Muntader al-Zaidi: Iraq shoe-thrower standing for parliament
2 May 2018 The Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at former US President George W Bush is running for parliament. Muntader al-Zaidi is standing in next week’s elections as […]
Islamic State assassin: How I killed more than 100 people
Syria has been at war for seven long, deadly years. President Bashar al-Assad’s government is fighting both rebel groups and the jihadists of Islamic State. The northern city of Raqqa has been a key battleground for many factions in the conflict. This is the story of how one peaceful […]
What effect will Ramadan have on the Champions League final?
Real Madrid vs Liverpool Salah, Mane and Can all practicing Muslims José Luis Hernández Adapted by Chris Winterburn By the time May 26 arrives, Ramadan will have been underway for […]
Once the Syrian war is over, Qatar could become an empire once more
Once the Syrian war is over, Qatar could become an empire once more If Qatar was to rescue Syria when the war there is over, it would have power. And a power – with a Mediterranean coastline – that even Saudi Arabia doesn’t have Robert Fisk @indyvoices Bashar al-Assad held […]
Utah: 16,000 years old horse unearthed in Utah
Paleontologists recently determined that a skeleton discovered during a landscaping project belonged to a horse from the Pleistocene Era. NYTimes 03/05/2018An illustration of Haringtonhippus francisci, an extinct horse species that was found in North America during the last ice age. Rick Hunter, a Utah paleontologist, said the horse, whose skeleton […]
Sharp rise in aggressive brain cancer is linked to mobile phones
Sharp rise in aggressive brain cancer is linked to mobile phones with cases more than doubling over two decades Source: MSN and Daily Mail By Laura Forsyth Cases of glioblastoma […]
How to Celebrate Buddha in Sri Lanka? Stop Partying, Some Say
Source: The New York Times By MARIA ABI-HABIB COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — It was time to reclaim the holiday. To put the Buddha back into Vesak, so to speak. But as […]
‘Shocked’ by Attack on Mosque, Nigeria Tightens Security in Northeast
Source: The New York Times By EMMANUEL AKINWOTU and AURELIEN BREEDEN Suicide bombers attacked a market and a mosque on Tuesday in Mubi, Nigeria, killing at least 27 people. CreditEPA, via Shutterstock ABUJA, Nigeria […]
ISIS suicide bombers attack Libyan electoral commission, killing at least 12
Source: The Washington Post By Sudarsan Raghavan CAIRO — Islamic State suicide bombers targeted the offices of Libya’s electoral commission in Tripoli on Wednesday, killing at least 12 people in one of the most brazen assaults on the Libyan capital in years. The attackers, strapped with explosive belts, entered the building and […]
These Iraqi Farmers Said No to ISIS. When Night Came They Paid the Price.
Source: The New York Times By MARGARET COKER and FALIH HASSAN Relatives and neighbors of 21 people killed in a brazen Islamic State attack in Tarmiya, Iraq, gathered for a funeral service on […]
Mo Salah of Liverpool Breaks Down Cultural Barriers, One Goal at a Time
Source: The New York Times By RORY SMITH LIVERPOOL, England — Mohamed Salah’s routine is familiar now. As the Liverpool Football Club stadium erupts joyously around him, celebrating yet another of […]
Teachers flee, schools close in Kenya with al-Shabab attacks
Source: Associated Press By TOM ODULA NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Every school day, Abdirizack Hussein Bashir rises at dawn for an eight-kilometer (five-mile) trek through a dangerous forest where he […]
At least 15 dead after church attack in Central African Republic
Source: Reuters BANGUI (Reuters) – At least 15 people including a priest were killed and scores wounded in Central African Republic’s capital Bangui on Tuesday when unidentified gunmen attacked a […]
Pope to Chile abuse victims: I was part of the problem
Source: Associated Press By NICOLE WINFIELD ROME (AP) — The three whistleblowers in Chile’s sex abuse scandal urged Pope Francis on Wednesday to transform his apology for having discredited them […]
Exeter University: ‘Why I revealed my friends’ racist WhatsApp messages’
Source: BBC News “It went from crude humour to racial slurs. Awful things were said about rape. Every group was targeted.” Exeter University student Arsalan Motavali is talking about the WhatsApp group he was in with fellow members of the university’s law society. “[The messages] started to get progressively worse […]
Stormy Daniels case: Trump repaid lawyer ‘hush money’, says Giuliani
Source: BBC News President Donald Trump personally repaid his lawyer the $130,000 that was used to buy an adult film actor’s silence about an alleged affair, his legal aide Rudy […]
Why ‘Sufism’ is not what it is made out to be
Source: Herald Dawn BY Zahra Sabri In a variety of Islamic political contexts around the world today, we see ‘Sufi’ ideas being invoked as a call to return to a deeper, more inward-directed […]
Quebec: Muslim event for children pledging to ‘wear hijab for life’ canceled
An annual event that celebrates the “decision” of girls aged nine to 12 to wear the hijab was canceled in Quebec. (Shutterstock) Staff writer, Al Arabiya EnglishTuesday, 1 May 2018 An annual event that celebrates the “decision” of girls aged nine to 12 to wear the hijab for life was […]
Cash for religious fanatics in new Pak Budget
Source: AT Cash for religious fanatics He said Rs 4.5 billion ($39 million) in “extra-budgetary grants” would go to the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) for “strategic assignments” but could not explain what these were. However, last year the ISI distributed cash envelops among religious fanatics such as the Tehrik-e- Labaik party, […]
Red Cross action : ICRC sees surge in tracing requests for missing Syrians
This content was published on May 2, 2018 Displaced children play at the Atamah camp, at the Syrian-Turkish border in Idlib province, Syria, on January 12, 2018 (Keystone) Owing to better […]