Malika V: Nur Jahan
By: Tom Verde From Bangladesh to Pakistan, Kyrgyzstan to Nigeria, Senegal to Turkey, it is not particularly rare in our own times for women in Muslim-majority countries to be […]
Threatened with ‘acid, rape, abuse’: Protesting Iran’s compulsory hijab law
Source: CNN By Hannah Ritchie, CNN Editor’s Note: CNN is committed to covering gender inequality wherever it occurs in the world. This story is part of As Equals, a year-long […]
WHEN CATHOLICS CRITICIZE THE POPE
Source: First Things By Dan Hitchens C. S. Lewis never read the newspapers. Though this habit led to some memorable blunders—he was under the impression that the Yugoslav dictator Tito was […]
Americans may not know it, but they’ve long been embracing Hindu philosophy
Source: Quartz WRITTEN BY Vasudha Narayanan Last week marked the death anniversary of Mahesh Yogi, the Indian guru who brought transcendental meditation to the West in the sixties and became a […]
Christians are key to support for el-Sissi in upcoming Egypt election
Source: Religion News Service By Jacob Wirtschafter and Mina Nader | March 5, 2018 Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, right, shakes hands with Pope Tawadros II, the 118th pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria […]
Rohingya crisis: UN envoy says refugees facing ‘forced starvation’
Source: BBC News Myanmar has not stopped its ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya people in Rakhine state, a United Nations human rights official said on Tuesday. The UN envoy’s assessment […]
The future of Israel’s ‘dreamers’
Source: The Washington Post Story by Loveday Morris Photos by Corinna Kern Alam Godin fled to Israel as a boy, escaping war in Sudan more than a decade ago with his family. […]
Sri Lanka declares emergency amid anti-Muslim violence
Source: Associated Press By KRISHAN FRANCIS COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s president declared a state of emergency Tuesday amid fears that anti-Muslim attacks in several central hill towns […]
Gambian Islamic Scholar Speaks Against Ahmadiyya TV Station
WRITTEN BY Jollof Media Network March 7, 2018 Imam Drammeh A prominent Gambian Islamic scholar has warned the government of President Adama Barrow not to grant a television […]
A hard sell? Saudi crown prince goes West to woo allies
Reuters International This content was published on March 6, 2018 FILE PHOTO: Saudi Arabia’s then Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman reacts upon his arrival at the Elysee Palace […]
Indonesian Islamic university bans burqas on campus
Reuters International This content was published on March 7, 2018 A woman wearing a full-face veil shops for clothes in a traditional textile market in Jakarta, Indonesia March 7, […]
Balkan neighbours push to resolve disputes, but deals elusive
Reuters International This content was published on March 6, 2018 5:36 PMMar 6, 2018 – 17:36 Chairman of the Bosnian Tripartite presidency Dragan Covic (C) and members Bakir Izetbegovic (L) and Mladen Ivanic (R) pose for photo with Croatian President Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic (2nd L) and Serbian President Aleksandar […]
U.N. rights chief attacks EU and U.S. over migrants and Dreamers
Reuters International This content was published on March 7, 2018 U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein talks to reporters in Jakarta, Indonesia February 7, 2018. REUTERS/Beawiharta […]
New York exhibition takes trip to Fatimids Dynasty
Farah Tawfeek March 2, 2018 The Islamic era was an era of modernity, often under-apprecited by the world. While Middle Eastern countries might have experienced a glimpse of its greatness, […]
Trade wars and an arms race will give way to world disorder
Mar 06,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – OSAMA AL SHARIF The month of March began with a sinister sense of déjà vu at a global level. US President Donald Trump’s threat […]
Facing inevitable dead end
Mar 06,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Hasan Abu Nimah If what was published last Monday on the electronic Arabic daily, “Rai Al Youm,” about Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas […]
Hope among the ruins of Aleppo’s cultural heritage
Experts say a third of ancient Syrian city destroyed, but much can be restored Fri, Mar 17, 2017, Michael Jansen in Aleppo The ancient Aleppo Citadel was only lightly damaged. […]
Burger flipping robot begins first shift
Flippy, a burger-flipping robot, has begun work at a restaurant in Pasadena, Los Angeles. It is the first of dozens of locations for the system, which is destined to replace […]
Britain’s red carpet for the Saudi ruler is shameless
Guardian: They call diphtheria the “strangling disease”. Parents have to watch helplessly as it slowly clogs the throat and chokes the life out of their children. Thankfully, vaccination has wiped it out in most parts of the world. But not in Yemen. Not this past year. Hundreds of children have been […]
Alzheimer’s researchers win brain prize
Source: BBC News By Michelle Roberts Health editor, BBC News online Image copyrightSCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARYImage captionAlzheimer’s disease brain (left) compared to normal (right) Four dementia scientists have shared this year’s 1m […]