeal for a tougher sentence for the most senior Roman Catholic cleric convicted of covering up child […]
Source: The Washington Post By Loveday Morris September 1 ISFIYA, Israel — At a military cemetery lined by conifers on the wooded slopes of Israel’s Mount Carmel, Safwan Marich walks beside the […]
Source: BBC News Israel’s Supreme Court has rejected appeals against the demolition of a Bedouin village in the occupied West Bank whose fate has been a subject of international concern. […]
Source: Associated Press By JOHN LEICESTER SAINT-MARTIN-EN-VERCORS, France (AP) — When a lowly Roman Catholic father rebels against the church hierarchy, publicly castigating a prominent cardinal’s handling of child sex-abuse […]
Christian Martyrs under Islam Publisher: Princeton University Press By Christian C. Sahner, who is associate professor of Islamic history at the University of Oxford and a fellow of St Cross […]
Source: New York Times By Faisal Devji, who teaches history at the University of Oxford Saudi Arabia, or the Arabian Peninsula before the formation of the modern kingdom, has been and […]
Reporter: antara 24th August 2018 Illustration. rubble of houses collapsed after the earthquake in Labuan Pandan Tengak Hamlet, Padak Guar Village, Sambelia District, East Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB). (ANTARA […]
AFP news@thelocal.de @thelocalgermany 5 September 2018 Photo: DPA Zaid al-Ahmad fled from war in Iraq, but the 23-year-old is still struggling to get out of a bureaucratic web in Berlin. […]
By Carlotta Mohamed Enlarge this image Courtesy of Grodenchik’s office (From l. to r.) City Councilman Barry Grodenchik alongside City Councilman Rory Lancman, state Assemblyman David Weprin, Imam Mahmood Kauser […]
No Pakistani government in its right senses would dare antagonising both the Sunni and Shia Ulema Ishtiaq Ahmed SEPTEMBER 7, 2018 Information Minister Fawad Chaudhary’s statement that the new government […]
Source: ANI | Updated: Sep 07, 2018 13:59 IST Islamabad [Pakistan], Sept 07 (ANI): The newly formed Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) government has axed economist Atif R Mian from the Prime […]
Government says decision to relieve leading academic from economic advisory council was made to ‘maintain unity’. by Asad Hashim The Ahmadiyya, a minority Muslim sect, has long been persecuted by […]
Pakistan removes minority Ahmadi from economic council Source: KPVI ISLAMABAD (AP) — A spokesman says the government of Pakistan’s newly elected prime minister has removed a minority Ahmadi Muslim from […]
Guardian: With a release timed to coincide with Muharram, the Islamic new year, on 11 September, this very reverent documentary proffers an access-all-areas look at the Haram, the Great Mosque of Mecca (or Makkah), built to house Islam’s most holy shrine, the Kaaba. Only Muslims are permitted to enter Mecca, […]