How US mosques are dealing with Muslims’ mental health issues
Source: Religion News Service By Yonat Shimron RALEIGH, N.C. (RNS) — They meet in a conference room on the second floor of the Islamic Association of Raleigh, a therapist and a member […]
Toronto: Scissors attack on girl in hijab ‘did not happen’: police
CTVNews.ca Staff Published Monday, January 15, 2018 10:49AM EST Last Updated Monday, January 15, 2018 11:38AM EST Toronto police say an incident involving an 11-year-old girl who claimed to have her hijab cut by a stranger on the street, “did not happen.” On Friday, Toronto police said they were investigating […]
Trump’s Netherlands envoy criticised for false claims about Muslim migrants
#Trump State Department official says Hoekstra made mistakes in his statements about Muslim migrants in the Netherlands Pete Hoekstra said in 2015 that Netherlands had Muslim no-go zones (AFP) MEE and agencies Friday 12 January 2018 03:11 UTC US President Donald Trump’s new ambassador to the Netherlands, who two years […]
Emirati mother rewards Filipina nanny with a fully furnished house
Dina Tenerife Celo, 45, after getting her UAE driving liscense. (Supplied) Staff writer, Al Arabiya English Sunday, 14 January 2018 A 45-year-old Filipina nanny is still pinching herself after her Emirati sponsors decided to gift her a house back in her home country of the Philippines. Her Emirati employer, Melissa […]
Salafi Mission Calls into Question Saudi Concept of Moderation and Policy in Yemen
Adrian Cadiz World News /14 Jan 2018 James Dorsey Salafi Mission Calls into Question Saudi Concept of Moderation and Policy in Yemen Plans to open a Salafi missionary centre in the Yemeni province of Al Mahrah on the border with Oman and Saudi Arabia raises questions about Saudi Crown Prince […]
Army chief advocates ‘politico-military’ approach to tackle terror in Jammu and Kashmir
PTI| Updated: Jan 14, 2018 The Army’s aim is to ensure that it continues to maintain the pressure on the terrorists and those fomenting trouble there, Gen Rawat said. NEW DELHI: Advocating a “politico-military” approach in dealing with the situation in Jammu and Kashmir, Army chief Gen Bipin Rawat today […]
No More Two-state Solution? In Dramatic Meeting, Palestinians Set to Announce New Strategy
Palestinian factions to gather in Ramallah to determine how to press ahead in wake of Trump’s Jerusalem declaration Jack Khoury Jan 14, 2018 Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is expected to indicate what course the Palestinians will take – a continuation of the diplomatic process or demanding the implementation a […]
UGANDA: Ahmadiyyah Muslims commemorate 30th Jalsa Salana
By Henry Nsubuga Added 13th January 2018 Jalsa Salana is marked every year world wide.The event started on Friday evening and will end on Sunday. Added 13th January 2018 02:46 PM alsa Salana is marked every year world wide.The event started on Friday evening and will end on Sunday. […]
Muslims and Jews find common ground in faith, hope — and security
Last year’s mass shooting in a Quebec City mosque prompted a Jewish man from Thornhill to reach out to a Muslim from Mississauga. Jeffrey Brown, left, who has served as the lead community security volunteer at his synangogue for 10 years, has been working with mosques and their members in […]
Austria’s Muslims fear being cast as threat to security
by Mersiha Gadzo Muslim worshippers gather at the IZW Viennese Islamic Center mosque two days before October’s parliamentary elections [Thomas Kronsteiner/Getty Images] Islam was mentioned a total of 21 times […]
The West Owes a Debt to Islam: Interview with Prof Glen Cooper
By: The Editorialand Khaleel Shaikh byuradio.org Episode: Top Of Mind With Julie Rose – Radio Interview (Podcast) with Prof Glen Cooper Transcript: The West Owes a Debt to Islam. Professor Glen Cooper […]
Exclusive: France expects UK to pay up, take more refugees to keep border – official
Reuters International This content was published on January 14, 2018 Migrant walks past the fence which secures the approach to the city from migrants trying to reach Britain, in […]
Johann David Wyss : Here’s to you, Swiss Family Robinson
By Thomas Stephens This content was published on January 11, 2018 An evolutionarily questionable scene from the 1960 film of Swiss Family Robinson (imago) Johann David Wyss, who died exactly […]
Mother camel leaves race to check on newborn in Sayaheed
MOHAMMED AL-SULAMI | Published — Monday 15 January 2018 JEDDAH: When the race started, camel number 104 was leading the flock in full gear, but in a rare move, she […]
Turkish anger over new Kurdish-led border security force in Syria
Menekse Tokyay | Published — Monday 15 January 2018 ANKARA: Turkey reacted with undisguised anger on Sunday to plans by the US-led coalition against Daesh to establish a 30,000-strong Kurdish-led […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Delhi (India) Participates in World Book Fair
By: Zubair Khan Pictures: Shaikh Fatehudin. The New Delhi World Book Fair (NDWBF), held for the past 45 years, is a major calendar event in the publishing world. NDWBF 2018 was scheduled from 6 to 14 January 2018 at the centrally located Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. The Fair was organised […]
New Der SPIEGEL Cover explained The Age of Fire and Fury
Humanity as a whole is being set back just because of one single Person. Where is the world supposed to start again if it manages to survive Donald Trump? […]
What ‘Aramcologists’ say abut biggest IPO in history
Frank Kane | Published — Saturday 13 January 2018 Much like the now-obsolete art of “Kremlinology” — the study of the inner workings of the Soviet political system via analysis of announcements and reports — there is now a growing field I like to call “Aramcology.” The forthcoming initial public […]
Trump’s new sanctions ‘a blow and a warning to Iranian regime’
JEDDAH: Tough new sanctions imposed by US President Donald Trump on 14 Iranian individuals and organizations are a political blow and a warning to the regime in Tehran, a leading analyst told Arab News on Saturday. Among those targeted are the powerful politician Ayatollah Sadeq Larijani, the head of Iran’s […]
Canadian police search for man who cut 11-year-old girl’s hijab
Reuters International This content was published on January 12, 2018 Khawlah Noman, 11, speaks to reporters at Pauline Johnson Junior Public School, after she told police that a […]