Israel launches smear campaign against Turkey to cut off aid to Jerusalem
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL Palestinian Muslim worshipers walk in front of the Dome of the Rock mosque at the Al Aqsa mosque compound in the Jerusalem’s Old City on Dec. 8, […]
Congo: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community organizes 21st Annual Convention, Jalsa Salana
The annual conference for 2018 in Kinshasa was held on the theme “Character of the Prophet Muhammad” and aimed to bring the Ahmadis to please God, following the example of […]
To distract from the political madness over here, Trump has kindly picked a Supreme Court justice poised to divide America further
A fan of semi-automatic firearms and an opponent of abortion rights, Brett Kavanaugh is an ‘originalist’ who interprets the US constitution in the way zealots do holy books Matthew Norman @IndyVoices The Independent Voices […]
The ‘Muslim Exclusion Act’ and America’s rising xenophobia
HATEM BAZIAN @hatembazian People protest the then U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump’s campaign pledge to register Muslims in the country, in front of his hotel in Washington D.C. By a vote of 5-4, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a decision to uphold President Donald Trump’s Muslim ban affecting […]
Europe’s iron curtain: The refugee crisis is about to worsen
Jul 11,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Ramzy Baroud A recent European Council summit in Brussels was meant to articulate a united policy on the burgeoning refugee and migrant crisis. Instead, it served […]
Repairing Jordanian-Syrian relations
Jul 11,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Hasan Abu Nimah During the lifetime of the Arab League, already 68 years old, it is rare to locate a period during which inter-Arab […]
ISIS Remnants Fight On, Despite U.S. Campaign
Source: Wall Street Journal ISIS Remnants Fight On, Despite U.S. Campaign The group decentralized its command structure, set up sleeper cells, and dug tunnels in the desert spanning Syria and […]
Martin Luther letter critical of Jews is up for auction
Source: Associated Press By MARK PRATT BOSTON (AP) — A letter written nearly 500 years ago by Martin Luther in which he refers to Jews as “devils incarnate” during a […]
Leicestershire monks brew Britain’s first Trappist beer
Source: The Guardian BY Harriet Sherwood Religion Correspondent For most of the past 183 years, the Trappist monks of the Mount St Bernard monastery in rural Leicestershire were dairy farmers, selling their milk to fund […]
Malaysian man who married 11-year-old Thai girl fined $450 by sharia court
Source: The Guardian BY Kate Lamb A Malaysian man who married an 11-year-old Thai girl has been fined 1,800 Malaysian Ringgit (US$450) after pleading guilty in a sharia court. Che […]
Government allies rough up priests at Nicaragua church siege
Source: Associated Press MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — Masked supporters of Nicaragua’s government attacked a group of Roman Catholic priests led by Cardinal Leopoldo Brenes on Monday as they arrived to […]
Killings of Catholic priests in Africa raise fears that peacemakers are targets
Source: Religion News Service BY Fredrick Nzwili NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — Following the recent killings of priests in the Central African Republic, Catholic officials worry that clergy are being targeted by […]
Ofsted chief accuses minority groups of ‘entitlement’ in hijab row
Source: The Guardian BY Sally Weale Education correspondent The head of Ofsted has again stepped into the debate over the wearing of the hijab by primary school pupils, accusing minority groups with a “sense […]
RSS – India’s Hindu nationalists spread their wings far and wide
Source: DW The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) is the ideological mentor to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s BJP party. It is increasingly playing an influential role both inside and outside government. […]
New hurricane preparedness plans for British Overseas Territories in Caribbean
Press release Government sets out new plans for hurricane preparedness. Published 4 July 2018 From: Foreign & Commonwealth Office, Department for International Development, Ministry of Defence, and Lord Ahmad […]
Five Ahmedis shot, injured in two incidents in Pakistan
Epigraph: Whoever kills a fellow human, it is as if he has triggered a genocide. (Al Quran 3:32/33) Source: Daily Times July 9, 2018 Lahore: Five Ahmedi citizens of Pakistan […]
Hundreds of young Muslims run and walk for charity
Date published: 09 July 2018 Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Rochdale Members of Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Rochdale travelled to Sheffield for the ‘Mercy for Mankind’ Charity Challenge on Sunday (8 July). […]
Like Maggie Thatcher all those years ago, Theresa May’s future and that of the country is in the hands of her (remaining) cabinet
If I were May, and I managed to get the cabinet – what’s left of it – behind me, then I would certainly tough it out, inviting the hard Brexiteers to come and get […]
Is it opportunity or disaster for the prime minister?
Source: BBC From watching the images of him leave his official residence for the last time, where he’d been holed up all day, he wore it heavily. No bellowed “hello” for the patient snappers. Leaving alongside his wife Marina Wheeler he looked not just a bit dishevelled, which is not […]
Turkey’s Erdogan ushers in presidential system, appoints son-in-law finance minister
Reuters International This content was published on July 10, 2018 Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan poses with his new cabinet at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, Turkey July 9, 2018. REUTERS/Umit […]