Anti-Radicalization: Zurich announces plans to tackle violent extremism
This content was published on December 7, 2017 Thomas Würgler, head of canton Zurich police, explains the strategy next to Mario Fehr, head of security in the cantonal […]
Lebanon’s economic dependence on Saudi Arabia is dangerous
By Hannes Baumann December 7 2017 Lebanese President Michel Aoun, right, speaks with Prime Minister Saad Hariri at the presidential palace Tuesday in Baabda, east of Beirut. (Dalati Nohra/Lebanese government/AP) […]
Donald Trump says recognising Jerusalem as the capital of Israel will bring peace – it will do quite the opposite
Trump has turned away from any notion of fairness in peace negotiations and run with Israel’s ball Robert Fisk Middle East Correspondent @indyvoices Thursday 7 December 2017 Israeli flags fly […]
Queen Victoria and Munshi Abdul Karim – a true story (in Urdu)
http://niazamana.com/2017/12/queen-victoria-and-munshi-abdul-karim/ By Zakaria Virk, Toronto ستمبر2017ء میں برطانیہ کینیڈا اور امریکہ میں ایک ڈاکو منٹری وکٹوریہ اینڈ عبدل کے نام سے ریلیز ہوئی تھی۔ اس ڈاکو منٹری کو ہندوستانی قلم کار مس شرابانی باسو کی کتاب وکٹوریہ اینڈ عبدل کی بنیاد پر بنا یا گیا تھا۔ یہ کتاب2010میں پہلی بار […]
SPD leader Schulz calls for ‘United States of Europe’ by 2025
Source: The Local The head of Germany’s Social Democrats, Martin Schulz, a potential future governing partner of Chancellor Angela Merkel, called Thursday for the creation of a “United States of Europe” by 2025. Schulz delivered a passionate plea for a more united and federal Europe at an SPD party congress […]
General Electric to shed 12,000 jobs
Source: BBC News General Electric is to cut 12,000 jobs in its power business, 18% of the division’s global workforce. The US industrial group expects the “painful but necessary” job […]
Video: A closer look at ‘3.67m-year-old’ human skeleton
Source: BBC News It took 20 years to excavate, clean and put together Little Foot, whose skeleton was found in caves north of Johannesburg. Its exact age is debated, but […]
Outside the Supreme Court, demonstrators on both sides of cake case fear for their freedoms
Source: The Washington Post By Julie Zauzmer December 5 Jack Phillips, center left, the baker who refused to make a cake for a gay couple, waves to supporters as he walks out […]
Of Course Jerusalem Is Israel’s Capital
Source: The New York Times By Shmuel Rosner Photo CreditOded Balilty/Associated Press JERUSALEM — How long do you think there has been a Jewish temple on Temple Mount in Jerusalem? […]
How the Babri mosque destruction shaped India
Source: BBC News On this day, 25 years ago, right-wing Hindu mobs razed to the ground the 16th Century Babri mosque, claiming that it was built on the site of […]
U.N., European Union and Pope Criticize Trump’s Jerusalem Announcement
Source: The New York Times By JASON HOROWITZ ROME — Pope Francis said, “I cannot remain silent.” The United Nations secretary general spoke of his “great anxiety.” The European Union expressed […]
Why Jews and Muslims Both Have Religious Claims on Jerusalem
History Stories By Becky Little // December 7, 2017 7 ” /> Jerusalem Although Israel’s official capital is Tel Aviv, the country has long considered Jerusalem as its unofficial capitalJerusalem, […]
Muslims from disputed new London mosque donate blood at synagogue for Jewish day of actionMuslims from disputed new London mosque donate blood at synagogue for Jewish day of action
Thousands of people across the UK took part in the interfaith day encouraging good deeds Loulla-Mae Eleftheriou-Smith Muslims planning to open a new mosque in a traditionally Jewish north London community have joined people at their local synagogue to give blood as part of a national drive to help those […]
The Future of Muslims in the West
Written by Tariq Ramadan SOURCE: https://tariqramadan.com/english/the-future-of-muslims-in-the-west/Muslims in the West bear an enormous responsibility, and it falls to them to commit themselves to building their future. There is no doubt that some […]
Clerics Who Accuse Ahmadis of Being “non-Muslim” Are Abetting Violence & Discrimination
Qasim Rashid December 6th, 2017 On November 26, Pakistani clerics held public rallies against Ahmadi Muslims, demanding even harsher and more violent laws against them. For decades, Pakistan has legislatively […]
Saudi billionaire pledges entire fortune to charity
Editor’s Note: Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal had already announced that he will donate his fortune to Charity. Let’s see what is left of it once the Crown Prince has taken […]
Pakistan’s Ahmadiyyas Could Become the Next Rohingyas
By Sten Widmalm on 06/12/2017 • Any suggestion of providing basic rights to the Ahmadiyyas is enough to trigger massive protests and even riots among Muslim extremists. A protester near burning tents in Pakistan. Credit: Reuters The recent turmoil in Pakistan has mostly been described as “blasphemy protests”. An ‘amendment’ […]
Walking a fine line between Syrian Kurds and Turkey
Dec 07,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Michael Jansen No one can predict what the Trump administration will do in this region where Arabs, Kurds, Iranians and Turks […]
Trump’s error on Jerusalem is a disaster for the Arab world … and the US too
Rashid Khalidi The president’s foolish move in recognising the city as the capital of Israel will have negative consequences impossible to predict Palestinians in Rafah protest on 6 December against […]
EU to sue Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic in top court over migration
Reuters International This content was published on December 6, 2017 By Gabriela Baczynska BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union’s executive will sue Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic in […]