How Saudi elite became five-star prisoners at the Riyadh Ritz-Carlton
Detention of more than 30 senior figures in hotel highlights how kingdom depends on tribal loyalty to secure royal family’s reign Men walk out of the entrance of the […]
Over 1,400 Rohingya children sole providers for families in refugee camps
FRENCH PRESS AGENCY – AFP COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh This picture taken November 4, 2017 shows ten-year-old Rohingya refugee Tahera Begum collecting water from a hand-pump at the Balukhali refugee camp in Bangladesh’s Ukhia district (AFP Photo) Tahera Begum walks a mile alone at dawn to collect firewood for her […]
Pakistan Forms Regulatory Body to Monitor Online Blasphemous Content
Source: New Delhi Times Pakistan’s government has formed a regulatory body to monitor and block blasphemous content online in an effort to further extend the enforcement of the country’s controversial […]
What the helicopter accident tells us about Saudi Arabia
EMRE GÖNEN The case of sacked high-ranking officials, the missile from Yemen and recently the helicopter accident are all signals of a palace coup about to happen in Saudi […]
Saudi prince reportedly killed in gunfight while resisting arrest
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL File Photo A Saudi prince reportedly died late Monday during a gunfight while resisting arrest. Former FBI Special Agent Ali H. Soufan announced the passing of Prince Abdul Aziz bin Fahd at age 44 on Twitter without specifying a cause of death. Prince Aziz was the youngest […]
Trump hails Saudi purge as prosecutor announces end of ‘Phase One’
COMPILED FROM WIRE SERVICES ISTANBUL A handout photo made available by the Saudi Press Agency shows King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud of Saudi Arabia (R), and U.S. President Donald […]
More complications in the region
Nov 05,2017 -JORDAN TIMES The surprise resignation of Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Al Hariri is bound to complicate even more an already complex and tense situation in the region. Hariri, who announced that he was stepping down while in Saudi Arabia, also said, in a televised broadcast, that he took […]
Texas Shooting Once Again Proves Trump’s Double Standard On Mass Shootings
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla The massacre that took place at First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs on Sunday was the deadliest mass shooting in Texas history. The suspect, 26-year-old […]
India is wasting energy on pointless sectarian fights
Source: The Globe and Mail BY AMRIT DHILLON NEW DELHI CONTRIBUTED TO THE GLOBE AND MAIL NOVEMBER 3, 2017NOVEMBER 3, 2017 Amrit Dhillon is a New Delhi-based writer. You might […]
How states can wield ‘official Islam’ to limit radical extremism
Source: The Washington Post By Michael Robbins and Lawrence Rubin November 3 Worshipers arrive for Friday prayers at al-Azhar mosque in Cairo on Dec. 28, 2012. (Khalil Hamra/AP) In a recent interview, Saudi Crown […]
Time Out Tel Aviv marks 50 years of occupation with an issue devoted to Palestinians
Source: The Washington Post By Ruth Eglash JERUSALEM — An Israeli entertainment magazine usually featuring Tel Aviv’s vibrant arts and culture scene crossed over Israel’s controversial separation barrier this week to […]
Special report: In Modi’s India, cow vigilantes deny Muslim farmers their livelihood
Source: Reuters BEHROR, India (Reuters) – The beating that ended Pehlu Khan’s life was televised nationwide. Cell phone video captured a group of men punching and slinging Khan around the […]
Trump Administration May Ramp Up Security Training for Houses of Worship After Texas Shooting
Source: Time By Elizabeth Dias Even before Sunday’s shooting at a small Baptist church in Texas, the Trump Administration was moving ahead with efforts to train houses of worship on emergency security procedures, including active […]
2 Ways to Help the Victims of the Texas Church Shooting
Source: Time By Jennifer Calfas At least 26 people were killed and 20 others were injured when a gunman opened fire at a church in the small town of Sutherland Springs, Texas, during […]
Saudi Arabia says Lebanon declares war, deepening crisis
Reuters International This content was published on November 7, 2017 12:59 AMNov 7, 2017 – 00:59 A poster depicting Lebanon’s Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri, who has resigned from his post, hangs along a street in the mainly Sunni Beirut neighbourhood of Tariq al-Jadideh in Beirut, Lebanon November 6, 2017. […]
Hungarians take walking tour to overcome fears of Muslims
Reuters International This content was published on November 6, 2017 2:47 PMNov 6, 2017 – 14:47 A group of Hungarians who take part in an organised tour to learn about Budapest’s Muslim community, walk out from a small mosque at an apartment building in Budapest, Hungary November 3, 2017. […]
Indonesia’s bid to root out Islamists throws spotlight on universities
Reuters International This content was published on November 7, 2017 1:31 AMNov 7, 2017 – 01:31 A group of protesters holds a Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia flag during a protest […]
Purge of Saudi princes, businessmen widens, travel curbs imposed
Reuters International This content was published on November 6, 2017 6:59 PMNov 6, 2017 – 18:59 Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud poses for a photo with National […]
Inside Geneva: So many war crimes, so little justice
By Imogen Foulkes November 6, 2017 2:45 PMNov 6, 2017 – 14:45 Syrian children, first aid workers and civil defence volunteers demonstrate following the chemical attack on Khan Sheikhoun in April 2017. (EPA/MOHAMMED BADRA) The United Nations Joint Investigative Mechanism has announced its final conclusions on April’s chemical attack on […]
It’s not Muslims, Mexicans or immigrants making the US unsafe – it’s men
Not only are most adult mass shooters in the US men, but most school shooters are boys too. And not only are many adult male shooters perpetrators of domestic or […]