Source: Slate If the Supreme Court needs proof of the ban’s discriminatory intent, just look at the numbers. By BILAL ASKARYAR It might sound strange to say that when I was a child in Kabul, Afghanistan, I was lucky. There was a war, there were armed militias stopping families and raping […]
Source: The Guardian By Peter Walker and Jessica Elgot Jeremy Corbyn’s hopes of reassuring the Jewish community over his efforts to combat antisemitism have suffered a blow after Jewish leaders labelled a meeting with the Labour leader a “disappointing missed opportunity” with little achieved. In a joint statement read to the media outside parliament, the […]
Suggested Reading Book Review: The Leadership of Muhammad by Prof. John Adair
Karima Bennoune shares four powerful stories of real people fighting against fundamentalism in their own communities — refusing to allow the faith they love to become a tool for […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The former Christian governor of Jakarta, Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, popularly known as Ahok, was sentenced to two years […]
Source: CNN Lagos, Nigeria (CNN)At least 19 people were killed Tuesday after gunmen opened fire at a church in Nigeria’s Middle Belt, police said. Two priests and 17 worshippers were killed when armed men, believed to be cattle herders, stormed a Catholic church during early morning Mass on Tuesday in […]
Source: Associated Press By MARK SHERMAN WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump appears likely to win his travel ban case at the Supreme Court. Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Anthony Kennedy both signaled support for the travel policy in arguments Wednesday at the high court. The ban’s challengers almost […]
Source: BBC News A self-styled Indian spiritual guru who claims millions of followers worldwide has been given a life sentence for raping a 16-year-old girl. Asaram Bapu was convicted of […]
Source: BBC News Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has questioned the legitimacy of efforts by the US and its European allies to change a nuclear deal with his country. The US […]
Source: Financial Times BY Erika Solomon in Yathrib APRIL 23, 2018 Dirt barriers and charred no-man’s lands still divide the Sunni and Shia families in Yathrib even after a three-year reconciliation process meant to heal a community torn apart by the war with Isis. Officials plan to segregate roads and […]
Source: The New York Times By IAN AUSTEN and JASON HOROWITZ Indigenous Canadians at a residential school in Fort Resolution, in the Northwest Territories, in a picture from around 1936. Thousands died in […]
Source : The New York Times By NICK CORASANITI The Morristown Presbyterian Church is one of a dozen churches on the losing side of a New Jersey Supreme Court ruling that […]
Source: BBC News The Berlin-based conductor Daniel Barenboim is returning prizes he has won at Germany’s biggest music awards in a row over what he said were “clearly anti-Semitic” rap […]
Source: BBC News A letter written by Hitler’s favourite composer Richard Wagner warning about “corrosive” Jewish influence on culture has been auctioned in Jerusalem. The letter sold for $34,000 (£24,000). […]
Source: Associated Press By MICHAEL ATSBEHA ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Israel’s Justice minister vowed to help Ethiopia’s Jews immigrate to Israel as soon as possible during a rare visit […]
Ismail Akwei, at 08:49 am, April 24, 2018, News In this photo taken April 16, 2018, a U.S. and Niger flag are raised side by side at the base camp […]
Source: BBC News Two Indonesian children got married in Sulawesi this week, after a long battle to do so which drew nationwide attention and criticism. The 15-year-old boy and 14-year-old […]
Source: Reuters PARIS/BAGHDAD (Reuters) – The United Arab Emirates will finance a $50.4 million project to rebuild Mosul’s Grand al-Nuri Mosque, famous for its eight-century-old leaning minaret, that was blown up by Islamic State militants last year, the United Nations said on Monday. The destroyed Grand al-Nuri Mosque is […]
Source: The Guardian By Jamie Griersonand Josh Halliday Alfie Evans, the severely ill toddler whose life support machine was switched off on Monday, could immediately be flown to a children’s hospital […]
Source: BuzzFeed News BY Mitch Prothero & Annabelle Azadé Daniel Zagury has evaluated dozens of suspects for French courts, including Salah Abdeslam, who was sentenced by a Belgian court to 20 […]