Israel is betraying its history by expelling African asylum-seekers
By Gershom Gorenberg January 29 African migrants demonstrated outside the Rwandan embassy in Herzliya, Israel on Jan. 22. (Jack Guez/AFP via Getty Images) “I don’t have a […]
Woman Arrested For Removing Hijab in Tehran Refuses to Repent Despite Facing 10 Years in Prison
Source: Center for Human Rights in Iran Narges Hosseini, who was arrested for protesting Iran’s compulsory hijab, refused to appear in court to face charges punishable by up to 10 […]
France: Tariq Ramadan refused bail in rape case
February 06, 2018 8:45 PM Lisa Bryant FILE – Tariq Ramadan talks to the media after a conference at the Er-Rahma mosque in Nantes, western France, April 25, 2010. PARIS — A Paris judge on Tuesday denied bail to a controversial Swiss Muslim scholar facing rape accusations, as fresh allegations promise […]
North Korea, Myanmar in a sanctions-busting embrace
Source. Asia Times. The revelations of Myanmar’s continued missile-related imports from North Korea show that the two sides’ military relations are alive and well despite Naypyitaw’s repeated claims that they have been severed. They also underscore that Myanmar’s autonomous and powerful military, and not the civilian elected government, continues to […]
Perspective: Pakistan and our religious tests | Yasser Latif Hamdani
There is nothing in Islam that it is incompatible with modern democracy so long as the modern democracy does not prohibit its exercise Times of Ahmad | News […]
India: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community delegation meets Governor
Jammu, February 7, (Scoop News)-A delegation of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community led by Sh. Gohar Hafeez Fani met Governor N.N. Vohra at the Raj Bhavan here today. The delegation apprised Governor about the role being played by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community to promote peace and harmony all over the world and […]
Women, Fashion Has You Covered
Source: NY Times By Vanessa Friedman The defining sartorial style of the 2010s has begun to emerge. It is a truism of the history of dress that decade-defining looks generally […]
Sporting diplomacy: Can the Olympic Committee broker Korean peace?
By Kathrin Ammann This content was published on February 8, 2018 IOC President Thomas Bach with representatives from South Korea and North Korea’s Olympic Committee President and sports minister […]
King of Jordan arrives in Islamabad
ARAB NEWS | Published — Thursday 8 February 2018 In this file photo, Jordan’s King Abdullah meets with members of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee at the US Capitol in Washington, Feb. 3, 2015. (REUTERS) ISLAMABAD: King of Jordan Abdullah II has arrived in Islamabad, on Thursday, on […]
US police social media surveillance unfairly targeted Muslims, report says
ASSOCIATED PRESS BOSTON EPA Photo A social media monitoring tool used by the Boston Police Department to identify potential threats swept up the posts of people using the hashtag #MuslimLivesMatter […]
View from Turkey: Proxy wars are over, when will the US wake up?
MELIH ALTINOK @melihaltinok The Pentagon and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) have capitalized much on terrorists, especially since the 9/11 attacks. For instance, al-Qaeda – which emerged from among the […]
Lebanon vows to block border wall, Israel eyes diplomacy on gas field
Lebanese leaders accuse Israel of threatening stability of border region By Thomson Reuters Foundation – Feb 07,2018 -JORDAN TIMES An Israeli army vehicle (right) drives along […]
Do not forget Gaza
Feb 07,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Daoud Kuttab Sometimes man-made disasters can be worse than natural calamities. This certainly applies to the Gaza Strip, where humans are responsible for serious […]
Israel’s double game with Daesh
Feb 07,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Michael Jansen Israel is inadvisably but increasingly involved in conflicts raging in its northern and southern neighbours. In the north, Israel has for several years provided aid and comfort to Daesh, Al Qaeda, and other insurgents fighting the Syrian government. This began by offering […]
UN rights chief: Intolerance making inroads in Indonesia
Source: Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — The U.N. human rights chief says “strains of intolerance” once thought foreign to Indonesia are making inroads in the world’s most populous Muslim […]
Mashal Khan case: Death sentence for Pakistan ‘blasphemy’ murder
Source: BBC News A Pakistani court has sentenced one man to death and handed life terms to five others for murdering a student who was falsely accused of blasphemy. Twenty-five […]
Ex pope Benedict says he is in the last phase of his life
Source: Reuters VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Former pope Benedict said in a letter published in an Italian newspaper on Wednesday that he is in the last phase of life and […]
Draft DHS Report Called for Long-Term Surveillance of Sunni Muslim Immigrants
Source: Foreign Policy Those fitting broad “at-risk” profiles would be targeted for continuous vetting. BY GEORGE JOSEPH | FEBRUARY 5, 2018, 4:53 PM Two Muslim women stand near a fence across the […]
Can LGBT rights and religious rights coexist? Kim Davis-like case tests the waters
Source: The Washington Post Since the Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage nationwide in 2015, a slew of controversial cases have raised questions over whether LGBT rights can coexist with religious […]
U.S. Prisons Allow Extremism to Fester, Study Warns
Source: The Wall Street Journal By Jessica Donati Feb. 6, 2018 10:15 a.m. ET Heather Coffman was among the first U.S. prisoners to return to her hometown, in Virginia, after […]