Kazakhstan lifts visa requirements to boost tourism, investment
By AFP Published Tuesday, January 03, 2017 Kazakhstan said Tuesday it had lifted visa requirements for citizens of the European Union, OECD countries and a number of other states in […]
Judge probes at intent behind latest travel ban during key federal court hearing
Source: The Washington Post By Lynh Bui and Matt Zapotosky October 16 A federal judge on Monday launched skeptical questions at both government lawyers and those challenging the latest iteration of President Trump’s travel ban — probing at what government officials’ intent was in barring various types of people from eight countries from coming […]
Sneak peek: D.C.’s huge new Museum of the Bible includes lots of tech — but not a lot of Jesus
Source: The Washington Post By Michelle Boorstein, Julie Zauzmer and Sarah Pulliam Bailey October 16 Senior software developer Donnie Richardson does testing in the area where visitors to the Museum of the Bible can write […]
U.N. urges Bangladesh to move Rohingya refugees stranded at border
Source: Reuters By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) – The U.N. refugee agency urged Bangladesh on Tuesday to speed up vetting of up to 15,000 Rohingya refugees “stranded” near the border […]
Supreme Court backs push to remove Ten Commandments monument
Source: Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday sided with a lower court that ordered a New Mexico city to remove a Ten Commandments monument from […]
The politics of hate
Source:Dawn IT was too outrageous an outburst for anyone to defend. So it is not surprising that former prime minister Nawaz Sharif distanced himself from his son-in-law’s hate speech on the floor of the National Assembly. The august house had perhaps never witnessed such bigotry targeting one of the most […]
Days After Sentencing 3 Ahmadi Muslims To Death, Pakistan Wins UN Human Rights Seat
Source: Huffpost With the image of Pakistan in the world today, I felt a certain elated too. After all, Pakistan is my motherland. However, I know this election wasn’t remotely based on our human rights record. It pains me to admit that Pakistan has a depressing human rights record and […]
Self-inflicted wound – The US and UNESCO
Oct 17,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Osama Al Sharif It would be naïve to believe that the US decision to withdraw from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation […]
Muslim World League chief, Singaporean president hold talks to promote tolerance, human coexistence
Mohammed Al-Sulami | Published — Wednesday 18 October 2017 JEDDAH: The president of the Republic of Singapore, Halimah Yacob, has received and welcomed the secretary-general of the Muslim World League […]
Israel carries out ‘large-scale’ raids on Palestinian media firms
AFP | Published — Wednesday 18 October 2017 HEBRON, Palestinian Territories: Israeli forces raided Palestinian media offices across the occupied West Bank overnight in what a military spokeswoman on Wednesday called a “large-scale operation” against incitement. The raids on eight companies came hours after the Israeli government declared that […]
View from Turkey: Time for cautious optimism on Iraq
İLNUR ÇEVIK @ilnurcevik Information from Irbil shows that there is a growing pessimism and an atmosphere of dejection especially among the Barzani administration people. This is only normal because they embarked on a mission impossible by insisting on holding a referendum for independence which was not only illegal but […]
Kurdish forces withdraw to June 2014 lines – Iraqi Army Commander
Reuters International This content was published on October 18, 2017 BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Kurdish Peshmerga forces have retreated to positions they held in northern Iraq in June 2014 in response to an Iraqi army advance into the region after a Kurdish independence referendum rejected by Baghdad, a senior Iraqi commander […]
French police arrests ten far-right militants
October 17, 2017 5:43 PMOct 17, 2017 – 17:43 PARIS (Reuters) – French anti-terrorist police have arrested 10 far-right militants, a court official said on Tuesday. The official declined to detail why the men were arrested, but TV station M6 said that the 10 were suspected of planning attacks on […]
Does terrorism cause Islamophobia?
onreligion.co.uk: The link between terrorism and hate crime is clear – apparently. An article in The Independent quoted Fiyaz Mughal of Faith Matters that “the biggest driver of anti-Muslim hate is terrorist attacks – the research is very clear here” (some more nuance to these views was given later through […]
Russia accuses US of ‘pretending’ to fight Isis
The Independent Online A member of the US-backed Iraqi security forces stands guard at a shrine destroyed by air strikes in east Mosul, Iraq, on 19 April 2017 REUTERS The Pentagon has dismissed Russian allegations that the US is only “pretending” to fight Isis in Iraq as a “ridiculous” Russian […]
Isis has lost Raqqa – so where will its fighters head to next?
Some Isis fighters have been allowed to leave, but there will apparently be no forgiveness for the foreign fighters in Raqqa – it seems they will have to fight and die Robert Fisk Middle East Correspondent @indyvoices SDF forces are making gains in pushing the last Isis fighters out of […]
After visiting Hitler’s office in Munich, it’s clear to me that there are still lessons to be learned
It’s actually a rather droll room – dark, heavy panelling, dull, tall windows, a 1930s monster building – the doors and windows far taller than a man or woman. It lacks imagination. I can think of a few other modern day fuehrers who might feel at home here The […]
5 facts on how Americans view the Bible and other religious texts
Source: Pew Research Center BY ABIGAIL GEIGER This year, the Jewish festival of Passover – April 10 to 18 – coincides with the Christian celebration of Easter. And Easter, somewhat unusually, […]
1 in 9 Men Have Oral HPV
Source: Time BY Alexandra Sifferlin Human papillomavirus (HPV) is one of the most common sexually transmitted infections in the U.S. It’s so common that federal experts say that nearly every sexually active man or woman will be infected with at least one strain at some point in their lives. HPV can infect many different […]
Austria turns sharply to the right in an election shaped by immigration
Source: The Washington Post By Griff Witte and Luisa Beck October 16 BERLIN — Austria became the latest European country to take a sharp turn right on Sunday, with the conservative People’s Party riding a […]