TAJIKISTAN: Almost 2,000 mosques closed in 2017
Source: Forum18 By Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 Tajikistan has claimed to have closed almost 2,000 mosques in 2017. Officials claimed they were closed at the request of local residents, but […]
Oxford University Debate: Is Religion the Opiate of the Masses?
Source: Huffington Post By Frank Fredericks I had the esteemed privilege of opening the Proposition in the Oxford Union debate: This House Believes that Religion Remains an Opiate of the […]
US civil rights groups decry ‘anti-Muslim’ bill in Idaho
A spate of bills in state legislatures across the United States have been decried by civil rights groups as Islamophobic. Most recently, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), a Washington, DC-based Muslim civil rights group, has called on Idaho’s Senate to vote against a bill recently passed by the state’s House of […]
Air Force Chief Goldfein: ‘We’ll be fighting from space in a matter of years’
by Sandra Erwin — February 24, 2018 Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein speaks at the Air Force Association Air Warfare Symposium, Orlando, Fla., Feb. 23, 2018. Credit: […]
No Peace after Islamic State: Foreign Powers Compete for a Slice of Syria
Islamic State has largely been defeated, but peace in Syria has not been achieved. On the contrary, without a common enemy, parties involved are now pursuing their own interests, […]
Preventing the Migrant Wave Germany Exports Employment Offices to Africa
In order to combat the root causes of economic migration, Germany has opened a job center in Ghana that helps people find local employment. But what happens when German […]
(old news, but still …): Clinton: Destroy Syria for Israel
March 22, 2016 A newly-released Hilary Clinton email confirmed that the Obama administration has deliberately provoked the civil war in Syria as the “best way to help Israel.” In an […]
Palestine’s elusive reconciliation
Feb 27,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – OSAMA AL SHARIF Of all the options, limited as they are, that are available to President Mahmoud Abbas to offset the repercussions of President Donald Trump’s controversial proclamation on Jerusalem and his much touted Middle East peace plan, ending inter-Palestinian schism, […]
Islam’s Historical Contribution to Commerce and Finance
Source: The Muslim Heritage By: John M. Hobson The worst thing ethically and politically is to let [Eurocentric] separatism simply go on, without understanding the opposite of separatism, which is […]
Rohingya refugees test Bangladeshi welcome as prices rise and repatriation stalls
Reuters International This content was published on February 28, 2018 Bangladeshi farmer Jorina Katun stands among the Rohingya Muslims camped out on her land near the Kutapalong refugee camp […]
Afghanistan’s Ghani offers talks with Taliban ‘without preconditions’
Reuters International This content was published on February 28, 2018 Afghan President Ashraf Ghani speaks during during a peace and security cooperation conference in Kabul, Afghanistan February 28, 2018. REUTERS/Omar […]
Operation Papyrus: A new life for 1,000 illegal immigrants in Geneva
By Patricia Islas and Simon Bradley This content was published on February 28, 2018 Around 70% of undocumented migrants regularised under Geneva’s Papyrus scheme are female domestic workers(Getty Images) […]
Indonesia to Help Address Refugee Crisis in Lebanon
By : Sheany | on 5:40 PM February 27, 2018 Jakarta. Indonesia will seek ways to help address the overflow of Syrian refugees into Lebanon, Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi said on Monday (26/02). “We will see how far we can participate and contribute to help address the […]
Indonesia to Share Peacebuilding Experience at Kabul Process Meeting
By : Sheany | on February 27, 2018 Jakarta. Vice President Jusuf Kalla is set to attend the Kabul Process meeting in the Afghan capital as a […]
Egyptian artist aims for record with world’s biggest handwritten Quran
Source: Independent BY Giles Elgood Cairo Saad Mohammed has big hopes for his three-year-long labour of love Saad Mohammed at his studio in Belqina, Egypt Reuters An Egyptian artist who educated himself after dropping out […]
Saudi appoints first female deputy minister of labour
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia, reshuffled some of the Kingdom’s top military officers and several deputy ministers on Monday in a broad shakeup seen as elevating younger officials in key economic and security areas. Several new deputies in economic and security-related ministries […]
Anyone who says the Quran advocates terrorism obviously hasn’t read its lessons on violence
Source: Independent By Qasim Rashid The permission given in Quran 22:40-41 to fight in self-defence was not only granted to defend Muslims from persecution, but to defend Christians, Jews and people of all faiths […]
This is what the Quran actually says about blasphemy
Source: Independent BY Qasim Rashid Blasphemy laws began in Christian countries, and started appearing in Muslim majority countries after British imperialism. But if we go back to the Quran, we can see […]
Why I’m calling for a national ban on the terms Isis and Islamic State
Source: Independent The primary weapon of a terrorist organisation is to hijack, divide and poison communities. With every non-Muslim that begins to fear Islam, the ‘so-called’ Islamic State becomes stronger BY Emily […]
The Supreme Court Is Considering the Limits of Freedom of Speech in 3 Upcoming Cases
Source: Time By TESSA BERENSON February 26, 2018 Can government employees be required to pay union fees, even if they don’t belong to the union? Can you wear a “Don’t Tread […]