Meet Osama Bin Laden’s Mother — Alia Ghanem
My son, Osama: The al-Qaida leader’s mother speaks for the first time Source: The Guardian By Martin Chulov Nearly 17 years since 9/11, Osama bin Laden’s family remains an influential part […]
Muslims and non muslims protest face ban in Denmark
A crime or a right? Some Danish Muslims defy face veil ban Source: Reuters BY Emil Nielson COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – When a ban on the wearing of face veils in […]
Rise of Anti-Blasphemy party in Pakistan elections
‘You Must Vote for the Holy Prophet’: Anti-Blasphemy Party Flexes Muscle in Pakistan Source: Wall Street Journal By Saeed Shah and Bill Spindle A political party formed just last year by a […]
US sanctions Turkish officials to protest American pastor’s detention
Source: Religion News Service BY Adelle M. Banks (RNS) — The Trump administration has sanctioned two high-level officials in Turkey for what it says is their role in the case of U.S. pastor Andrew […]
Pope rules out death penalty in change to church teaching
Source: Associated Press By NICOLE WINFIELD VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has decreed that the death penalty is “inadmissible” under all circumstances and the Catholic Church should campaign to […]
Former bishops’ names to be stripped from church buildings
Pennsylvania Diocese Orders Removal of Former Bishops’ Names From Church Buildings Source: The New York Times By Laurie Goodstein Anticipating the release of a Pennsylvania grand jury report exposing decades of mishandled sexual […]
US bishops: Sex claims show US cardinal’s ‘moral failure’
Source: Associated Press By GILLIAN FLACCUS The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops said Wednesday that sex abuse allegations against former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick dating back decades raise […]
White House bolstering Mideast team ahead of peace plan rollout
National Security Council asks agencies to volunteer staff for Kushner, in first tangible sign in months that administration is advancing Israeli-Palestinian talks proposal By AP Today, 3rd August 2018 President […]
Clerk denies gay marriage license on religious grounds
Photo: Drew Angerer Cuomo calls for investigation into same-sex marriage license denial Source: Times Union By Rachel Silberstein New York Governor Andrew Cuomo. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) ALBANY — Gov. Andrew […]
Judge rules in favor of city allowing mosque to be built
Source: Associated Press STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. (AP) — A judge has ruled that a Detroit suburb violated no laws when it approved a consent judgment allowing the construction of a […]
Senator Richard Di Natale on Greens muslims and Islamophobia
Richard Di Natale on Greens and Muslims Source: Australasian Muslim Times Posted by Manarul Islam In late June, Senator Richard Di Natale, Federal Greens leader, granted Manarul Islam, representing AMUST, an […]
Ethio-Eritrea peace: PM Abiy merits top slot at 2018 U.N. summit – Sweden
Abdur Rahman Alfa Shaban Ethiopia Sweden’s Ambassador to the United Nations says Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed deserves to be the center of attraction at the upcoming United Nations General […]
China’s Xinjiang Region A Surveillance State Unlike Any the World Has Ever Seen
In western China, Beijing is using the most modern means available to control its Uighur minority. Tens of thousands have disappeared into re-education camps. A journey to an eerily […]
Alienating Immigrants – Is Germany Lurching To the Right?
Right-wing agitators are heating up the discussion about immigration in Germany and filling it with hate. Last week’s resignation of national football player Mesut Özil over concerns about racism is […]
On the corner of Green and West: Saadat Virk embraces the present but thinks of the past
By Zoya Azhar For the Gazette/Hampshire Life Friday, August 03, 2018 Saadat Virk is a shopkeeper and a man of faith. The owner of a convenience store — unabashedly […]
Pak’s descent into violence rooted in its intolerance to religious diversity: US Congressmen
Press Trust of India | Washington Last Updated at August 3, 2018 Pakistan has failed to arrest the country’s descent into violence mainly due to its intolerance to religious diversity, […]
Özil’s case reflects frightening reality spreading across Europe
Source: The Daily Sabah MARKAR ESAYAN Everything began when Mesut Özil posed for a photo with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Britain. Following the photo that triggered a huge reaction, […]
Imran Khan tells Britain he will retrieve Pakistan’s looted wealth
Imran Khan is won the July 25 general election, but is still trying to form a coalition Credit: Getty Ben Farmer, Islamabad 2 August 2018 • Imran Khan has told […]
A man, no planHow will Imran Khan govern?
Perhaps he will surprise Aug 2nd 2018 | ISLAMABAD A WEEK after a general election rocked by suspicions of fraud, the dust is beginning to settle. It looks all […]
Global Opinions: Who’s afraid of Imran Khan’s Pakistan? Almost everyone
by Mehreen Zahra-Malik August 2 at 1:34 PM Mehreen Zahra-Malik, a former Reuters correspondent, is a journalist based in Islamabad. On Friday evening I drove back home to Islamabad after […]