AP Exclusive: China’s Uighurs work to fend off pull of jihad
Source: Associated Press By GERRY SHIH KAYSERI, Turkey (AP) — Iminjin Qari felt upbeat as he drove to Istanbul’s airport with three empty buses and a simple task: pick up […]
Turkey detains 75 Islamic State suspects: police, media
Source: Reuters ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish police detained 75 suspected Islamic State members in two operations on Friday, state media and police said, after arresting about 120 such suspects across […]
Video: Hamza Yusuf & Tony Blair – Religious Tolerance
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The Top Ten South Asia Stories of 2017
Blog Post by Alyssa Ayres December 29, 2017 Rohingya refugee women cry while crossing the Naf River with an improvised raft to reach to Bangladesh in Teknaf, Bangladesh, November 12, 2017. Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters As 2017 comes to an end, it’s time to assess which stories from South Asia had […]
Nigeria: Ahmadiyya Jammat Seeks Resuscitation of Moral Values
By Shakirah Adunola No fewer than 35, 000 Muslim faithful recently gathered at the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Nigeria 65th Islamic Conference, Jalsa Salana, to chart path to resuscitating the […]
Continuing conflicts: Is there hope for diplomacy in 2018?
By Imogen Foulkes December 29, 2017 UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura arrives for another round of peace talks in Geneva, December 13, 2017. (Keystone) “One year ago I […]
Turkey slams Greek Cypriot over hydrocarbon-related activities
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL File Photo Turkey slammed the Greek Cypriot Administration Friday over its unilateral hydrocarbon-related activities in the Eastern Mediterranean, saying the Greeks disregard of Turkish Cypriot people’ […]
Germany’s biggest New Year’s Eve party sets up safe zone for women
REUTERS LONDON The area between Berlin’s June 17 street and Brandenburg gate is blocked in preparation for New Year Eve’s celebrations at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany, 29 December 2017. (EPA Photo) Organizers of Germany’s biggest New Year’s Eve party at Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate are setting up a […]
Jordan’s Abdullah dismisses brothers from military command
By JPOST.COM STAFF December 29, 2017 21:11 Breaking news. (photo credit: JPOST STAFF) Jordan’s King Abdullah dismissed his three brothers from Jordanian military command Friday, according to Jordanian media […]
Government seeks change to order lifting Trump refugee ban
Source: Associated Press By MARTHA BELLISLE SEATTLE (AP) — Lawyers with the Department of Justice have asked a federal judge to change his order that partially lifted a Trump administration […]
Trump Scorns Mainstream News, But Not The Christian Broadcasting Network
Source: NPR BY SARAH MCCAMMON Attacks on the press are a hallmark of President Trump’s style, and he has avoided much of the media, often preferring Twitter to sit-down interviews with journalists. But […]
Shunned by Pakistan’s Muslims, Ahmadis Find Refuge in a City of Their Own
Source: The New York Times By MEHREEN ZAHRA-MALIK Photo An Ahmadi graveyard in Rabwah, Pakistan. CreditMohsin Raza for The New York Times RABWAH, Pakistan — The guard inched open the metal gate […]
China’s crackdown on Uighurs spreads to even mild critics
Source: Associated Press By GERRY SHIH BEIJING (AP) — Zhang Haitao was a rare voice in China, a member of the ethnic Han majority who for years had criticized the […]
U.N. says ‘massive’ rights abuses in southern Philippines could intensify under martial law
Source: Reuters GENEVA (Reuters) – A Muslim indigenous community in the southern Philippines has suffered widespread human right abuses that could intensify with President Rodrigo Duterte’s extension of martial law […]
Sarajevo prosecutor indicts 14 Bosnian Muslims over war crimes against Serbs
Source: Reuters SARAJEVO (Reuters) – Sarajevo prosecutors indicted 14 Bosnian Muslim wartime army officers and soldiers for alleged murder, torture and persecution of Bosnian Serb civilians around the town of […]
Meet the nation’s first known Sikh woman to serve as a city mayor
Source: Los Angeles Times By Phil Willon Contact Reporter With a sharp crack of the gavel, Preet Didbal made history this month as the first known Sikh woman in the nation […]
Atheist Flag Will Be Raised Over Ten Commandments Monument
Source: NPR By TODD BOOKMAN For New Hampshire residents, the dueling symbols are raising questions about belief, inclusion and the separation of church and state. DAVID GREENE, HOST: On […]
How This Muslim Teacher In Berlin Is Fighting Anti-Semitism
Source: Huffington Post By Dervis Hizarci and Leonhard Landes HuffPost Germany FABRIZIO BENSCH / REUTERS The cupola of Berlin’s new synagogue at Oranienburger Street. Dervis Hizarci is a secondary school teacher […]
Trump’s Islamophobic Retweets Widely Condemned By Religious Leaders
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to retweet the messages of a far-right and virulently anti-Muslim British activist has provoked condemnation from religious leaders on both sides […]
Muslims Once Again Are Being Targeted For An Attack They Had Nothing To Do With
Source: Huffington Post By Rowaida Abdelaziz “We’re going to burn your mosque down,” a voice said angrily in a voicemail left on the mosque’s phone. “We’re coming to kill you,” […]