A new Gilded Age? Wealth is more concentrated than ever before
Billionaires around the globe have amassed a combined wealth of $6 trillion — don’t expect things to change Charlie May10.27.2017• The world may soon witness a new Gilded Age. […]
How colonial violence came home: the ugly truth of the first world war
The Great War is often depicted as an unexpected catastrophe. But for millions who had been living under imperialist rule, terror and degradation were nothing new. By Pankaj Mishra […]
An umbrella for shade: Rohingya refugee boy works to support family
Reuters International This content was published on November 10, 2017 12:40 PMNov 10, 2017 – 12:40 Rohingya refugee Rabia Khatun (R), 33, mother of Nur Hafes, holds her malnourished […]
Exclusive – How Saudi Arabia turned on Lebanon’s Hariri
Reuters International This content was published on November 11, 2017 FILE PHOTO: Posters depicting Lebanon’s Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri, who has resigned from his post, are seen in Beirut, Lebanon, November 10, 2017. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir/File Photo (reuters_tickers) By Samia Nakhoul, Laila Bassam and Tom Perry BEIRUT (Reuters) – From the […]
Discrimination against Muslim women in EU states spreading like a virus, Erdoğan says
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL PublishedNovember 10, 2017 DHA Photo President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan criticized discrimination against Muslim women in EU states on Friday, saying headscarves are gradually being banned with […]
Top Saudi scholar says Muslims may pray in churches and synagogues
ARAB NEWS |Published — Friday 10 November 2017 JEDDAH: Abdullah bin Sulaiman Al-Manea, a member of the Council of Senior Scholars, has said that Islam is a religion of tolerance and mercy, not of violence, intolerance, or terrorism. Al-Manea stressed that Muslims should spread true Islam and follow the […]
Geneva hosts global Muslim World League gathering
Arab News | Published — Sunday 12 November 2017 GENEVA: Prominent thinkers, authors, diplomats and other personalities gathered to see the Muslim World League (MWL) launch the “Role of Religions […]
Jordan’s pivotal role
Nov 11,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Nermeen Murad One of the first lessons I learned as a rookie Jordanian journalist back in 1983 was that Jordan had a special and […]
Lebanon asks Saudi Arabia for explanation on PM’s absence
By AFP – Nov 11,2017 – JORDAN TIMES BEIRUT — Lebanon’s president urged Saudi Arabia on Saturday to explain why Saad Hariri had not returned to Beirut since his surprise […]
UK: Truth & Justice – Friday Sermon delivered by Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad (Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community)
Source: AlislamKhutbaArchive | http://www.MTA.tv Urdu Friday Sermon delivered by Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad (Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community) on the 10th November 2017. Truth & Justice Urdu Friday Sermon delivered […]
USA: Big Beaver Methodist Church’s Children Group Visit Ahmadiyya Muslim’s Mahmood Mosque in Detroit
Report by Muhammad Ahmad Big Beaver Methodist Church (BBUMC) Children Group Visits Masjid Mahmood Detroit Wednesday, November 8, 2017 “Islam is the religion of peace and tolerance”, said Imam Shamshad Nasir, the newly arrived Missionary in Detroit area of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community at Rochester Hills Michigan. Ahmadiyya Muslim Community […]
Canada: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community & Qalipu First Nation Band build the friendship bridge
Source: http://www.ganderbeacon.ca/community/ahmadiyya-muslim-community-qalipu-first-nation-building-friendship-bridge-159317/ | Samantha Gardiner GRAND FALLS-WINDSOR, NL – Two communities living in Grand Falls-Windsor came together on Saturday, Nov. 4 to build a friendship bridge. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community and Qalipu First Nation Band came together to celebrate both cultures with prayers and passages from the Quran, as well as the […]
The Mideast war risk Trump can’t ignore
Agencies November 10, 2017 Middle East tensions are flaring – again – as Lebanon becomes the new front in the regional rivalry between Sunni Saudi Arabia and Iran. But while the focus of the news has shifted from the battering of Islamic State to the repercussions of the resignation of […]
Israeli commanders reveal plans for mass evacuation of Lebanese civilians in next war
Pentagon By: Barbara Opall-Rome June 21 2017 HERZLIYA, Israel — The next war in Lebanon will be so powerfully punishing — with thousands of targets struck in the first day of an attack — that hundreds of thousands of Lebanese civilians will have to leave their homes or risk falling victim to “collateral damage,” according […]
Islamist Rally Cripples Life in Pakistani Capital
Source: Voice of America By Ayaz Gul ISLAMABAD — Several thousand Islamists in Pakistan have effectively blocked a main crossing near the national capital, Islamabad, crippling the daily life of millions […]
More than 13 million gather in Karbala for Arbaeen
Source: Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s top Shiite cleric says more than 13 million have gathered in the holy city of Karbala to mark Arbaeen, the annual commemoration marking […]
Islamists rally near Islamabad, demand removal of minister
Source: Associated Press By MUNIR AHMED ISLAMABAD (AP) — More than 3,000 Islamists camped out on the edge of Pakistan’s capital, demanding the removal of the country’s law minister over […]
The resignation of Lebanon’s Prime Minister, Saad Hariri, has not gone as smoothly as the Saudis wanted
To have Saudi officials now trying to dictate the make-up of another Lebanese government suggests that they want to take on the role played out for decades by pre-civil war […]
The Back-Road Historic Mosques of China
By: Sheila Blair , Jonathan Bloom and Nancy Steinhardt In a country known for large numbers, it was a modest, round number that grabbed our attention: 100. That is […]
A view from Turkey: Saudi Arabia’s painful transformation
BURHANETTIN DURAN @burhanduran Over the past five months, Saudi Arabia has become a center of attention in world politics with unusual frequency. The main reason for this attention is […]