Muslim woman maintains upkeep of church ‘for God’s blessing’
DAILY SABAH WITH DOGAN NEWS AGENCY Every day, Hatun Çaçur cleans up the church she “didn’t want to be abandoned to its fate.” Adhering to Islam, a religion that […]
Breaking News: Plane with 200 people on board crashes in Algeria’s Boufarik airport
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL Published23 hours ago An Algerian military plane crashed Wednesday near Boufarik airport near the capital Algiers, killing several people, local media and a witness said. The plane […]
Afghanistan to build first Women’s Police Town
Afghan policewomen participate in a ceremony celebrating Women’s Police Town. (Resolute Support Forces — Afghanistan) Sayed Salahuddin April 10, 2018 KABUL: To encourage more women to join the police force […]
Seven Myanmar soldiers sentenced to 10 years for massacre exposed by Reuters
Reuters International This content was published on April 10, 2018 Ten Rohingya Muslim men with their hands bound kneel in Inn Din village September 1, 2017. Handout via REUTERS (reuters_tickers) […]
Arab women leaders take spotlight at Top CEO forum
The first day of the event was devoted to women’s role in business, the economy and society, where experts took to the stage at the invitation of media personality Muna […]
Israel ministers defend soldiers rejoicing in shooting Palestinian
By AFP – Apr 10,2018 – JORDAN TIMES A wounded Palestinian demonstrator is evacuated during a protest along the Israeli-Gaza border demanding the right to return to their homeland, in […]
Why Israel feels threatened by popular resistance in Palestine
Apr 10,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Ramzy Baroud Why did Israel kill many unarmed Gaza protesters and wound over 2,000 on Friday, March 30, and on the following days, when […]
From decolonisation to recolonisation
Apr 10,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Hasan Abu Nimah One of the basic principles of international law is non-interference. Accordingly, internal or domestic affairs of any independent state, whether or […]
French Muslims Want to Be Like Anyone Else, Just Not Victims
French Muslims Want to Be Like Anyone Else, Just Not Victims Posted on April 7, 2018 By Faith Matters We have spent a week in France meeting with key organisations […]
Free Speech of the Ahmadi Community in the UK Curtailed by Bigotry
Faith Matters Working with Faith Communities Countering Extremism, Supporting Integration & Challenging Hatred. Founded by Fiyaz Mughal Free Speech of the Ahmadi Community in the UK Curtailed by Bigotry Posted […]
Democracies in trouble around the world
EMRE GÖNEN A child is carried following at Qalaat al-Madiq, some 45 kilometers northwest of the central city of Hama, after being evacuated from Eastern Ghouta, April, 2. Washington’s […]
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to attend Macron’s gala dinner in Paris
President and prince will work on a ‘strategic document’ involving a series of contracts Agence France-Presse April 10, 2018 Saudi Arabia’s crown prince will on Tuesday night attend a gala […]
Treasure Trove of Benefits and Variety at the Table: A Fourteenth-Century Egyptian Cookbook
By: Khaleel Shaikh The Kanz al-fawāʾid fī tanwīʿ al-mawāʾid is a 14th century Egyptian cookbook that consists of 830 recipes for a variety of different dishes and beverages… Contents 1. Overview […]
From Baghdad to Barcelona: The Anxiety of Influence in the Transmission of the Greek and Arabic Sciences
By: Glen M. Cooper Drawing on Harold Bloom’s model of poetic influence and supersession in his famous book, “The Anxiety of Influence,” and considering several historical cases of cross-cultural […]
Exercise Could Lower Your Chances of Getting Heart Disease Even if You’re Genetically at Risk
Source: Time By ALEXANDRA SIFFERLIN April 9, 2018 TIME Health For more, visit TIME Health. About one in four deaths in the United States are due to heart disease. But a new study suggests […]
Encourage moves toward religious freedom by Islamic leaders
By Johnnie Moore, who is a Southern Baptist minister from California and was the 2017 recipient of the Simon Wiesenthal Center’s “medal of valor” for his work on behalf of […]
In Bukhara, 10,000 Jewish Graves but Just 150 Jews
Source: The New York Times By ANDREW HIGGINSAPRIL 7, 2018 Photo Bukhara, Uzbekistan, has two synagogues but few Jews. CreditDmitry Kostyukov for The New York Times BUKHARA, Uzbekistan — The ancient Silk Road […]
One community’s battle over virginity tests in western India
Source: The Washington Post By Vidhi Doshi April 8 Email the author Kanjarbhat community members demonstrate in support of the virginity ritual in Pune, India. The group demanded police action and a public […]
Cryptocurrency traders use old gold in drive to draw Islamic investors
Source: Reuters BY Andrew Torchia, Bernardo Vizcaino DUBAI/SYDNEY (Reuters) – In Dubai’s decades-old Gold Souk, customers from around the world haggle over bangles and necklaces. Elsewhere in the emirate, the region’s […]
Israel ban Friday call to prayer at West Bank mosque
Source: Aljazeera Israel on Friday prohibited the Azan, the Muslim call to prayer, at the Ibrahimi Mosque in the West Bank city of Hebron, also known as Al-Khalil, according to Palestinian […]