Source: The Guardian Terrorised, persecuted, stateless, homeless, and, until recently, without real international support – this is the plight of the Rohingya, a Muslim minority community being forced out of Myanmar. […]
Source: The Guardian BY Harriet Sherwood The former Golders Green Hippodrome, once graced by Marlene Dietrich, is now a focus for claims of Islamophobia Golders Green Hippodrome in north London. Photograph: […]
Source: The Guardian BY Noor Gillani Allegations of abuse, humiliation and deprivation by prison staff have been made by Muslim inmates at a correction centre in Brisbane. The Islamic Council of […]
Source: The Guardian We write to express our deep concern at the actions of senior figures within the University of Manchester in relation to an event organised by the student […]
Source: Time BY Jeffrey Kluger Oct 15, 2017 William of Occam would have hated conspiracy theories. A 14th-century philosopher and Franciscan friar, William is celebrated for developing the “law of […]
Source: Asia Times string of racial and religious incidents in Malaysia has brought concerns of rising Islamic conservatism to the fore, widening the divide between Muslims and non-Muslims as the government plays on identity issues ahead of what is expected to be a jarring and contentious election season. Two annual […]
Source: Asia Times On October 2, Pakistan’s National Assembly passed the Electoral Reforms Bill 2017 into law, to allow the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s (PML-N) disqualified prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, to be reelected as the party’s leader. In addition to being touted as undemocratic by opposition parties, resulting in the Pakistan […]
Source: Dawn SOMETHING old, something new and something definitely blue — much happened this week. You can decide which is which. But what does it all mean? Let’s start with this hostage business. It’s right out of the crisis playbook: find something you can offer the other side so that […]
Source:Pakistan Time LAHORE: Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah on Saturday said without going into depth of his stance [on Ahmadiyya community], a certain lobby [political opponents] twisted his stance in order to malign his reputation. Earlier, Sanaullah came under criticism when he made a controversial statement favouring the minority community. […]
The Department of Near Eastern Studies presented a Mendenhall Symposium at the University of Michigan – Law, Society, and Religion on October 6, 2016 at 7:00pm. Professor Bart Ehrman was […]
Source: The New Arab Three British judges on Friday ruled that an Islamic faith school in Britain was guilty of sex discrimination for segregating boys and girls in lessons, during breaks […]
Source: Time ‘She broke the glass ceiling.’ What a jagged image we use for women who achieve greatly, defining accomplishment in terms of the barrier rather than the triumph. There […]
Source: Time A Vatican court has convicted the former president of the pope’s children’s hospital of abuse of office for diverting $500,000 in donations to renovate a cardinal’s flat and sentenced him to a suspended one-year sentence. The court on Saturday absolved the former treasurer of the Bambino Gesu children’s […]
Source: BBC News Forty people have died and hundreds are still missing in California after six days of wildfires that have devastated swathes of countryside and destroyed thousands of homes. […]
Source: Time BY Anthea Levi / Health.com There’s no way around it: A happy relationship takes hard work. And in his new book The All-or-Nothing Marriage ($28, amazon.com), psychologist Eli Finkel tells you what […]
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla Cady Mansell is the kind of girl who loves superheroes, hates itchy skirts, and likes to put on lipstick and nail polish. The 9-year-old […]
Source: BBC News Researchers in Sweden have found Arabic characters woven into burial costumes from Viking boat graves. The discovery raises new questions about the influence of Islam in Scandinavia, […]
Source: https://www.surreynowleader.com/community/organizers-gear-up-for-first-annual-run-for-delta/ | GRACE KENNEDY Organizers gear up for first annual Run for Delta Proceeds from the race will benefit the Delta Hospital Foundation and the Surrey Food Bank The first annual Run for Delta is set to start on Oct. 29 at the North Delta Recreation Centre, and Tariq Azeem is planning for […]
Source: http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/environment/peterborough-charity-plants-100-000th-tree-in-the-city-1-8195473 Peterborough charity plants 100,000th tree in the city A Peterborough charity has branched out successfully after planting its 100,000th tree in the city. Peterborough Environment City Trust (PECT) hit the milestone for its Forest for Peterborough project on Saturday and marked it with a ceremony at Central Park, where […]
Source: http://nation.com.pk/national/13-Oct-2017/ahmadis-should-stop-declaring-themselves-as-muslims-rana-sanaullah Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah Khan today said that Ahmedi community should stop declaring themselves as Muslims, if they want to be treated in equal manner as other religious minority groups in Pakistan. While addressing a press conference today Sanaullah said, “I said that Ahmedis pretend to be Muslims as they […]