FRENCH PRESS AGENCY – AFP BEIRUT Syrian refugees from Raqqa rest near their tents in the Bekaa valley, Lebanon October 19, 2015. (Reuters Photo) Lebanon’s top diplomat warned Saturday that […]
ASSOCIATED PRESS JUNEAU, Alaska EPA Photo A U.S. judge on Friday ordered Alaska corrections officials to provide Muslim inmates with nutritionally sufficient, pork-free meals when they break their Ramadan fasts […]
By Agencies – May 26,2018 – JORDAN TIMES OCCUPIED JERUSALEM/GAZA BORDER — A Palestinian man shot by Israeli occupation forces during recent protests along the Gaza border died on Saturday, […]
May 26,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Walid M. Sadi Critics of the Palestinian leadership claim that three former Israeli prime ministers, namely Yitzhak Rabin, Ehud Barak and Ehud Olmert, offered […]
By Camille Dupire – May 26,2018 -JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Hundreds of Syrians living in Jordan’s refugee camps will soon be given the chance to receive university education and vocational […]
The emergence of Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr’s group as the largest party in Iraq’s election means he holds the power in Baghdad and represents a new direction for a country beset […]
Our Foreign Staff 27 May 2018 • South Korea said President Moon Jae-in met with North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un on Saturday inside the Demilitarised […]
David Pugliese, Ottawa Citizen Three officer cadets will be kicked out of the Canadian Forces after they were involved in the desecration of a Qur’an with bacon and bodily fluid. The incident with the Islamic holy book, which took place off-campus on March 31 during the Easter long weekend, involved […]
Source: The New York Times By Kimiko de Freytas-Tamura ASHBOURNE, Ireland — Until recently, Aoife and Muiriosa O’Sullivan, 23-year-old twins from a religiously conservative family, led nearly identical lives: They wore […]
Source: The Middle East Eye By Kieron Monks Stars such as Mohamed Salah portray favourable images of Muslims, helping to reduce stereotypes and break down barriers within communities On 6 […]
Source: The New York Times By Matthew Haag Thousands of Irish citizens who live around the world have chronicled their journeys back there this week to vote on Friday in a divisive […]
Source: The Conversation For Americans growing up between the 1950s and the 1980s, religion was not a regular presence on television. Aside from Sunday morning shows or occasional commercials, religious […]
Jillian D’Amours Friday 25 May 2018 20:36 UTC Freed after 10 years OTTAWA – Hassan Diab often has to remind himself that he can move around freely. http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/hassan-diab-case-calls-question-canadas-extradition-process-181226756 The former university professor who was accused of but never charged with a terrorism offence, spent three years in near-solitary confinement in a […]
Source: The Guardian by Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Bangkok Fou Fou always liked the good things in life. The pomeranian puppy had “a heart of gold” and a taste for expensive grilled pork. […]
Source: Reuters By Padraic Halpin, Graham Fahy DUBLIN (Reuters) – The people of Ireland are set to liberalize some of the world’s most restrictive abortion laws by a landslide, two exit […]
Source: NPR BY DIAA HADID The holy month of Ramadan is meant to be a blessed time. Muslims fast from sunrise to sunset. But what if you can’t fast? In Pakistan, […]
Source: The Guardian Mohammed al-Bajadi held along with women who campaigned for right to drive BY Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor Prince Mohammed bin Salman: the arrests may be a warning […]
Source: Associated Press By FARES AKRAM RAFAH BORDER CROSSING, Gaza Strip (AP) — Just after daybreak, Hamed al-Shaer came down the narrow stairway of his family’s home in southern Gaza […]
Source: NPR BY DURRIE BOUSCAREN Things were going terribly wrong. Ato Boropi could feel it. Dozens of villagers had squeezed next to each other on the floor of a one-room church […]
Ramadan and Toronto: From 1927 till Date By Hassam Munir May 24, 2018 In the Saturday, October 29, 1927 edition of the Toronto Daily Star, a list of trivia questions was put to readers to test their general knowledge. They ranged from “Why is yeast put in bread?” to “Which is the larger, […]