By Mike Finnegan, The New Yorker Zainab Ahmad had a small disaster in Saudi Arabia. “I always borrowed an abaya from the legat in Riyadh,” she said. An abaya is the full-length robe that is required dress for women and girls in Saudi Arabia. “Legat” is short for the legal-attaché office, […]
Source: TheHindu The port is expected to make Chabahar, Iran’s closest sea link to the Indian Ocean, a rival to the Gwadar Port, some 80 km away across the border in Pakistan Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on December 3 inaugurated a newly built extension to the country’s main Arabian Sea […]
Source: The Hindu It was pointed out by a legislator that the oath for lawmakers, which declares that Mohammed is the final prophet, was replaced with another undertaking in one of the amendments. The original oath was introduced to bar the Ahmadiyya community from contesting elections on a Muslim seat […]
DUBAI/RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s $300-billion privatisation programme was billed as the sale of the century when Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman unveiled his plan to great fanfare. Nineteen months later, […]
Agence France Presse TEHRAN: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Sunday that Middle Eastern countries should solve their problems together without relying on external powers. “We believe that if there […]
Ambrose Carey, Alaco Ambrose Carey, Director at Alaco Alaco Saudi Arabia’s so-called corruption crackdown is likely an attempt to fill the kingdom’s depleted coffers. This plot is unlikely to succeed, […]
Source: BBC Husbands who attempt “instant divorce” could be sentenced to three years in prison under draft legislation being considered in India. The traditional practice involves a Muslim man saying […]
Source: Time By Belinda Luscombe November 30, 2017 TIME Health For more, visit TIME Health. A new study has found that when adults and babies look at each other, their brain waves […]
Source: CNN By Elise Labott, Michelle Kosinski and Nicole Gaouette, CNN Washington (CNN)The Trump administration is seriously considering recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel in early December, even as President Donald Trump signs […]
Source: The New York Times By JANE PERLEZ NOV. 30, 2017 Daw Aung San Suu Kyi of Myanmar with President Xi Jinping of China, in Beijing last year. She arrived for another […]
Source: Associated Press By NICOLE WINFIELD and JULHAS ALAM DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Pope Francis asked for forgiveness Friday from refugees in Bangladesh for all the hurt and persecution they […]
Source: The Guardian By Patrick Greenfield and Kevin Rawlinson Fast food chain apologises to 19-year-old stopped from entering and repeatedly told her to take off hijab McDonald’s said it did not […]
Source: THE SACRAMENTO BEE BY BENJY EGEL begel@sacbee.com NOVEMBER 30, 2017 10:33 AM UPDATED NOVEMBER 30, 2017 03:31 PM Vice Mayor Preet Didbal will be sworn in as Yuba City’s mayor […]
Source: Time By Alana Abramson November 30, 2017 Rex Tillerson could be on his way to serving one of the shortest tenures of any Secretary of State in U.S. history. The […]
Source: Time By Maya Rhodan November 30, 2017 The Democratic lawmaker leading the charge against sexual harassment on Capitol Hill said it’s time for Congress to enforce a “zero tolerance” approach. […]
Source: Time By Megan Leonhardt November 30, 2017 For some travelers, a trip is not complete without a big “wow” moment: a superlative spectacle, an eye-popping natural wonder, a death-defying feat. […]
Source: Deseret News By Kelsey Dallas SALT LAKE CITY — In August, “The Book of Mormon” came to Salt Lake City for the second time in three years, bringing its irreverent […]
Source: CNN The parents were on their way to a cremation ground when they noticed “some movements” inside one of the polythene bags that the hospital gave them with the babies’ bodies. “When we opened the bag, we found the boy breathing. I was shocked. I couldn’t believe my eyes,” […]
Source:WSJ You may expect a country created as a homeland for Muslims to celebrate the homegrown sect that gave the world its first Muslim Nobel laureate in physics (Abdus Salam), and the first Muslim Oscar winner (Mahershala Ali). But when it comes to Pakistan’s treatment of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community—less […]
Investing celebrity Prince Alwaleed bin Talal has now been detained and reportedly tortured for more than three weeks. The political and financial world has remained mostly silent or at least […]