UAE ends programme to train Somalia’s military
By Reuters – Apr 16,2018 – JORDAN TIMES DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The United Arab Emirates is ending a military training programme in Somalia in response to the seizure […]
Will Europe’s Muslims Ever Be Accepted as Europeans?
Interrogation The author of a new study on Islam in Europe on the challenge of European tribalism and what European Muslims can learn from Jews. By Isaac Chotiner April 12, […]
What is the Windrush generation and why have some immigrants faced deportation?
Eleanor Rose The Evening Standard The HMT Empire Windrush arriving at Tilbury, Essex, on 22 June 1948 with Jamaican immigrants, many of whom had served in the RAF SSPL via […]
The pros and cons of Migration
There are many arguments about the advantages and disadvantages of migration and how it has affected us locally. Impacts on host countries Positive Job vacancies and skills gaps can be […]
Migrants add to Australia’s wealth, government report finds
Migration program will add up to 1% to annual average GDP growth because it limits the economic impact of the ageing population Gareth Hutchens and Australian Associated Press @grhutchens Email […]
Discovering Islam in South America
April 10, 2018, It is a marvel of the globalised world we live in, that there is a major cultural festival in the Caribbean named after a Muslim hero, who […]
Servants of Allah: African Muslims Enslaved in the Americas
Servants of Allah presents a history of African Muslims, following them from West Africa to the Americas. Although many assume that what Muslim faith they brought with them to the Americas was quickly absorbed into the new Christian milieu, as Sylviane A. Diouf demonstrates in this meticulously-researched, groundbreaking volume, Islam flourished […]
Syria and the Gruelling Test of Jordan’s Diplomacy
Published April 16th, 2018 – 15:25 GMT via SyndiGate.info Jordan’s King Abdullah II speaks during a press conference with US President Donald Trump in the Rose Garden at the White […]
Repatriation of Rohingya ‘propaganda’, says Bangladesh
By Asian Correspondent Staff | 16th April 2018 | @ascorrespondent A Rohingya refugee receives identity documentation from a Burmese official in this photo posted by the Ministry of Information, Myanmar […]
Iraq: Baghdad’s ancient library has rare books
Where the books weren’t burned: Baghdad’s ancient library #Heritage Baghdad’s libraries were looted and burned in the chaos of 2003, but one of its libraries escaped this fate and a […]
Indonesia’s Ancient Beliefs Win in Court, but Devotees Still Feel Ostracized
Source: The New York Times By Joe Cochrane April 14, 2018 JAKARTA, Indonesia — Growing up on the Indonesian island of Java in the 1970s, Dewi Kanti practiced an ancient form […]
Legal Abortion in Argentina? A Long Shot Is Suddenly Within Reach
Source: The New York Times A demonstration in favor of abortion rights in front of the congressional palace in Buenos Aires on Tuesday.CreditAgustin Marcarian/Reuters By Daniel Politi April 14, 2018 BUENOS […]
US pastor faces terror charges in fraught trial in Turkey
Source: Associated Press By ZEYNEP BILGINSOY and MEHMET GUZEL IZMIR, Turkey (AP) — An American pastor imprisoned in Turkey is going on trial for alleged terror ties and spying in a case that has increased tensions between Washington and Ankara. Andrew Craig Brunson, a 50-year-old evangelical pastor from North Carolina, […]
Quebec City mosque shooter set off by Canada’s open stance on refugees
Source: CBC News Alexandre Bissonnette told interrogator he stormed mosque because he wanted to prevent a terrorist attack A video of Alexandre Bissonnette’s interrogation was played in court during sentencing hearings last Friday.(Court exhibit) The man responsible for killing six Muslims inside a Quebec City mosque had been anxious for […]
AP Exclusive: Jailed Chinese pastor’s US family seeks mercy
Source: Associated Press By YANAN WANG BEIJING (AP) — The Rev. John Sanqiang Cao paid no more than three dollars for the trip that would end up costing him his freedom. For years, he and fellow Chinese Christian teachers would cross the river on a narrow bamboo raft from a […]
Buffer zone around London abortion clinic is a first for Britain
Source: Religion News Service By Catherine Pepinster Wearing pink, members of the group Sister Supporter gather outside the abortion clinic in the Ealing neighborhood of London. A new buffer zone, the […]
Amnesty chief calls Latin America’s abortion laws violence against women
Source: The Guardian By Uki Goñi in Buenos Aires Salil Shetty, Amnesty International’s secretary general, urges Argentina and others to reform draconian legislation and says human rights have deteriorated across region A demonstrator paints a slogan on the street in demand of women’s access to safe, free and legal abortion, during a […]
Myanmar military put on UN blacklist for sexual violence
Source: Associated Press By EDITH M. LEDERER UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A new U.N. report puts Myanmar’s armed forces on a U.N. blacklist of government and rebel groups “credibly suspected” of carrying out rapes and other acts of sexual violence in conflict for the first time. An advance copy of […]
Eight on trial for rape, murder of girl in India’s Kashmir amid public anger
Source: Reuters By Fayaz Bukhari SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) – Eight men accused of involvement in the rape and murder of an eight-year-old Muslim girl in India’s Jammu and Kashmir state appeared in court on Monday for the first hearing in a case that sparked nationwide outrage and criticism of the […]
The blue Muslim wave: American Muslims launch political campaigns, hope to deliver ‘sweet justice’ to Trump
Source: The Washington Post By Abigail Hauslohner April 15 at 7:39 PM SAN DIEGO — Fayaz Nawabi has never met President Trump. But he credits the president with convincing him to run for […]