THE LOST CHILDREN OF TUAM
Source: The New York Times By DAN BARRY TUAM, Ireland Behold a child. A slight girl all of 6, she leaves the modest family farm, where the father minds the livestock […]
Catholic Hospital Group Grants Euthanasia to Mentally Ill, Defying Vatican
Source: The Wall Street Journal By Francis X. Rocca Oct. 27, 2017 5:30 a.m. ET VATICAN CITY—A chain of Catholic psychiatric hospitals in Belgium is granting euthanasia to non-terminal patients, […]
Clerics not to solemnise nikah for those playing loud music
Source: ET PESHAWAR: Irked by loud music being played at marriage ceremonies in the outskirts of the provincial capital, a committee of clerics announced that a nikah, for those playing loud music, will not be solemnised in the future. According to locals, music had been banned in the past when […]
9 bodies, 2 severed heads found in Tokyo flat
Source: Dawn Japanese police have found nine bodies, including two with their heads severed and dumped in a cool box, in a flat in the Tokyo suburbs, media reported on Tuesday. Police confirmed to AFP they had arrested 27-year-old Takahiro Shiraishi, who lives in the apartment in Zama, south of […]
Singapore bans Islamic scholar Mufti Menk’s entry into country for ‘promoting religious discord’
Source: Dawn Singapore has banned Islamic preacher and scholar Mufti Ismail Menk from entering the city-state, saying that his views promote religious discord, reported Al Jazeera on Tuesday. Menk, who hails from Zimbabwe and has more than two million followers on Twitter, as well as Haslin bin Baharim, a Malaysian […]
Ahmadiyya and Indian PM Modi
Source; Wattsapp Ahmadiyya Muslims Missionaries In charge, Presenting Him Jammat Ahmadiyya messages Of True Islam & spreading Peace.
Deposed Catalan leader ‘not seeking asylum in Belgium’
Source:CNN Barcelona, Spain (CNN)Catalonia’s deposed leader Carles Puigdemont said he was not in Brussels to apply for political asylum but had traveled to the Belgian capital for “safety” after Spain filed charges of rebellion against him. In his first public remarks since charges were announced over his drive for independence […]
No one can be declared ‘wajib-ul-qatl’ except by state: Imam-e-Kaaba
Source: GEO ISLAMABAD: Imam-e-Kaaba Shaikh Saleh bin Muhammad Ibrahim has said that an individual has no authority to call for a person’s death and declare him ‘wajib-ul-qatl’ and only […]
US senators have raised Ahmadis’ issue with Pakistan: Fazl
October 30, 2017 Our Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD – Jamiat-i-Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Moulana Fazlur Rehman on Sunday disclosed that some American senators in their joint letter to Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry have expressed concern over the way Ahmadis are being treated in the country. Rehman, who is also chairman of the Parliamentary […]
No one can be declared ‘wajib-ul-qatl’ except by state: Imam-e-Kaaba
Speaking in Geo News show Jirga, Imam-e-Kaaba said that non-state actors cannot declare anyone infidel or apostate ISLAMABAD: Imam-e-Kaaba Shaikh Saleh bin Muhammad Ibrahim has said that an individual has no authority to call for a person’s death and declare him ‘wajib-ul-qatl’ and only a Muslim state has the power […]
Indonesia: Jokowi Appoints Din Syamsuddin as Sepcial Envoy for Interreligious Dialogue
Jakarta. President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Monday (23/10) appointed Muslim leader Din Syamsuddin as a special envoy for interreligious and cultural affairs. Din currently chairs the Indonesian Ulema Council’s (MUI) advisory board. “Today Din Syamsuddin becomes the president’s special envoy for interreligious dialogue and cultural cooperation. He’s an expert,” President […]
Kurds headed towards internal rift
Already on Sunday night, Iraqi Kurdish political parties opposed to Barzani reported attacks on their offices in several cities Image Credit: Reuters Demonstrators gather in the streets in support of Kurdish president Masoud Barzani in Duhok, Iraq on Sunday. Published: 12:03 October 30, 2017 By: Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles […]
India: Why Pluralism and Secularism Are Essential for Our Democracy
The Wire: In his final address as vice president, Hamid Ansari spoke at the annual convocation ceremony at the National Law School of India University, Bengaluru, on August 6. Reproduced below is the text of his speech. It is a privilege to be invited to this most prestigious of law schools in […]
Intercultural education: the future of schooling
The Local Client Studio client@thelocal.com @thelocalgermany 5 October 2017 languageeducationsponsoredby phorms Photo: Phorms Education Teaching children to be aware and respectful of different cultures is more important than ever. Raising the next generation to navigate a culturally diverse world is the key to a more tolerant and integrated future. Many […]
US commends Barzani’s decision to step down as KRG president
COMPILED FROM WIRE SERVICES ISTANBUL AFP Photo The United States commended former the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) leader Massud Barzani’s decision to step down on Monday, pledging to work […]
Turkey hits natural gas field in scans off Cyprus coast, Greek Cypriot daily claims
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL Turkey’s seismic research in the Mediterranean Sea has resulted in the discovery of a natural gas field located between southern Turkey and the northern coast […]
Women find some respite in Libya’s ‘families only’ cafes
By Reuters – Oct 30,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Women sit at a cafe on a beach in Tripoli, Libya, on Saturday (Reuters photo) TRIPOLI — Fashionable cafes springing up in Libya’s capital are shutting out single men and catering for women looking for a break from the tensions — political […]
Israel’s new dilemma
Oct 30,2017 -JORDAN TIMES – Hassan A. Barari Explicit in many statements coming from various Israeli politicians is one theme: a military confrontation between Hizbollah and Israel is a matter of when, not if. Apparently, Israelis seek this confrontation as a preventive war in order to prevent Hizbollah from gaining […]
Where Zionist ambition and British imperial enterprise converged
Oct 30,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – James J. Zogby This year marks the 100th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration, in which Great Britain’s foreign secretary, Lord Balfour, stated in a note to his colleague, Lord Rothchild, that “His Majesty’s Government view with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home […]
Saudi Women Allowed Inside Sports Stadiums In Small Advance For Women’s Rights
Source: Huffington Post By Sarah Ruiz-Grossman Saudi Arabia has announced plans to allow women to enter sports stadiums starting next year, in the latest incremental advance for women’s rights in the […]