Facebook vows to fight hate speech, but it may be too late for Rohingya Muslims
Source: Religion News Service (RNS) — A social media network set up to connect people is now acknowledging it needs to do more to prevent the spread of hate speech […]
86 killed in central Nigeria as farmers, herders clash
Source: Associated Press By SAM OLUKOYA LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Scores are dead after vicious weekend clashes in central Nigeria between mostly Muslim herders and Christian farmers, with one report […]
Turkey’s Erdogan wins sweeping new powers after election victory
Source: Reuters By Tuvan Gumrukcu, Nevzat Devranoglu ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan won sweeping new executive powers on Monday after his victory in landmark elections that also saw his […]
There’s more support than ever for those ‘escaping polygamy’
Source: The Salt Lake Tribune By Nate Carlisle Rose believed God would punish her for leaving her family in the polygamous Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. That […]
Community rallies around Mosque
Source: Post-Bulletin By John Molseed jmolseed@postbulletin.com Rev. Jay Rowland, of First Presbyterian Church in Rochester, creates a sign saying “Love thy Neighbor” before a sunrise solidarity vigil for the Rochester […]
Switzerland: Opinion Shaqiri and Xhaka as Quantum Phenomenon
By Daniel Warner June 25, 2018 Switzerland’s midfielder Granit Xhaka makes the double-eagle gesture.(© KEYSTONE / LAURENT GILLIERON) Watching Xherdan Shaqiri and Granit Xhaka score for Switzerland and celebrate […]
Prince William Is Visiting the Middle East. Here’s What to Know About Britain’s Controversial Role in Shaping the Region
Source: Time By BILLY PERRIGO When Prince William arrives in Tel Aviv on Monday for a trip that will include time in Israel and the West Bank, he will become the […]
In Europe, leaders back Africa, Balkans migrant reception centers
Source: The Times News By The Associated Press BRUSSELS — The leaders of 16 countries survived the “frank talk” of an emergency meeting on immigration and emerged with a veneer […]
There’s a Better, Cheaper Way to Handle Immigration
Source: The New York Times By Sonia Nazario And now, it has come to this. “We are trading kids in cages for families in cages,” said Cory Smith of Kids in […]
In southern Syria, the US faces a Russia-Israel challenge
Source: Al Jazeera News by Joe Macaron Dynamics in the southern front in Syria have reached a tipping point. Russian-Israeli coordination is taking precedence over the ceasefire agreement that US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir […]
Nigeria: Communal violence leaves 86 dead in Plateau State
Source: Al Jazeera News Eighty-six people have been killed in an attack by herdsmen on six villages in central Nigeria, local media reported. Another six people were wounded and 50 homes […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Rochester Hills, MI celebrates Eid-ul-Fitr – A Report
Report by Muhammad Ahmad, Detroit Michigan Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of Rochester Hills, Michigan concluded the Holy month of Ramadhan on Thursday June 14, 2018, and celebrated Eid-ul-Fitr on June 15th, […]
Harford council approves hiring outside lawyer to defend suit over ‘Muslim’ housing development
Source: The Baltimore Sun By David Anderson, Contact Reporter The Harford County Council granted a request this week by County Attorney Melissa Lambert to hire an outside firm to help […]
Indonesian youths say religion key to happiness, bucking global trend
By Devina Heriyanto A survey by the Varkey Foundation found that 93 percent of young Indonesians believed that religious faith was important to happiness, far above the world’s average at […]
As a Turkish person living in Britain, I don’t like the western double standard around our democracy
A question I am often being asked is: ‘How does it feel to live under a dictatorship?’ This is a laughable claim, and one I only began to understand when […]
Humanity First and Ahmadiyya serving Humanity in Macedonia
By Zubair Khan From 10.06.2018 to 15.06.2018, projects were conducted under Food Secuirty and Medical Help in various citiies of Macedonia. 1. Food Packets in the city of Kumanovo. It is a city about 30 KM away from the capital city Skopia. For the first time, on 10.06.2018 Macedonian […]
Can US plan for Middle East deliver peace?
Source: Al Jazeera News by Linah Alsaafin The latest tour by US officials to the Middle East aims to build up support for Washington’s yet-to-be-announced plan for Israeli-Palestinian peace, much of which […]
View from Turkey: Islamism, jihadism, and the Turkish elections
HAKKI ÖCAL @hakkiocal Erin Cunningham, the Washington Post correspondent in Istanbul, Shabtai Gold, a reporter for dpa international from Washington D.C., Howard Eissenstat of St. Lawrence University and the […]
Erdogan declared winner of Turkey’s presidential vote by country’s electoral board
Mr Erdogan gains sweeping new powers as he extends his grip on power Kim Sengupta Istanbul The Independent Online Supporters of Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan celebrate in front of AKP headquarters in […]
Jews, Muslims in Berlin team up on bike rides against hatred
Source: Fox News Some 25 Jews and Muslims teamed up on tandem bicycle rides through the German capital on Sunday in a protest against growing anti-Semitism and attacks on Muslims […]